The Knife live in concert.
ON TOUR

The Knife

42
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

82
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Based on 
42
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LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

The Knife is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 42 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Knife is rated as an impressive live performer, with enjoyable shows overall. The Knife concert reviews describe live shows and performances as energetic, predictable, and intoxicating.

ON TOUR

Sint-Annazaal, Aalst, Belgium (March 22); Reset, Berlin, Germany (March 29); Gaststätte Stock, Hagen A.T.W., Germany (April 26)

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Kill (June 7, 2023)

artist info

GENRE
electronic
ORIGIN
Stockholm, Sweden (1999 - 2014)
BIO
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.
HAS PERFORMED with

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

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

Hit The Floor Magazine (UK)

November 14, 2014
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Brixton Academy, London, UK

The Line Of Best Fit (UK)

November 10, 2014
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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.

musicOMH (UK)

November 9, 2014
70
%
The Knife @ Brixton Academy, London

eGigs (UK)

November 7, 2014
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Announcing a clutch of UK shows The Knife released a statement saying they felt no obligation to continue.

Too Many Blogs (UK)

November 7, 2014
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On a night where the UK is known for letting off fireworks I was expecting to maybe see some inside of the academy during the final tour that The Knife will ever do.

The Guardian (UK)

November 7, 2014
100
%
In May 2013 the Swedish electropop duo comprised of siblings Karin Dreijer Anderson and Olof Dreijer played their first London show since 2006.

Past critic reviews published in

Mancunian Matters (UK), Resident Advisor, Festivalrykten (Sweden), We All Want Someone To Shout For (USA), The Hollywood Reporter (USA) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Henry Laurisch [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons