the kniφe - shaking the habitual

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

more news - http://d-e-f.com/2015/01/23/def-2015-knife/

Seems weird they're doing just one Europa Europa show, keeping my fingers crossed for some additional dates...

This turned ten years old a few weeks ago

!

Right? It's still a recent album to me. Although maybe the time is demarcated by how pivotal it felt at the time compared to how little I think about it or want to play it these days.
Maybe it's to do with the album's topics now having become much more mainstream and centre-table than at the time? Although I can't remember a time when financial equality and gender rights weren't big topics?

feels like 10 years ago tbh

these two posts above sum things up pretty well imo

Favourite album of the last ten years (plus a few weeks)