Check it: a radio-rip of the brand new single "Silent shout" from The Knife: http://gurkbasurken.blogg.se/040106151037_the_knife.html (via)

The Knife has a new website: http://www.theknife.net/

The title track from The Knife's new album "Silent shout" will be released as a single on January 16.

The Knife has confirmed that their new album "Silent shout" will be released in March.

Agenda Music/Peacefrog in the UK will be releasing a new José González single for the song "Heartbeats", José's now-classic cover of The Knife. The disc will include the unreleased b-side instrumental "Suggestions" and a bonus DVD with a documentary and a selection of live tracks. Full details: http://www.agendamusic.com/releases/?view=202&type=EP

New mp3 today from Swedish synth act I Love You Baby! Their latest album "Mondegreen" was recently added to the IAT webstore and should appeal to fans of The Knife or any other glitchy, messed-up electro. Along with Trewetha Records labelmates The State of Floral Beings, ILYB! are making some of the most interesting, punk-influenced synth-rock that I've heard recently. There's plenty of pop hooks, but it's still got an edge. Recommended, of course.

MP3: I Love You Baby! - My 49th baby

New mp3 today from Swedish synth act I Love You Baby! Their latest album "Mondegreen" was recently added to the IAT webstore and should appeal to fans of The Knife or any other glitchy, messed-up electro. Along with Trewetha Records labelmates The State of Floral Beings, ILYB! are making some of the most interesting, punk-influenced synth-rock that I've heard recently. There's plenty of pop hooks, but it's still got an edge. Recommended, of course.

I Love You Baby! - My 49th baby

NYC dance party Le One Night Stand is putting on a special Scandinavian-themed night on November 10 at Bar 13. Cover is free and guest DJ Miss Fiona Sand from Norway will be spinning. There will also be giveaways of new music from artists such as Annie, Shout Out Louds, Surferosa, The Knife, Tiger Baby, Mew and Datarock. More info: http://www.myspace.com/leonenightstand

Music (for Robots) revisits The Knife: http://music.for-robots.com/archives/001209.html
Both Knife CDs can also be readily ordered via Parasol and are highly recommended.

Jenny Wilson's "Love and youth" will finally be released throughout all of Scandinavia on October 31 with the rest of Europe to follow early next year. Before going solo, Jenny was known as the frontwoman for First Floor Power. Her record was produced with help from The Knife.

Jenny Wilson
Let my shoes lead me forward
Rabid Records

As you may or may not know, Jenny Wilson is the first signing to The Knife's record label. Although a bit obvious, this doesn't sound too different from The Knife. This is no bad thing. It has more a pop sheen and slightly less screechy vocals, which has always been my main criticism of The Knife. Jenny Wilson deserves her own attention, and with a bit of luck may even eclipse the success of The Knife overseas. As her records have more instrumentation than The Knife I imagine that live, she truly shines.
- Nick Levine

Top fives: 2005 so far

Eurosport
s/t EP
Songs I Wish I Had Written

Sweden already got The Embassy, The Knife, Three Is A Crowd, The Tough Alliance etc, and now they got Eurosport to add to the list of bands that make great electronic pop music. This CD has three tracks on it, and two of them ("Tell no one about tonight", "Shaking a lot") are near perfection. This is music for lazy Sunday afternoons, this is music for drinking lots of alcohol to, this is music to fuck to. Does that sound contradictory? It's not.
- Simon Tagestam

Before there was The Knife, before Håkan Hellström embarked on a solo career or joined Broder Daniel, there was Honey Is Cool. Today's Flashback Friday mp3 is a Swedish indierock classic from the year 1999 off of HIC's second and final album "Early morning are you working?". Love it or hate it, Karin Dreijer's voice is unmistakable, no matter what band she's singing with. I had a bear of a time trying to decide what track to post today as the band's sound is all over the place, often within the same song. I figured I might as well go with the second album's lead single since it's a good introduction to band seeing as how it's probably the most polished thing they ever did, for better or worse. Well, they did have Pelle Gunnerfelt (Fireside) and Jari Haapalainen (Bear Quartet) working on the album, both producing and playing a little guitar. As always, very recommended. Especially if you're interested in hearing the roots of The Knife.

Preview the new Jenny Wilson single "Let my shoes lead me forward" including the remixes from The Knife: http://www.jennywilson.net/flash_cds.htm