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Band To Watch: FIVE KNIVES

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Making their veiled debut at a password-guarded basement party in early 2012, Five Knives is a Nashville band that redefines electro by merging beats with the ferocious energy of a live band. Best described as a blend of M.I.A. and Nine Inch Nails, frontwoman Anna Worstell, keyboardists/programmers Nathan Barlowe (who also plays guitar) and Zach Hall, and drummer Shane Wise grind heavy synth riffs into an undeniably catchy sound that’s rooted in both old-school punk and new school electronic. With their genre-bending debut EP The Rising, Five Knives are delivering an intensified live experience and capturing a new legion of fans night after night.

Their live experience totaling just three shows, Five Knives headed to SXSW and emerged as one of the festival’s most buzzed-about bands. As their frenetic live performance fast gained notoriety, Five Knives soon went on to open up for Girl Talk, Die Antwoord, and Araab Muzik and-at the tail end of 2012-hit the road for a string of arena shows with Smashing Pumpkins.

Now working on a full-length debut, Five Knives are proud to do their part in shattering the notion that Nashville’s for country music only. “Our sound’s kind of schizophrenic-it’s a mix of electronic and dance and rock and pop and hip-hop and punk,” says Worstell. For help in fine-tuning that sound, Five Knives tap into each member’s distinct background: Hall is hip-hop-obsessed, Worstell and Barlowe both worship the Ramones, and the band as a whole mines inspiration from post-punk/synth-pop pioneers like New Order and Depeche Mode.

www.fiveknivesmusic.com

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