Thursday, November 29, 2007
Waxploitation's 'Causes 1'...out now
Bloc Party's 'Rhododendrons' is one of the tracks featured on the 'Causes 1' charity album released by Waxploitation this week. Other bands on the album include Animal Collective, The Shins, Bright Eyes and The Cure. That's a pretty good lineup right there! Buy it now on iTunes US or iTunes UK for a limited time only. 100% of the proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam America to help victims of the ongoing human rights crisis in Darfur.
Labels: Other_releases
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Espacio Movistar, Barcelona, 26.11.07
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Blue Light / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / Where Is Home? / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Flux / Sunday / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
The Pioneers
Flux / Sunday / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
The Pioneers
Photo credit: Danielus and Nica
Labels: Gig photos, Setlists
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Direct your own "Blocumentary"!
The chosen budding Nick Broomfields will be given a MiniDV handheld camera for the night and a single 60 minute tape, access to the venue and photo pit (during the gig), and an interview with one member of the band.
The people over at the official Bloc Party site, BP.com, are looking for one Marshal for each of the four upcoming UK arena shows to make their own Bloc Party documentary, or "Blocumentary"!
The chosen budding Nick Broomfields will be given a MiniDV handheld camera for the night and a single 60 minute tape, access to the venue and photo pit (during the gig), and an interview with one member of the band.
To enter, write a short pitch (no more than 500 words) for your Blocumentary including what you want to film, the title of the project, your interview questions and which member of the band you'd want to interview, and the 'story' you would like to put together...then email it here.
Your pitch MUST include your name, email address, age and mobile / phone number.
Winners MUST already have tickets to the gig of their choice - please read all terms and conditions below before entering.
Winners MUST already have tickets to the gig of their choice - please read all terms and conditions below before entering.
Winners will be chosen the week of 03.12.2007. After the gig, the winners' footage will be edited into a short film in line with the original 'story' and will be featured on BlocParty.com, the official Bloc Party YouTube channel, all of Bloc Party's social networking sites and most importantly, the Bloc Party Podcast.
Terms and Conditions:
- Entrants must have tickets to the gig they choose to film.
- The camera is property of Bloc Party and must be returned in good working order on the night of the gig.
- The original tape and contents filmed are owned by Bloc Party. Winners will have access to the footage after it is edited in a digital format.
- Footage will be edited in keeping with the original story / pitch in so far as the footage allows.
- Travel and other expenses will NOT be covered.
- Bloc Party / the venue reserve the right to revoke access to the venue, camera, competition prize and band if winners act inappropriately, so don't mess about.
- The competition is open to Marshals members only.
- The competition closes on 02.12.07: no entries will be accepted after that date.
Labels: Competitions, Random
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Friday, November 23, 2007
Bloc Party to play Leeds Cockpit
Northerners rejoice...Bloc Party are to play a very intimate gig at Leeds Cockpit (capacity: 450) on Monday 10th December! Tickets for the one-off show were only available through the NME lottery, accessed via the 'Flux' remix EP that came with NME last week. Lucky winners will have been emailed by now but everyone else who entered the lottery should check their inboxes next week for the second round of tickets.
Labels: Tour
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Les Arènes, Metz, 15.11.07
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Luno / The Once And Future King / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Flux / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Flux / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
(Sorry it's a bit late!)
Labels: Setlists
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Teatro Della Concordia, Turin, 19.11.07
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Blue Light / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Luno / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Flux / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Flux / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Labels: Setlists
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
'Flux' charts at #8
'Flux' entered the Official UK Singles Chart at #8 tonight, making it Bloc Party's fourth top 10 single (along with 'So Here We Are' - #5, 'Two More Years' - #7 and 'The Prayer' - #4).
'A Weekend In The City' gets re-released by Wichita tomorrow to include 'Flux' (at track 10 between 'I Still Remember' and 'Sunday'). Buy it as a standalone CD
, or with a DVD featuring all four videos from 'AWITC' plus a video of Bloc Party's recent Reading Festival set. (Paid members of 'Marshals' can download the Reading video for free here).
'Flux' entered the Official UK Singles Chart at #8 tonight, making it Bloc Party's fourth top 10 single (along with 'So Here We Are' - #5, 'Two More Years' - #7 and 'The Prayer' - #4).
'A Weekend In The City' gets re-released by Wichita tomorrow to include 'Flux' (at track 10 between 'I Still Remember' and 'Sunday'). Buy it as a standalone CD
, or with a DVD featuring all four videos from 'AWITC' plus a video of Bloc Party's recent Reading Festival set. (Paid members of 'Marshals' can download the Reading video for free here).Labels: A_Weekend_In_The_City, Flux, Singles
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, 16.11.07
[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 Marshals Are Dead / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Kreuzberg / Flux / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Luno / The Pioneers
Kreuzberg / Flux / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Luno / The Pioneers
Labels: Setlists
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Lotto Arena, Antwerp, 14.11.07
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Blue Light / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / Flux / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Luno / Sunday / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
The Pioneers
Luno / Sunday / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
The Pioneers
Edit: Thanks to Naomi for the 'Luno' video. And doesn't Kele look fetching?!
Edit #2: A couple awesome photos from the gig, courtesy of Wannabes:
Setlist: Sean Wille. Photos: Wannabes.
Labels: Setlists
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Shucks...buy 'Flux' for bucks
Just a reminder that you can get your mitts on 'Flux' across a multitude of formats right now...scroll down a couple posts for full details. Also, stick the NME CD in your computer for a special website chock-full of Bloc Party freebies. Non-UK fans...look out for the full NME article uploaded onto BlocParty.net in the next day or two.
Critical reaction to 'Flux' has been mostly positive so far (small exception) and the remix of Where Is Home? (on the 12" vinyl) by dubstep's man-of-the-moment, Burial, is one of the most original and accomplished Bloc remixes to date (download it here). 'Flux' is also the first multi-lingual Bloc Party song...Kele has re-recorded his vocals in German and French (for the full Eurodance effect?) and residents of those countries can download the results on the German and French iTunes!
In non-Flux news, a new remix of 'Hunting For Witches' is currently tearing up the blogosphere. It's by a duo called Villains and you can download it below...
[Download] 'Hunting For Witches' (Villains Electro-Banger Remix)
Finally, here's a video of Bloc Party performing 'The Prayer' at their teeny Camden Barfly gig in October.
[Watch] 'The Prayer' (Live at Camden Barfly, 14.10.07)
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Just a reminder that you can get your mitts on 'Flux' across a multitude of formats right now...scroll down a couple posts for full details. Also, stick the NME CD in your computer for a special website chock-full of Bloc Party freebies. Non-UK fans...look out for the full NME article uploaded onto BlocParty.net in the next day or two.
Critical reaction to 'Flux' has been mostly positive so far (small exception) and the remix of Where Is Home? (on the 12" vinyl) by dubstep's man-of-the-moment, Burial, is one of the most original and accomplished Bloc remixes to date (download it here). 'Flux' is also the first multi-lingual Bloc Party song...Kele has re-recorded his vocals in German and French (for the full Eurodance effect?) and residents of those countries can download the results on the German and French iTunes!
In non-Flux news, a new remix of 'Hunting For Witches' is currently tearing up the blogosphere. It's by a duo called Villains and you can download it below...
[Download] 'Hunting For Witches' (Villains Electro-Banger Remix)
Finally, here's a video of Bloc Party performing 'The Prayer' at their teeny Camden Barfly gig in October.
[Watch] 'The Prayer' (Live at Camden Barfly, 14.10.07)
Monday, November 12, 2007
Rosengarten Mozartsaal, Mannheim, 11.11.07
Tonight Bloc Party amazingly played 'The Marshals Are Dead', the first song they ever officially released (on the Angular Records sampler, four years ago)! If you've yet to hear it, download it on 7digital pronto: original EP version, Epworth re-recorded version.
Tonight Bloc Party amazingly played 'The Marshals Are Dead', the first song they ever officially released (on the Angular Records sampler, four years ago)! If you've yet to hear it, download it on 7digital pronto: original EP version, Epworth re-recorded version.
[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 Marshals Are Dead (!!) / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Flux / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Flux / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Labels: Setlists
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
'Flux'...out this week!
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Bloc Party's stopgap single/Eiffel 65 moment, 'Flux', is finally released tomorrow (Monday 12th November) on CD, 7" vinyl and 12" vinyl...go here for the full tracklistings. Also, don't forget, this week's NME (out Tuesday in London, Wednesday elsewhere) comes with an exclusive free 4-track 'Flux' remix EP. What's more, the CD will also allow access to a special webpage, featuring:
- Bloc Party video diary from Iceland Airwaves
- Exclusive photo gallery of Bloc Party in Iceland
- Download of the 'Flux' video
- Free U-Myx of 'Flux'
- 2 exclusive remixes
- Plus, the chance to get tickets for a secret UK Bloc Party gig on 10th December!
You can pre-order the magazine here. It looks like they will ship internationally, so this is your best bet for getting hold of the magazine if you're not in the UK!
This week's NME with mountains of Bloc Party freebies
(First image created by Richard Zhukauskas)
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Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, 09.11.07 - 10.11.07
[Setlist - 10.11.07]
[Setlist - 09.11.07]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Blue Light / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / This Modern Love / The Prayer / The Once And Future King / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Flux / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Flux / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
[Setlist - 10.11.07]
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
Flux / Sunday / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Flux / Sunday / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Skeleton / The Pioneers
Labels: Setlists
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Friday, November 09, 2007
Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, 07.11.07
Bloc Party kicked off their European tour in Amsterdam on Wednesday after a false start (the Copenhagen gig scheduled for Tuesday was unfortunately cancelled), treating their Dutch fans to 'Flux', 'The Once And Future King', 'Tulips', and even a snippet of 90's Eurodance favourite, 'No Limit'! Here's a shaky clip from YouTube...did anyone get a better recording?
Bloc Party kicked off their European tour in Amsterdam on Wednesday after a false start (the Copenhagen gig scheduled for Tuesday was unfortunately cancelled), treating their Dutch fans to 'Flux', 'The Once And Future King', 'Tulips', and even a snippet of 90's Eurodance favourite, 'No Limit'! Here's a shaky clip from YouTube...did anyone get a better recording?
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / This Modern Love / The Prayer / The Once And Future King / Little Thoughts / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Sunday / Flux / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Tulips
Labels: Tour
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
Pre-order 'Flux'
Pre-order Bloc Party's new single, 'Flux', here for £1.86 to get it a day before the official release, at 12:01am on Sunday (11th November). Pre-orderees (pre-orderers? pre-orderists?) will also immediately receive 'On' (Principle Participant Legs Mix), an exclusive version of the album track. Nice.
Members of 'Marshals'...go here to get your hands on 'Flux' for 40p. Techno-indie goodness for the price of a Mars Bar!
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Monday, November 05, 2007
The Big Top, Phoenix Park, Dublin, 03.11.07
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / Where Is Home? / The Prayer / Two More Years / This Modern Love / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Sunday / Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
The Pioneers
Other news...
- Bloc Party have been confirmed for the London leg of Xfm's 'Winter Wonderland' charity gigs. They'll be playing at London Astoria with Supergrass, Kate Nash and One Night Only on Sunday 9th December. Tickets go on general sale at 9am this coming Friday (November 9th).
- Read an interview with Ace Norton, director of Bloc Party's robotastic 'Flux' video, here!
- MP3s of last month's Electric Proms choral gig have now been uploaded. Quick, before all the bandwidth gets eaten up!
Labels: Setlists
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Thursday, November 01, 2007
London Roundhouse, 27.10.07...YouTube videos
For anyone having trouble with the BBC video!
'This Modern Love'
'Sunday' (acoustic)
For anyone having trouble with the BBC video!
'This Modern Love'
'Sunday' (acoustic)
Labels: Videos
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