Video Premiere: The Knife - Without You My Life Would Be Boring (Shaken-Up Version)

Yes, yes! The Knife's Shaking The Habitual era is still in full swing! (Pun that stays.) We had the pleasure of seeing them in Copenhagen in May last year, and now they're on the North American leg of the tour. Mixing it up we're getting a new video and a Shaken-Up Version of new single Without You My Life Would Be Boring. PLUS a brand new EP with more shaken up takes on utter Knife classics. The visuals are by Bitte Anderson, founder of the Dyke Hard movie and music project and she uses often a queer feminist stance in her work. This video is shot at a classic open clinic in Sweden and feels like both a social and political commentary. Gender, ethnicity, age, disability and the overworking of emplyees in the health care sector all come into play. PLUS we're getting some throwbacks to the horror of two girls one cup! That is a lot to take in considering the clip is under five minutes. It's infectious in more ways than one, haha! Watch below! Thoughts?

The Knife - Let's Talk About Gender Baby (Planningtorock Full Of Fire Remix)

The Knife live in May was an absolute thought provoking pleasure to watch. It was more of an art installation than a "real" concert and we know many had issues with so much of it being playback. We liked the idea a lot since it worked so well with the overall show. One of the standout's was the insane almost 10 minute moment of watching the siblings and their dancers standing completely still while the album version of Full of Fire was blasting out of the speaker system. We know that single was not what people expected either as a lead single, however it's grown on us a lot. It's hard rave influences and lyrics are so perfect and very The Knife. The Dreijer sibling's old colleague on the Tomorrow, In A Year opera, Planningtorock, lifts the awesome line let's talk about gender baby, let's talk about you and me from it and totally does a brand new song. It has a fun lightness to it and the synth sounds like it could be part of a fun 80's band covering classic songs in a hotel bar somewhere. If you wanna pick this baby up it's a limited hand-stamped vinyl only white label (of course) and can be found here. Enjoy! Thoughts? 

The Knife - A Tooth For An Eye - Live in Hamburg

The Knife's hotly anticpated Shaking The Habitual tour premiered over the weekend in Germany! Early reports and this clip shows that the sibling duo have gone for a more modern dance approach with the music being playback. It looks as though it's a dance company out on the road! Have a look at A Tooth For An Eye below! Thoughts? Just a few weeks left until we get to see this live in concert!  

The Knife - A Tooth For An Eye (Cooly G Remix) - Premiere

The Knife's Shaking The Habitual album is now streaming in full, ahead of the April 8th release. It's some ride in a high octane 98 minute odyssey further diving deeper in discussing gender, politics and society. London based deep house producer Cooly G gets the awesome job creating a dubby remix of second single A Tooth For An Eye. Wow, this is perfect for those The Knife siblings! A bass that can shatter walls, urgent horns and chopped up vocals. All blend together forming one badass mix. This is part of a lengthy interview for Dazed Digital which can be read here and is also part of the Rough Trade edition of the album! Enjoy! 

The Knife - Shaking The Habitual - Full Album Stream

A week ahead of the April 8th release The Knife are streaming Shaking The Habitual in its entirety! Also, today we got the tickets to their tour in the post! It feels like a very awesome day indeed! We're in mid streaming mode here of the full 90 minutes! Old Dreams Waiting To Be Realized clocks in at close to 20 min! Enjoy! Thoughts?