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Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer from Swedish electronic music duo The Knife perform live on stage at Lowlands festival in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands in August.

Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer from Swedish electronic music duo The Knife perform live on stage at Lowlands festival in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands in August. Paul Bergen/Getty Images hide caption

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All Songs Considered

The Knife On 'Shaking' Expectations

In a rare audio interview, the Swedish electronic duo reveals how its latest album, Shaking The Habitual, is an extension of the philosophy that "everything is politicized."

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Clockwise from upper left: Early photo of My Bloody Valentine, Grouper, The Knife, Ballake Sissoko.

Clockwise from upper left: Early photo of My Bloody Valentine, Grouper, The Knife, Ballake Sissoko. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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All Songs Considered

New Music From The Knife, Four Tet And (Oh Yeah) My Bloody Valentine

Our latest weekly mix includes songs from some of the year's most anticipated new albums, including the long-awaited My Bloody Valentine record, and an epic electronic jam from The Knife. We've also got new music from Four Tet, Cloud Cult, Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko and more!

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Giant Drag

The Magnetic Fields, Giant Drag, The Knife, And More

After releasing the appropriately titled Distortion in 2008, The Magnetic Fields' members return with a cleaner, mostly acoustic sound. The new album is Realism, and we've got the opening cut, "You Must Be Out Of Your Mind." Also on the show: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band resurrects the voice of Louis Armstrong, a strange new opera from The Knife, the surprising string quartet Brooklyn Rider, Giant Drag and The Heligoats.

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The Knife

Something beautiful happens in the midst of The Knife's 90-minute electro-opera, based on Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species: The music itself evolves as the album progresses. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen

First Listen: The Knife, 'Tomorrow, In A Year'

Something beautiful happens in the midst of The Knife's electro-opera, based on Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species: The music itself evolves as the album progresses. Hear the Swedish duo's collaboration with Planningtorock and Mt. Sims in its entirety until its digital release on Feb. 2.