The Knife 2013 Tour Dates. Like for realz.

[xanman86]

[xanman86]

[thizzin my brains out]

Sorry if mentioned/discussed, but when will they be stateside? Looks like no US festivals this summer, so what does that mean probably? A couple dates in CA, NY, maybe in the fall?

[ameeps]

Sorry if mentioned/discussed, but when will they be stateside? Looks like no US festivals this summer, so what does that mean probably? A couple dates in CA, NY, maybe in the fall?

On their previous album tour in 2006 they played 3 full US shows.
New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
That being said, this tour is already way more extensive then then their past tours.
Before 2013, the Knife had played 22 shows total. They have 25 already planned for this year.
My best guess would be 7-10 US dates.

[thizzin my brains out]

That's one of LAs few redemptive qualities... if an obscure group from Europe comes to the US to play a show, odds are they will play in LA.

[ameeps]

That's one of LAs few redemptive qualities... if an obscure group from Europe comes to the US to play a show, odds are they will play in LA.

If an obscure/new European band has their first US show, it's almost always New York. And then LA comes next. But hey don't hate on LA it's an awesome city.

[bmack86]

New York makes sense for European bands to start in with the proximity of airports, just like Japanese, Kiwi and Aussie bands always start in California.

[thizzin my brains out]

If an obscure/new European band has their first US show, it's almost always New York. And then LA comes next. But hey don't hate on LA it's an awesome city.

Born and raised in SoCal and lived in LA last 5 years. It's a love hate relationship, though I would say more love than hate. Weather and concerts tip the scales in favor.

[Boourns]

Sorry if mentioned/discussed, but when will they be stateside? Looks like no US festivals this summer, so what does that mean probably? A couple dates in CA, NY, maybe in the fall?

2014

[thizzin my brains out]

2014

oh, so you mean coachella?

[Boourns]

Probably. The word is they will tour here then, specifically.

[xanman86]

Tooth for an Eye just hit iTunes in Australia.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/id600163714




I will never forgive myself for checking on their tour dates the week after they came to San Francisco in 2006. Such an epic fail.

[Miroir Noir]

[mmsk123]

Edit: was an order error

[shakermaker113]

a conversation with gebetter yesterday reminded me of this intriguing piece of info from their interview in the most recent issue of Filter:

Were there any other collaborations?
Karin: We involved a comic writer, Liv Strömquist, to write a comic for the album cover. And we involved a film director - that has become a film, which will come out later. We have also created a big collective for the coming live show.

Can you tell us what the live show will be like?
Karin: That is a huge secret.

How important is the visual and aesthetic presentation of The Knife?
Olof: We don't have a visual plan. We always try to go against [what came before]. I find that any image that has been created around The Kinfe has become a commodity; and if a commodiy occurs, we try to deconstruct it. There will be no visual similarities to what we have done before.

[Boourns]

Karin: That is a huge secret.

So mysterious.

[suprefan]

8-17-13 Pukklepop Festival - Hasselt, Belgium

[suprefan]

Like we didnt know they were crazy

http://m.pitchfork.com/news/50003-re...-the-habitual/

SOME FEELING IN THE BELLIES OF THE TANKERS WHO PASS US MAKING SAD MANIC BONGS LIKE DRUMS

Everybody is always desiring already imagined things.
When we travel between thresholds, people say: “you’re hiding.”
Not everything can be so easily explained.

We have a bellyache, a big stink, a major grouse or two with manufactured knowledge.
But how do you build an album about not knowing?
Now your voice is in my throat, floating there…
Often people take pills for these things.
To us the body is no longer psychological.
It’s certainly not a container, we don’t believe in metaphors.
Like dog/wolf—there aren’t many anymore.

Still at twilight something blurs over your shoulder.
Which is it?
It’s prickly.

Our hair is out.

We have made some decisions.
We want to fail more, act without authority.
Plus there’s something phlegmatic about the world state don’t you think?
There’s a blood system promoting biology as destiny.
A series of patriarchies that’s a problem to the Nth degree.
What about hyper-capitalism, this homicidal class system, the school system that’s kaput?
Then there are castles everywhere—look at them fake tanning and signing autographs!

At least there’s one thing we stand behind.
There’s still an ecosystem right? And here’s this sound system.
We dusted it off. Electronic is just one place in the body. We went temporarily acoustic.
We made our own instruments. We took an old bedspring, a microphone and:
“Stay out here…”
Now we’re bending our voices to sound like Emily R., who recorded the track on her cellphone speaker.

No habits!
There are other ways to do things.

Still sometimes it all seems so bad.
Don’t worry we won’t commit Harakiri, stomach cutting or anything like it.
The honor system is corrupt, just another privilege.
Like how it’s a privilege to make an album, to move freely.

We just have to go faster we mean breakneck we mean “like crazy.”

How at 5am that warehouse beat is coming up like sour steam.
All over the dance floor we’re asking: can this DNA turn into something else?
It’s not metaphorical. It’s explicit.
There are surgeries and fantasies and holes sweating through the wall.
It’s a question about feelings. It’s a question about who gets to risk.

But things don’t change so easily.
There’s still Monsanto, fracking and “terminator seeds.”
Every morning we wake up wondering: who’s kicking who on the street corner?

Now we have to start. We choose process over everything else.
Letting go of outcomes is another privilege.
Keep it lateral.
We ask our friends to help.

Together we leave the village and walk down the road. The light starts exercising itself. The old sun is out in his winter jumpsuit doing sit-ups and squat thrusts between the nettles and moldy brush.

10 more! We say to him. Get shaking!

Our walk gets longer. It’s a walk in the panpipes of the body. We come to the edge. So much water. The ocean is twice its original size. We take a bunch of surveys. They know everything about us. We don’t buy what they say. We take a heap of estrogen. All around us things are howling and then we stand on the pier end. The light is pink and green and pink and green. It reminds us of home—like we imagine it could be. But when the color pancakes out over the horizon, we don’t know what we’re looking at. That’s ok. This time it’s structural.

No habits!

Of course we’re growing restless.

[rage patton]

I absolutely love it. What a tremendous way to put out their mission statement for their new album.

[Sleepingrock]

Any word on any dates, aside from festivals, in July or August?? Any ideas if they'll have any?

[suprefan]

They arent coming here this year it looks like.

[Sleepingrock]

Mhm, but any word on more dates in Europe during that time? I'm trying to figure out if Melt! is my best chance to see them, to hold out and see if they'll be at Roskilde, or wait for any further dates festival in Europe or one off. I'm leaning towards Melt!.

[GrossMagic]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013...g-the-habitual

[rage patton]

Goddammit I love these two so much. That was a great read.

[Spooks]

^ Indeed. I'm more excited for this album than new Daft Punk

[Aphxtwinin]

well its out there somewhere...
http://theknifefans.tumblr.com/post/46330165784

[suprefan]

Somebody got a preorder early.

[rage patton]

Woh. That comic looks crazy. Maybe I should buy the vinyl after all...

EDIT: 30 Euros? And then shipping? Nevermind.

[suprefan]

Ask around at the record stores you go to and see if theyre going to carry it. And theres isnt a north american retailer sell ing it?


Edit: there ya go, amazon has a pre order for 25 bucks and free shipping

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00B9J...sr=8-3&pi=SL75

[Newro7ic]

It's on Amazon for $26.