Guardian Music — An opera inspired by Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species? Swedish duo the Knife explain how they went from performing creepy electro pop to writing for a mezzo sopranoSwedish electro duo the Knife are to appear at the Barbican this week for the... more info

NME — Acts will create works of art from steel drums for SFOTE more info

Pitchfork — The nonprofit organization SFOTE is teaming up with a group of artists and musicians to auction off art made out of steel drums. The fundraising event, called "7 Drums / 7 Artists", is designed to honor the Laventille area of Trinidad and Tobago, w... more info

Pitchfork — WHAT: Blaze FestivalWHEN: June 19 - July 31WHERE: London, EnglandWHO: The Knife's Tomorrow in a Year, Dirty Projectors performing The Getty Address, Shearwater, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Caetano Veloso, Lee "Scratch Perry, Toots and the Maytals... more info

XLR8R — Belgium's 10 Days Off festival has announced the lineup of its 2010 edition, and with names like The Knife, Guy Gerber, Jesse Rose, and Kerri Chandler (pictured) making appearances, techno heads have yet another festival to attend. Even those mo... more info

Altsounds — *The Golden Filter's* debut album, *VOLUSPA*, released Monday *26th April 2010* on UK Independent *Brille Records* (home of The Knife, Good Shoes, Lucus Renney and Operator Please.) '*Hide Me*', the first single from the album will be released *M... more info

Perez Hilton — How sweet! Mother/daughter plastic surgery! Couldn't they just have had a day of glamor and gone for facials? While Alex Ray Joel was getting her new nose, mom Christie Brinkley decided to freshen up and get a face-lift, according to Star magazine. ... more info

The Playlist — The trailer for "The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of Jose Gonzalez" has found its way online. Gonzalez is a Swedish folk artist that remained low-key until his cover of The Knife's "Heartbeats" became a worldwide phenomenon (seriously such a good frig... more info

8/1 — 0.4/10worst song of the yearÄ°sveçli dans ettiremeyen dans müzik yıldızı Robyn geçtiÄŸimiz yıl Röyksopp'un Junior adlı albümü için The Girl and the Robot adlı saçmasapan bir ÅŸarkı kaydetmiÅŸti.... more info

Altsounds — ‘Like leaves on the ground, but rather snow in the air, swirling and massive, weightless and fragile’ … is the most apt metaphor to describe the angelically haunted voice of Harry’s Gym vocalist Anne-Lise Froked... more info