Dusted review "Tomorrow, in a year"

Dusted reviews The Knife's electro-opera "Tomorrow, in a year": http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5613

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
02. Sophie Zelmani - I'm the rain
03. Tomas Andersson Wij - Spår
04. Björn Skifs - Da capo
05. Dark Tranquillity - We are the void
06. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
07. Nordman - Korsväg
08. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
09. Rigmor Gustafsson & Radio String Quartet Vienna - Calling you
10. Kent - Röd
11. Shout Out Louds - Work
12. Calle Kristiansson - Calle Kristiansson
13. The Knife - Tomorrow, in a year
14. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
15. Torgny Melin - Dansbandsnatt
16. Zekes - En sån natt
17. Freda' - Ett mysterium
18. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
19. Thåström - Be-bop-a-lula hela jävla dan (1989-2009)
20. Mando Diao - Give me fire!

The Silent Ballet on "Tomorrow, in a year"

The Silent Ballet gives their take on The Knife's electro-opera "Tomorrow, in a year": http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/3158/Default.aspx

Drowned in Sound interviews Olof Dreijer of The Knife

Drowned in Sound talks to Olof Dreijer of The Knife about their new Darwin-inspired opera "Tomorrow, in a year": http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4139258-talkin-bout-an-evolution-dis-meets-the-knife

Wired roundtable: Tomorrow, in a year

Wired has a roundtable discussion with both Karin and Olof Dreijer of The Knife plus Planningtorock and Mt. Sims discussing the making of electro-opera "Tomorrow, in a year": http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/03/darwin-opera-tomorrow-in-a-year/

Pitchfork reviews "Tomorrow, in a year"

Pitchfork reviews The Knife's new opera work "Tomorrow, in a year": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13974-tomorrow-in-a-year/

MusicOMH reviews "Tomorrow, in a year"

MusicOMH reviews The Knife's Darwin-inspired opera "Tomorrow, in a year": http://www.musicomh.com/albums/knife-2_0210.htm

Stream "Tomorrow, in a year"

The Knife's entire new album "Tomorrow, in a year" is now available for streaming at the band's website: http://theknife.net/

Resident Advisor top picks of the 00s

Electronic music site Resident Advisor has posted their top 100 albums of the 00s and the various Scandinavian entries on the list include Røyksopp - Melody A.M. (#83), Vladislav Delay - Multila (#70), Studio - West coast (#67), Björk - Vespertine (#54), The Field - From here we go sublime (#29), Trentemøller - The last resort (#28), Fever Ray - s/t (#24), Luomo - Vocalcity (#13) and The Knife - Silent shout (#9). Read more: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1144

Sirius playlist week #4

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Komeda - Elvira Madigan
02. TALK 1
03. Joensuu 1685 - I'm on fire
04. Haust - Skate rock
05. Sambassadeur - Sandy dunes
06. Erik de Vahl - Got it all
07. TALK 2
08. The Confusions - Boys will be boys
09. The Knife - Heartbeats
10. Francis - I was never bored at all
11. Monzano - Cold waters
12. TALK 3
13. Ave - The load of human kind
14. Trapdoor Fucking Exit - Cardiac arrest
15. Håkan Hellström - Tro och tvivel
16. Karin Ström - Hackney Downs
17. TALK 4
18. Mr. Death - Misery's womb

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

"Colouring of pigeons" track review

Pitchfork has a track review of "Colouring of pigeons", the first sample of The Knife's forthcoming opera "Tomorrow, in a year": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11706-colouring-of-pigeons-ft-mt-sims-and-planningtorock/

"Tomorrow, in a year" samples, details

The CD release of the studio version of "Tomorrow, in a year", the Darwin-inspired Opera composed by The Knife in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, will now be released on March 1 via the band's own Rabid Records. Check out a sample tune and get more details: http://theknife.net/tommorow-in-a-year-information.html

Top songs of the 00's critical consensus?

Various Swedish journos list their top 10 songs of the 00s for Aftonbladet: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article6372655.ab
And in case you missed it, "Heartbeats" by The Knife topped the Magasinet Novell poll of the decade's 100 best songs: http://nollnolltalet.se/

The Knife @ Soundcloud

The Knife now have an account on Soundcloud and will reportedly be posting new material very soon: http://soundcloud.com/theknife

"Tomorrow, in a year" to get album release in February

Rabid Records will be releasing The Knife's opera "Tomorrow, in a year" as an album on February 1: http://www.rabidrecords.com/tomorrowinayear/