THE YOUNG KNIVES

Young Knives are an English indie rock band from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. The name is based on a misunderstanding of "young knaves", which was found by the band by rummaging through a book.

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Young Knives let fans vote on set list
The Young Knives are playing at Heaven on 24 September as part of Transgressive Record’s 5th birthday celebrations. You should go - because they are amazing. To spice things up, they’re letting you the screaming fan vote on what songs they’re going to play. Good eh? Will the masochists gang up and make the band play all those b-sides they know they hate? Or will...
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Music festivals in Kent 2009
As part as our ongoing attempts to cover what little exists of a Kent music scene, it seemed only prudent to put together a brief guide to the major music festivals taking place in the county over the next couple of months. A few years ago such a thing would have been impossible due to a lack of said events, but now new festivals seem to be popping up each year. Obviously not all of them work (...
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GLASTONBURY 2008 - PART ONE
Singles for the week beginning May 19!
Band name: Young Knives, Futureheads, Morton Valance and more Label: various indie mwindies Teaser: Michael West let’s his evil streak off the leash as he takes us through this week’s releases. Find out here who has a stupid name, who reminds him of Hard Fi - and who he’d like to get hitched to… Pull quote 2: They cite ‘The Police’ as influences....
The Filthy Horror Show
Band name: Various Artists Label: Filthy Little Angels Teaser: Fang Fuck it’s Halloween, and who’d have thought that someone would have the idea of getting the Rocky Horror soundtrack covered by a bunch of unsigned no-wavers? Rory Carroll unlocks the crypt of free downloads… Pull quote 2: The Housewives combine The Young Knives with bossa nova beats on...
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Singles for the week beginning Oct 22!
Band name: Young Knives, Ladytron, LCD Soundsystem and more… Label: various indie schmindies Teaser: This week’s extraordinarily large mound of singles sees Mercury nominees slugging it out on the dance-floor, and James Murphy taking on his DFA prodigies Prinzhorn Dance School. Lewis Hingston lets battle commence… Pull quote 2: Wichita’s Los Campesinos! are...
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