"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 4/12/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
The Knife is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 43 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Knife is rated as a superb live performer, with remarkable shows that are worth seeing. The Knife concert reviews describe live shows and performances as energetic, predictable, and intoxicating.
ON TOUR
Kulturzentrum KFZ, Marburg, Germany (May 24); Neuborn Open Air Gelände, Wörrstadt, Germany (August 23);
The Knife was an electronic duo from Gothenburg, Sweden formed in 1999. The band consisted of siblings Karin Dreijer (formerly of Honey is Cool, now Fever Ray) and Olof Dreijer (Oni Ayhun) - who also run their own record company, Rabid Records.
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Crack Magazine (UK)
December 4, 2014
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It is with a heavy heart that we find ourselves putting this lamentation together. When The Knife announced their split in the heat of summer, the optimists among us hoped that it would just be another red herring in a lifespan that has been full of surprises and second guesses. The post which broke the news
The Club Silencio scene in David Lynch’s Hollywood nightmare Mulholland Drive features the line, The song a tape-recording…no hay banda…but yet we hear a band.
Most conventional bands grace the stage following a support act, but that would seem far too predictable for the notoriously bizarre Swedish ravers, whose warm up consisted of what could accurately be described as Mr Motivator on acid.