Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Bloc Party confirmed for Reading / Leeds!
For the third year in a row, Bloc Party will be gracing the Main Stage at the Reading and Leeds festivals this summer! They'll be performing before the mighty Radiohead...click here for the Reading line-up.
Meanwhile, head over to the official site to download the individual stems for 'Ares', 'Signs' and 'Ion Square'. Remix the tracks to your hearts content, or use them to make your own low-budget Bloc-karaoke tracks!
Labels: Intimacy Remixed, Tour
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom, 28.03.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Signs / Waiting For The 7.18 / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Letter To My Son / Uniform / Ion Square / Mercury / The Prayer
Halo / This Modern Love / Flux / Helicopter
Labels: Setlists
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US Shows Cancelled
Again we're sorry to all of you that have got tickets for these shows, refunds for both shows are available at the point of purchase.
Message from BlocParty.com...
We're really very sorry that we've had to cancel our shows in Minneapolis, MN and St. Louis, MO - Kele contracted viral pharyngitis last week (which is why we had to cancel Ultra Festival). After playing in Chicago last Saturday, he has been ordered to rest to avoid any permanent damage. We hope to return as soon as we can.
Again we're sorry to all of you that have got tickets for these shows, refunds for both shows are available at the point of purchase.
Labels: Tour
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
'Kreuzberg' covered...
A piano and cello cover of Bloc Party's 'Kreuzberg' appeared on YouTube yesterday, and it's not too bad at all. Maybe they'll attempt 'Ares' next...
A piano and cello cover of Bloc Party's 'Kreuzberg' appeared on YouTube yesterday, and it's not too bad at all. Maybe they'll attempt 'Ares' next...
Labels: A_Weekend_In_The_City, Other_bands, Videos
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New York City, NY - Terminal 5, 25.03.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
Trojan Horse / Halo / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Biko / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Blue Light / Uniform / The Marshals Are Dead (!) / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer
Sunday / Price Of Gasoline / Flux / Helicopter
Sunday / Price Of Gasoline / Flux / Helicopter
Ares / Like Eating Glass
Labels: Gig_reviews, Setlists
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Mogwai! Remix! Biko! Listen!
Post-rock monsters, Mogwai, have remixed 'Biko' for Bloc Party's upcoming 'Intimacy Remixed' album. You can stream it by following the link below and it's a pretty darn good remix. That's all you need to know really...
[Listen] Biko (Mogwai Remix)
Labels: Audio, Intimacy Remixed
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
New York City, NY - Terminal 5, 24.03.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Signs / Waiting For The 7.18 / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Where Is Home? / Ion Square / Mercury / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Halo / The Prayer / Flux / Helicopter
Ares / This Modern Love
Labels: Gig_reviews, Setlists
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Bloc Party perform 'One Month Off' on David Letterman, 23.03.09
Get ready to take a look at this...are you ready?
Labels: One Month Off, Television, Videos
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Remixes galore
As previously announced, Bloc Party will be giving 'Intimacy' the full remix treatment on May 11th. In some "controlled leaking" it appears that you can currently download the lead single, Armand Van Helden's version of 'Signs', on Stereogum...
[Download] Bloc Party - Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)
And if you really can't wait a couple months, click here to listen to No Age's rather excellent version of 'Better Than Heaven' and here to stream the 'One Month Off', 'Talons', 'Mercury' and 'Ares' remixes!
As previously announced, Bloc Party will be giving 'Intimacy' the full remix treatment on May 11th. In some "controlled leaking" it appears that you can currently download the lead single, Armand Van Helden's version of 'Signs', on Stereogum...
[Download] Bloc Party - Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)
And if you really can't wait a couple months, click here to listen to No Age's rather excellent version of 'Better Than Heaven' and here to stream the 'One Month Off', 'Talons', 'Mercury' and 'Ares' remixes!
Staying on the remix theme...here's a couple tracks recently added to the BlocParty.net archives...
[Download] Ares (Pin Me Down Remix)
[Download] It's Bigger Than A Prayer (Bloc Party vs. dead prez)
Labels: Audio, Intimacy, Intimacy Remixed, Remixes
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Washington, DC - 9:30 Club, 22.03.09
[Setlist]
Review and photos here!
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Talons / Biko / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Tulips (!) / Ion Square / The Once And Future King / Uniform / Mercury / Like Eating Glass
Halo / The Prayer / Flux / Helicopter
Ares / This Modern Love
Bloc Party bring 'Tulips' back from the dead in Washington!
Labels: Setlists
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory, 21.03.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Signs / Waiting For The 7.18 / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Where Is Home? / Letter To My Son / Mercury / So Here We Are / The Prayer
Halo / Price Of Gasoline / Flux / Helicopter
Ares / This Modern Love
Bloc Party 'Flux' it up in Philly
Labels: Setlists
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Boston, MA - House Of Blues, 19.03.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Biko / Waiting For The 7.18 / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Better Than Heaven / Blue Light / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer
Halo / Price Of Gasoline / Flux / Helicopter
Ares / Like Eating Glass
Labels: Setlists
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Montreal, QUE - Metropolis, 18.03.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Signs / Waiting For The 7.18 / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Ion Square / Uniform / Mercury / So Here We Are / The Prayer
Halo / Like Eating Glass / Flux / Helicopter
Ares / This Modern Love
Labels: Setlists
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Ottawa, ONT - Bronson Centre, 17.03.09
[Setlist]
[Review]
I am still speechless. Ottawa crowds have a tendency to be pretty unenthusiastic, a lot of people were sitting in the balcony for the first half of the set. It wasn't until 'Mercury' when Kele made his way through the crowd that everyone really started to get into it and show some enthusiasm. After 'This Modern Love', Matt called Kele over to his set and pointed in the direction of me and my friend, who had been dancing like fools in the front row the entire time. Then they start 'The Prayer', by which point Matt comes down from his set and the next thing I know he has grabbed my arms and heaved me on to the stage. Kele pulls up my friend. A bunch of other people took it as an invitation to jump up on the stage, which was cool and we had a dance party on the stage during 'The Prayer'. After that, the crowd was insane, unlike anything I had seen at that venue before. Tonight was possibly one of the most thrilling shows I have ever attended and I hope they come back soon...
Alyssa Stals
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Signs / Waiting For The 7.18 / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Where Is Home? / Ion Square / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer
Halo / Price Of Gasoline / Flux / Helicopter
Ares / Like Eating Glass
[Review]
I am still speechless. Ottawa crowds have a tendency to be pretty unenthusiastic, a lot of people were sitting in the balcony for the first half of the set. It wasn't until 'Mercury' when Kele made his way through the crowd that everyone really started to get into it and show some enthusiasm. After 'This Modern Love', Matt called Kele over to his set and pointed in the direction of me and my friend, who had been dancing like fools in the front row the entire time. Then they start 'The Prayer', by which point Matt comes down from his set and the next thing I know he has grabbed my arms and heaved me on to the stage. Kele pulls up my friend. A bunch of other people took it as an invitation to jump up on the stage, which was cool and we had a dance party on the stage during 'The Prayer'. After that, the crowd was insane, unlike anything I had seen at that venue before. Tonight was possibly one of the most thrilling shows I have ever attended and I hope they come back soon...
Alyssa Stals
Labels: Gig_reviews, Setlists
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
London, ONT - Centennial Hall, 15.03.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Signs / Waiting For The 7.18 / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Better Than Heaven / The Once And Future King / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer
Sunday / Halo / Flux / Helicopter
Labels: Setlists
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Toronto, ONT - Kool Haus, 13.03.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Signs / Waiting For The 7.18 / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Ion Square / Uniform / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer
Halo / Price Of Gasoline / Flux / Helicopter
Ares / Like Eating Glass
Labels: Setlists
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Intimacy Remixed!
Bloc Party announced today that on May 11th they''ll be releasing ‘Intimacy Remixed’ on limited edition CD /triple 12”...the younger brother of 'Silent Alarm Remixed' which came out in August 2005.
The album will include remixes by Gold Panda, Mogwai and Filthy Dukes and will lead off with a remix of ‘Signs’ by Armand Van Helden, released on April 27th (so that's what the teaser videos were about!).
Here's the full tracklisting:
1. Ares (Villains remix)
2. Mercury (Herve is in Disarray remix)
3. Halo (We Have Band Dub)
4. Biko (Mogwai remix)
5. Trojan Horse (John B remix)
6. Signs (Armand Van Helden remix)
7. One Month Off (Filthy Dukes remix)
8. Zephyrus (Phase One remix)
9. Talons (Phones RIP remix)
10. Better Than Heaven (No Age remix)
11. Ion Square (Banjo or Freakout remix)
12. Letter To My Son (Gold Panda remix)
13. Your Visits are Getting Shorter (Double D remix)
Bloc Party announced today that on May 11th they''ll be releasing ‘Intimacy Remixed’ on limited edition CD /triple 12”...the younger brother of 'Silent Alarm Remixed' which came out in August 2005.
The album will include remixes by Gold Panda, Mogwai and Filthy Dukes and will lead off with a remix of ‘Signs’ by Armand Van Helden, released on April 27th (so that's what the teaser videos were about!).
Here's the full tracklisting:
1. Ares (Villains remix)
2. Mercury (Herve is in Disarray remix)
3. Halo (We Have Band Dub)
4. Biko (Mogwai remix)
5. Trojan Horse (John B remix)
6. Signs (Armand Van Helden remix)
7. One Month Off (Filthy Dukes remix)
8. Zephyrus (Phase One remix)
9. Talons (Phones RIP remix)
10. Better Than Heaven (No Age remix)
11. Ion Square (Banjo or Freakout remix)
12. Letter To My Son (Gold Panda remix)
13. Your Visits are Getting Shorter (Double D remix)
Those expecting a gently pulsating reworking of 'Signs', look away now...Van Halden has turned the track into a dirty, if slightly pedestrian, monster. The video for the remix comes on like one of Chris Cunningham's worst nightmares, featuring a disturbing child, mirrorball heads, various electrical implants and a very lippy pièce de résistance. Don't expect to see it on primetime TV anytime soon.
Labels: Intimacy, Intimacy Remixed, Remixes, Singles, Videos
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
See the signs? Change your life.
Bloc Party: they're such teases...
Edit: Sounds like a 'Signs' remix...
Labels: Videos
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Louder than Words
Apologies for the lack of updates recently...all is quiet at the moment. Rumours suggest that the next single will be 'Signs', but there's been no announcement yet. With Bloc Party's recent unorthodox release plan, it wouldn't be too surprising if they announced that the next single will be released in hologram format, available only in the Siberian branch of HMV.
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Apologies for the lack of updates recently...all is quiet at the moment. Rumours suggest that the next single will be 'Signs', but there's been no announcement yet. With Bloc Party's recent unorthodox release plan, it wouldn't be too surprising if they announced that the next single will be released in hologram format, available only in the Siberian branch of HMV.
The guys begin the next leg of their 'Intimacy' world tour in Canada on Friday, so check back for the usual setlists/YouTube videos as they come rolling in. Also, don't forget to email in your fan reviews/photos/drunken ramblings to get them featured on this here blog!
In the meantime, here's a lovely Bloc-related collage I stumbled across on Flickr earlier...
In the meantime, here's a lovely Bloc-related collage I stumbled across on Flickr earlier...
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Friday, March 06, 2009
Dummy interview Kele
Kele gave a rare UK interview for Dummy magazine last month...read his thoughts on synths, heartbreak and crap rock bands here.
Labels: Interviews
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