the kniφe - shaking the habitual

Actually I was way out of line Josh and I'm sorry. I regret being so disrespectful. I have no business saying stuff like that.

You are right in that it makes no impact in my life whether or not you go see this show, whether or not you know what it is going in, whether or nit you post your opinions itt

I don't know if you're being serious or not, but I'll take it. I'm easy.

Tbh I knew exactly what to expect from this show and warned my friend accordingly, but reading about it and seeing it are different things.

Also, some people on the ground level were really disappointed they couldn't see big parts of the stage.

I was there last night and I have to say I loved it a lot more once I went up on the mezzanine and had a view of the whole stage. Since there is no focus on a lead singer, I think it is meant to be seen as a whole thing. And there was more room for dancing!

Oh and I met Olof at the after show party and he was really charming and friendly and good looking :-)

Interestingly, I was sitting above the crowd, and I didn't see many people dancing at all. I'm sure somewhere there was someone losing their shit, but from my vantage it looked like a lot of standing around.

(Ps yeah I am serious)

The crowd was dancing in Montréal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_XhiKO_SQA#t=129

That's the last song they play, and an older song, too - were they dancing before that, as far as you could tell?

Where I was people were definitely dancing, both on the floor and on the balcony.

yeah, i never felt a balcony of this size shaking this way, that was incredible. i was dancing as well. i mean, rereading what i wrote i feel i am bit ungrateful, i mostly liked it.

Sounds like these shows are a real litmus test, very divisive and often entirely dependent on your own vantage point as to whether you enjoy them or not.

Generally enjoyed the show. Some aspects could have been better I guess (the choreographies could have been better on some songs, that spoken word thing did nothing for me). I definitely agree that having a good view of the stage is necessary to fully appreciate it. Really enjoyed the updated versions of We Share Our Mother's Health and Bird (actually the first 5 or so songs were all incredible).

I will be the first admit that I preferred the silly, pretentious mess I saw (imo) to most shows, because in 10 years I am more likely to remember this one than many of the more conventionally "good" shows I see. I honestly do prefer a band be controversial or divisive than complacent. I just wish I dug it more. Like I said, lots of (I felt) unforced errors, especially since the group has had time to retool things, if it wanted. Dancing could have been better or more interesting (imo). Politics/message could have been better presented/focused/developed. Opening cheerleader could have been excised. Poetry did nothing for me, though it worked as inadvertent self-parody. I guess I would have greatly preferred it not as a concert but as a proper show, at a theater, with maybe a narrative or something, a la the group's Darwin opera. Or even what the Pet Shop Boys do, performing/replicating songs but situated in the context of pretty focused show, wth A/V and dancing and songs all supporting one another. The mere two dancers on the last PSB tour, with the horned masks, I thought were more interesting and compelling and effective and affecting than the Knife's dayglo troupe.

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Like I said, I hated it but they're still my favourite band and would see it again

;_; I had to give my tickets to tonight's show to CAD

Anybody have a pair of tickets to Thursdays show in Nyc that they'd be willing to trade for wed? Pls email dan at acuterecords if so!

xp dan i wish you had been there tonite because i genuinely would have loved to get your take on it

I loved the show.

also:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/05/karin_of_the_kn.html

I was down with this until they started dumping bedpans full of shit on each other, still a tour remix album sounds very exciting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcXg_p-Yj18

That video is like an alternate world version of an episode of Glee.

tbf the tour here was at terminal 5 which is a comparable experience to having bedpans full of shit dumped on you (the venue, not the tour)

I was warned about the wed show so I showed up extra early to the thur show and stood on the balcony just behind the light people with a counter in front of me and the throngs behind.

Okay, from that description there is every possibility I was like five feet away from you at that show

New:

Europa Europa and The Knife -- För alla namn vi inte får använda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jMXZBPW-Q0

so Katherine St. Asaph reviewed Shaken-Up Versions for Pitchfork and got a rating of 7.3 yesterday. the thing is i looked it up to see if i can buy the CD version of this and according to Amazon this is MP3 only?

here is her review: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19465-the-knife-shaken-up-versions/

It's on spotify. I listened to it in the car the other day and really liked it. It's a nice combination of the clattering intensity of Shaking The Habitual and the tighter, catchier vibe of their earlier stuff.

katherine describes the album as "remixes" three times - are they actually remixes, not re-recordings?

I don't think they completely re-recorded them from scratch, but there are definitely a lot of new-sounding elements. Don't know if that counts as a remix or not.

https://www.crowdsurge.com/store/index.php?storeid=947

got my ticket for London. Almost an anticlimax to get it first time with no hitches along the way, I was prepared to again spend hours on crashing websites.

nobody cares this time around?

Sold out now, but I got one late yesterday afternoon, so i think yeah, they shook off a lot of people with the last London shows.

Finding Shaken-up really addictive, Got 2 Let U especially.

katherine describes the album as "remixes" three times - are they actually remixes, not re-recordings?

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vocals might have been re-recorded, it is basically The Tour: The Album

any news on when the vinyl issue of this will be coming? been listening to it a lot on Spotify but this is an album that needs to live on my shelf.

Our LAST tour? Not the final tour, I guess?

We are doing our last tour!
In the autumn we will round up the Shaking The Habitual Show Tour with a number of European dates. After the touring last year we reworked the show during the winter. The performers, previously known as dancers, learnt how to sing and play instruments, the stage got three levels, Shannon Funchess joined us and the show became more fun and shiny. We performed it in the US in the spring and now we would love you to join us in our dance for some last shaking moves.
 
"A handfull elf pee
That’s my soul
Spray it allover
Fill the bowl
Legs astride
An axe to grind
Generous actions with the speed of light
Without you my life would be boring”
See you on the dance floor...
/Olof and Karin, The Knife
 
Shaking The Habitual Show Tour Dates:
Oct 31 - Annexet, Stockholm, Sweden - 22/08/14 @ 9AM CET
Nov 01 - Film Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden - 22/08/14 @ 9AM CET
Nov 03 - Arena, Berlin, Germany - Buy Tickets
Nov 05 - Academy, Manchester, UK - Buy Tickets
Nov 06 - Brixton Academy, London, UK - Buy Tickets
Nov 08 - Iceland Airwaves Festival, Reykjavík - Buy Tickets

Only got this today, a month after Merdeyeux found out... weird. Maybe those dates weren't official yet?

They're breaking up after the tour.

just saw this, kinda sucks, but I guess it's good to go out on a high note

does this mean there will be more Fever Ray albums?

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/21359/1/the-knife-are-no-more-read-their-last-interview

this is a bummer but i've got faith that karin dreijer andersson is going to do something amazing next

as a tribute, here's a free download of a chiptunes cover album from 2010 : http://dataairlines.bandcamp.com/album/the-knife-data013

Oh, I am sad that they are no more. But I do feel like both of them are going to come out with more fantastic work, so I'm not that sad.

I hope they reunite for Coachella.

Yeah I'm not really going to read too much into this "break up", considering it's on good terms and there was such a long interval between Silent Shout and Shaking the Habitual. I'd be surprised if they never made any music together again.

Yeah I am not surprised at all with them ending the Knife, which seems to be a better way to describe than a 'break up'.

Pretty cool that their last show will be in Iceland.

bummed as they are so great together. still we might still have Fever Ray, so not all is lost.

Not as The Knife: https://vooruit.be/en/show/detail/9505/Ful_The_Knife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jMXZBPW-Q0

I immediately like this more than everything on TIAD + STH