Saturday, September 29, 2007
Toronto, ONT - The Docks, 28.09.07
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / Where Is Home? / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Uniform / Little Thoughts / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
We Were Lovers (first time played live!) / Sunday / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
The Pioneers
We Were Lovers (first time played live!) / Sunday / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
The Pioneers
Labels: Setlists
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Friday, September 28, 2007
Bloc Party in 'Flux'?
Hot off the press...according to this very short bulletin on Video Static, Bloc Party have just booked a shoot with video director Ace Norton...also confirmed on the director's personal website. The track they're shooting is titled 'Flux', so it looks like Bloc Party are already setting their sights on releasing new material, with just the three singles lifted from 'A Weekend In The City' so far. There's no official news of a brand new single yet, but BLOG PARTY will keep you posted!
P.S. Bloc Party played a brand new song at Covington's Madison Theater a couple nights ago, featuring Gordy on synths...please send in your setlists if you were there!
Edit: The new song played in Covington last Wednesday was indeed 'Flux'...and, yup, there's already a decent quality recording up on YouTube!
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Emotional boy rock will save the world
Speaking exclusively to AOL's Spinner blog, Kele has hinted that Bloc Party's third album will see the band dropping the city-based "going out, getting trashed" themes of 'A Weekend In The City' for a more introspective approach:
"I think with this third record, its very much going to be a record about interior spaces. If 'A Weekend In the City' was me complaining about going out and getting f---ed up, I think this is going to be a very intimate record about staying in and discovering aspects of yourself. And not in a grown-up, Coldplay/Snow Patrol way."
Kele also plans to dive deep into "human relationships, on a real kind of primal level, what it means to feel desire and what it means to actually feel close to someone, or what it means to feel lament - the passing of closeness between people. It's very much going to be a record about internal relationships."
There's also the mention of a possible brand new December single to tide fans over until the next album, but nothing's set in stone yet. Don't expect to hear too many new tracks at upcoming gigs though...Kele's a bit worried about unfinished versions appearing on YouTube:
"That was the one thing that annoyed me mildly about 'A Weekend In the City' tracks. We played them, I guess a year before the album came out, and now in the age of YouTube, everyone's got a camera phone. People were getting really attached to these nascent versions of songs but they still [weren't] finished and they weren't anybody else's property really and I think this time around we're gonna present people with an album."
Labels: Interviews
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Austin City Limits, 16.09.07
Download below Bloc Party's entire euphoria-inducing set at this year's Austin City Limits festival...an afternoon performance under the intense Texas sun.
01. Song For Clay
02. Positive Tension
03. Hunting For Witches
04. Waiting For The 7.18
05. Banquet
06. This Modern Love
07. The Prayer
08. Uniform
09. So Here We Are
10. Like Eating Glass
11. She's Hearing Voices
12. Helicopter
Recorded by IndyDave. Download Bloc Party's previous 2005 Austin City Limits performance here!
Download below Bloc Party's entire euphoria-inducing set at this year's Austin City Limits festival...an afternoon performance under the intense Texas sun.
01. Song For Clay
02. Positive Tension
03. Hunting For Witches
04. Waiting For The 7.18
05. Banquet
06. This Modern Love
07. The Prayer
08. Uniform
09. So Here We Are
10. Like Eating Glass
11. She's Hearing Voices
12. Helicopter
Recorded by IndyDave. Download Bloc Party's previous 2005 Austin City Limits performance here!
Labels: Audio
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Last few days to vote!
Just a quick reminder that voting in this year's BT Digital Music Awards closes in 4 days time...so there's not much time left to register your support for BlocParty.net! Remember, you can vote once per day, with multiple email addresses if you have them. Thanks to everyone who's voted so far.
Click here!
Just a quick reminder that voting in this year's BT Digital Music Awards closes in 4 days time...so there's not much time left to register your support for BlocParty.net! Remember, you can vote once per day, with multiple email addresses if you have them. Thanks to everyone who's voted so far.
Click here!
Labels: Awards
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Sunday, September 23, 2007
Houston, TX - Warehouse Live, 21.09.07
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Blue Light / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Little Thoughts / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Sunday / The Once And Future King / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Sunday / The Once And Future King / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Labels: Setlists
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Friday, September 21, 2007
Mexico City, D.F. - Auditorio Nacional, 19.09.07
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / Where Is Home? / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Two More Years / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Sunday / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
The Pioneers
Sunday / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
The Pioneers
Labels: Setlists
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Monday, September 17, 2007
Two new releases...
Next Monday (24th September), Wichita Recordings (Bloc Party's UK record label) put out a compilation to celebrate their seventh birthday. 'There's Only One 'T' In Wichita' features 14 tracks by various bands on the label's roster, including an exclusive Dave P & Adam Sparkle remix of 'Hunting For Witches'. Buy the CD for a bargainous £3.99 from HMV.
Also out the same day is a limited edition 12" vinyl of the Break & Silent Witness drum & bass remix of 'The Prayer'. Find out more and listen to the remix here.
DNAudio 012 / WEBB100CD
Labels: Other_releases
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Austin City Limits, 16.09.07 (setlist)
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[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Photos from Austinist
Labels: Setlists
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
Austin City Limits, 24.09.05
To mark Bloc Party's appearance at the Austin City Limits festival tomorrow, here's a crystal clear recording of the first time they played the festival two years ago! Also...you can watch Bloc Party's 2007 set in the AT&T Blue Room tomorrow (Sunday 16th September) at 8:30pm CST (2:30am GMT!).
To mark Bloc Party's appearance at the Austin City Limits festival tomorrow, here's a crystal clear recording of the first time they played the festival two years ago! Also...you can watch Bloc Party's 2007 set in the AT&T Blue Room tomorrow (Sunday 16th September) at 8:30pm CST (2:30am GMT!).
01. Intro
02. So Here We Are
03. Positive Tension
04. Banquet
05. Blue Light
06. She's Hearing Voices
07. This Modern Love
08. Two More Years
09. Like Eating Glass
10. Little Thoughts
11. Helicopter
12. The Pioneers
Thanks to Lullabyes for the quality bootleg!
Labels: Audio
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Friday, September 14, 2007
Colombus, OH - Lifestyle Communities Pavilion, 13.09.07
[Setlist]
[Fan review]
This was my first time seeing Bloc Party and I believe their first time in OH. I've wanted to see them a couple years now as they're my favorite active band I hadn't seen up to this point. I had made plans for various festivals to catch them, but those didn't seem to work out. The band was totally on top of things and giving it their all tonight and I must say, Matt is one of the most wicked drummers I've ever seen and Kele is a powerful frontman. For some reason, it took a really long time for the crowd to get into them as the majority seemed very lost on their music until they heard the singles 'Banquet' and 'The Prayer'. They were finally into every song once 'Uniform' completely blew every source of life in the venue off their feet. It was definitely the highlight of the evening. 'Like Eating Glass' was pretty intense as well and got the crowd going wild. 'Two More Years' and 'The Once and Future King' got solid responses and it was good to hear them live.
Toward the end of their main set, I went out on a limb and did something I sort of hate to hear other people do, but I knew I had an off-chance in hell for them to play it. No one had bothered them with requests so far, so I took it upon myself to be that guy. I yelled out "Pioneers!" because my friend and I really wanted to hear it as it's one of our faves from 'Silent Alarm', but no luck during the main set...nor the *first* encore. Suddenly, they came back out and I completely expected them to play 'I Still Remember' as that's been a huge single for them in Columbus and I imagined most of the audience who did know some of their songs wanted to hear it. What we got was...'PIONEERS'!! So glad we didn't jet. They said they hadn't played it in a long time, but it completed our night as only chanting "We will not be the last!" could do. Cool
Danny Perkins
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Two More Years / The Once And Future King / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
SRXT / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
The Pioneers
SRXT / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
The Pioneers
Labels: Gig_reviews, Setlists
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BLAG PARTY: Cover #9
At long last...the next track in the BlocParty.net covers project! It's a note-perfect instrumental cover of 'She's Hearing Voices', programmed and played by Robert Melhuish. Keep sending in your covers...there's no versions of any of the 'A Weekend In The City' tracks or b-sides yet!
[Download] Robert Melhuish - She's Hearing Voices
Click here to listen to the other BLAG PARTY covers so far, or to find out how you can submit your own.
At long last...the next track in the BlocParty.net covers project! It's a note-perfect instrumental cover of 'She's Hearing Voices', programmed and played by Robert Melhuish. Keep sending in your covers...there's no versions of any of the 'A Weekend In The City' tracks or b-sides yet!
[Download] Robert Melhuish - She's Hearing Voices
Click here to listen to the other BLAG PARTY covers so far, or to find out how you can submit your own.
Labels: Blag_Party
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Milwaukee, WI - The Pabst Theater, 11.09.07
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Blue Light / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Little Thoughts / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Sunday / The Once And Future King / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Sunday / The Once And Future King / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Labels: Setlists
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Bloc Party contribute to 'Love Music Hate Racism' campaign album
Bloc Party will appear on a special compilation CD in aid of the Love Music Hate Racism campaign, given away free with the October 10th issue of NME next month. There's no official tracklisting yet, but according to the official LMHR site, the Bloc Party contribution is likely to be a Diplo remix of 'Where Is Home?'. Other artists featured on the CD include Dirty Pretty Things, Maximo Park and Lethal Bizzle.
Bloc Party will appear on a special compilation CD in aid of the Love Music Hate Racism campaign, given away free with the October 10th issue of NME next month. There's no official tracklisting yet, but according to the official LMHR site, the Bloc Party contribution is likely to be a Diplo remix of 'Where Is Home?'. Other artists featured on the CD include Dirty Pretty Things, Maximo Park and Lethal Bizzle.
Speaking to NME, Kele had this to say about Bloc Party's involvement in the project:
"The thing is, I heard what the BNP were proposing to do [giving away albums by white power bands outside British schools and universities] and it sent a real shiver down my spine. They're an evil organisation and the thought of them handing out stuff to young impressionable minds is incredibly frightening. Anything we can do as a band to raise awareness we will do."
Labels: Other_releases
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Sunday, September 09, 2007
Hunting For Witches (Ruckus Roboticus Remix)
Here's a brand new remix of 'Hunting For Witches', courtesy of Pitchfork's Forkcast...
Pitchfork: "Ohio-based DJ and producer Ruckus Roboticus gives the song a stomping bass beat, and puts a more Halloween-ready twist on the song's witches via eerie synths and croaking horns. It's a busy remix, still squeezing in some agonized guitars and Kele Okereke's sardonic lyrics alongside cleverly selected spoken-word snippets. "We live no longer in the dusky afternoon," comes an English-accented voice reciting a line from Arthur Miller's 1953 play about the Salem witch trials, 'The Crucible'. The play's political resonance when it appeared during the era of McCarthyism dovetails nicely with the Bloc Party song's implicit criticisms of the War on Terror. "Kill your middle-class indecision," Okereke exhorts, a perfect demagogue."
Erm...yeah, what they said. Demagogue or not, this is definitely one of the stronger remixes of any of the 'A Weekend In The City' tracks!
[Download] Hunting For Witches (Ruckus Roboticus Remix) [mirror]
Here's a brand new remix of 'Hunting For Witches', courtesy of Pitchfork's Forkcast...
Pitchfork: "Ohio-based DJ and producer Ruckus Roboticus gives the song a stomping bass beat, and puts a more Halloween-ready twist on the song's witches via eerie synths and croaking horns. It's a busy remix, still squeezing in some agonized guitars and Kele Okereke's sardonic lyrics alongside cleverly selected spoken-word snippets. "We live no longer in the dusky afternoon," comes an English-accented voice reciting a line from Arthur Miller's 1953 play about the Salem witch trials, 'The Crucible'. The play's political resonance when it appeared during the era of McCarthyism dovetails nicely with the Bloc Party song's implicit criticisms of the War on Terror. "Kill your middle-class indecision," Okereke exhorts, a perfect demagogue."
Erm...yeah, what they said. Demagogue or not, this is definitely one of the stronger remixes of any of the 'A Weekend In The City' tracks!
[Download] Hunting For Witches (Ruckus Roboticus Remix) [mirror]
Labels: Remixes
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Saturday, September 08, 2007
Chicago, IL - Hideout Block Party, 07.09.07
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Blue Light / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / I Still Remember / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
[Videos]
'Banquet'
'The Prayer'
Thanks to Shoegazzzer for the awesome vids...lots more here!
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Thursday, September 06, 2007
Back in the U.S.A. (and Canada, and Mexico)
Having spent some quality time in the studio, Bloc Party are just about to head out on their third transatlantic tour this year! They begin by headlining the Hideout Block (or should that be Bloc?) Party tomorrow before headlining Canada's Osheaga Festival two days later, above Interpol and Arctic Monkeys, no less.
Having spent some quality time in the studio, Bloc Party are just about to head out on their third transatlantic tour this year! They begin by headlining the Hideout Block (or should that be Bloc?) Party tomorrow before headlining Canada's Osheaga Festival two days later, above Interpol and Arctic Monkeys, no less.
The nineteen-date tour also takes in two more festivals (Austin City Limits and LA Weekly's Detour), as well as dates in Mexico City and Canada. Support across the trek comes from different combinations of Final Fantasy, Smoosh, Deerhoof, J Versus K and Tokyo Police Club. Full details here!
As usual, BLOG PARTY would love to hear from you, so if you're attending any of these dates, please email in your setlists, photos, reviews, or general ramblings! And, keeping with the theme, download below a cover of 'This Modern Love' by teeny-tykes Smoosh, support band on most of the dates:
[Download] Smoosh - This Modern Live (live)
Labels: Tour
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What a Paste-r
Paste: What did you do during your short break before your Chicago date tomorrow?
MT: A bit of recording. We're having a go at a new track, which we're sort of writing as I speak. I can't offer anything other than that - it's a secret. Also, we're still writing it.
Paste: Got any tricks up your sleeve for your new material?
MT: Tricks? I hope so. I think our new stuff is going to be a lot less textured than the last record. I think the third studio incarnation of Bloc is going to be a bit like the rawer earlier Bloc, but with experience.
Excuse the title. Matt spoke to Paste Magazine today about touring the world, living in Berlin and, erm, crisps. There's also some talk of what the band have been getting up to in the studio:
Paste: What did you do during your short break before your Chicago date tomorrow?
MT: A bit of recording. We're having a go at a new track, which we're sort of writing as I speak. I can't offer anything other than that - it's a secret. Also, we're still writing it.
Paste: Got any tricks up your sleeve for your new material?
MT: Tricks? I hope so. I think our new stuff is going to be a lot less textured than the last record. I think the third studio incarnation of Bloc is going to be a bit like the rawer earlier Bloc, but with experience.
This is good news! Read the full interview here. Also...read another new interview with Metromix, featuring Kele's funny, if slightly embellished, Madonna-in-a-headlock anecdote, and click here to read Kele's reaction to Angel & Airwaves' recent gushing praise for Bloc Party.
Labels: Interviews
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