Daily Jam - Marble House

Pretty crazy to think that The Knife's "Silent Shout" turned 20 years old earlier this year.  Just another one of those things to make me feel ancient.  Here's the Swedish electronic duo with "Marble House," our Daily Jam.

Fever Ray

I have not had a chance to see Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" yet, but i have heard some of the soundtrack, and it's pretty damn cool, featuring a score from Icelandic composer Hildur Gudnadottir and a couple of new original tracks from Swedish experimental electronic artist Fever Ray (Karin Dreijer formerly of The Knife).  Check out the latter's "Wrong Flower" below and pre-order a copy of the vinyl release here from Waxwork Records.

Model/Actriz Remixed by Olof Dreijer

Brooklyn's industrial-tinged post-punk band Model/Actriz get the remix treatment from The Knife's Olof Dreijer with the Swedish producer's rework of this year's track "Cinderella."  It's simultaneously weird and club-ready.  Check it out below and download it here from True Panther.

Daily Jam - Colouring of Pigeons

Swedish electronic duo The Knife always kept things weird, but probably never as much so than on their 2010 collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, "Tomorrow, In a Year."  The stand out track, "Colouring of Pigeons," mixed up electronic beats, icy synth tones, and operatic vocals for something haunting and otherworldly.  Listen to it below, our Daily Jam.

Fever Ray

When we got new music from Fever Ray a couple weeks ago, i wondered if it was an indication of a new record on the way, and it turns out that it was.  "Radical Romantics" comes out in March.  Listen to our second taste of the album with "Carbon Dioxide" below and pre-order the record here from Mute.

Fever Ray

I realize i was in the mountains for a few days, but that not one of you told me a new track from Fever Ray dropped last week is very disconcerting.  I'll get over it i suppose, but let's listen to said new track.  "What They Call Us" features production from Karin Dreijer's sibling and former The Knife bandmate Olof Dreijer and feels cold and exotic.  Check it out below and download it here from Mute.  New record forthcoming?

Daily Jam - Heartbeats

The summer and fall music festivals are dropping their lineups, and the wife and i have been having serious discussions about the possibility of walking our vaxxed asses out to ACL in October.  After taking a gander at the lineup yesterday, it's safe to say that i'm out.  You guys have fun though.  Anyway, here's The Knife with "Heartbeats," our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Heartbeats

Trying to put myself in a better place this morning with The Knife.  The electronic duo would go on to make colder and darker sounds, but "Heartbeats" is still a summer blast.  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - We Share Our Mother's Health

I never went outside yesterday...or took off my pajamas.  I did fix a toilet though.  Anyway, here's The Knife's "We Share Our Mother's Health," our Daily Jam.

Fever Ray - To the Moon and Back

Now, here's our first new music from Fever Ray in 8 years, an icy and catchy synth pop song with some pretty X-rated lyrics, and a creeeeepy video to accompany it.  Watch a reanimated corpse make its way to a sexual fetish filled tea party in "To the Moon and Back" below.  And maybe be on the lookout for a new record?

The Knife are breaking up...

Evidently, Swedish experimental electronic duo The Knife are disbanding once they conclude their European tour this November.  I'm really bummed out about this, as i never had the opportunity to see one of their live shows, but they leave behind a fascinating body of work.

The Knife - A Tooth for an Eye

Here's another track from the upcoming new album "Shaking The Habitual" from The Knife.  "A Tooth for an Eye" uses tribal percussion, lulling you into a trance-like state as Karin Dreijer's vocals carry you away as a new member of the cult.  Awesome stuff.  Listen below and look for the album in April from Mute.

The Knife

My younger, more impressionable years were spent idling the time away with a plethora of electronic music, via the stomping industrial vibes of Wax Trax, the drug trip that is The Orb, the nightmare inducing sounds and images from Aphex Twin, or the plain old retro booty shaking of Daft Punk.  And then we parted ways as i explored new pastures only to be drawn back into the fold in 2006 with the now iconic "Silent Shout" from Sweden's The Knife.  2013 finally sees the proper follow up to that amazing album with the forthcoming "Shaking the Habitual" from Mute.  (For some reason or another, 2010's Darwinian electro-opera "Tomorrow, In a Year" doesn't count.)  At any rate, we are very, very excited about the new jams.  Watch the video/short film for first single "Full of Fire," directed by Marit Östberg below.