Thursday, July 02, 2009
Watch the 'One More Chance' video!
Love it or hate it, Bloc Party's new single, 'One More Chance', is undeniably catchy, as addictive as a tube of Pringles in all their glutamate glory. If you can still cope with that piano riff, check out the video below. If not, put it on mute and enjoy the spectacle!
[Watch] 'One More Chance' (official video)
A man with mutton chop sideburns plonks enthusiastically on an electric keyboard whilst Matt looks bemused. A Blanche DuBois-esque woman preens herself whilst Kele looks glum. A vested young man pulls some shapes whilst Russell looks bored. A girl has a scary Ouija board experience whilst Gordy smiles wryly. I'll leave you to make sense of it all...
Love it or hate it, Bloc Party's new single, 'One More Chance', is undeniably catchy, as addictive as a tube of Pringles in all their glutamate glory. If you can still cope with that piano riff, check out the video below. If not, put it on mute and enjoy the spectacle!
[Watch] 'One More Chance' (official video)
A man with mutton chop sideburns plonks enthusiastically on an electric keyboard whilst Matt looks bemused. A Blanche DuBois-esque woman preens herself whilst Kele looks glum. A vested young man pulls some shapes whilst Russell looks bored. A girl has a scary Ouija board experience whilst Gordy smiles wryly. I'll leave you to make sense of it all...
Update: Here's the video in all its YouTube glory...
Labels: One More Chance, Singles, Videos
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Bloc Party Glastolympics!
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Ever lay awake at night wondering what would happen if a well-respected British newspaper gave a video camera to Gordy and Matt and asked them to record their Glastonbury experience? Well, your prayers have been answered...
Disclaimer: do not try to replicate these events at home. Bloc Party will not be held responsible for any traumatic injuries involving water bottles or sofas.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, 26.06.09
Last night, Bloc Party played one of the biggest gigs of their careers, headlining the Other Stage at Glastonbury, and they well and truly rocked it. Watch highlights of their set here, courtesy of the Beeb!
[Setlist]
Last night, Bloc Party played one of the biggest gigs of their careers, headlining the Other Stage at Glastonbury, and they well and truly rocked it. Watch highlights of their set here, courtesy of the Beeb!
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Halo / Signs / Waiting For The 7.18 / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Two More Years / One More Chance / Mercury / So Here We Are / The Prayer / Ares / Flux / Helicopter / This Modern Love
Bloc Party give the Glasto crowd 'One More Chance'
Edit: Download seven of the live tracks here, courtesy of bootleg-extraordinaire, Dave Allen!
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Highbury Garage, London, 25.06.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Halo / Signs / Waiting For The 7.18 / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Two More Years / Uniform / Mercury / So Here We Are / The Prayer / Helicopter
One More Chance (first time played live) / Ares / Flux
Skeleton (!)
Labels: Setlists
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Listen to 'One More Chance'...
Bloc Party's brand new single, 'One More Chance', got it's first play on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show tonight, and is now available to stream on the band's official site...
[Stream] Bloc Party - One More Chance
First thoughts? Old skool piano...yay or nay? Anyone else hear shades of 'Your Visits Are Getting Shorter' in the verse? Stay tuned for the video!
Bloc Party's brand new single, 'One More Chance', got it's first play on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show tonight, and is now available to stream on the band's official site...
[Stream] Bloc Party - One More Chance
First thoughts? Old skool piano...yay or nay? Anyone else hear shades of 'Your Visits Are Getting Shorter' in the verse? Stay tuned for the video!
Labels: Audio, One More Chance, Singles
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Bloc Party give us 'One More Chance'!
Bloc Party have confirmed a brand spanking new single, 'One More Chance', to be released on August 10th through Wichita Recordings. The track was recorded in April with Jacknife Lee and mixed with Philippe Zdar.
You can sample the first sweet strains of this new material on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show this Thursday. Let's hope they can bounce back after the not-so-glowing critical (and commercial) reception that greeted 'Intimacy Remixed'...
Bloc Party have a habit of surprising us with their stop-gap singles ('Two More Years' and 'Flux' were both steps in a different direction), so maybe it's a cover of this funky number. All will be revealed in two sleeps...
You can sample the first sweet strains of this new material on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show this Thursday. Let's hope they can bounce back after the not-so-glowing critical (and commercial) reception that greeted 'Intimacy Remixed'...
Bloc Party have a habit of surprising us with their stop-gap singles ('Two More Years' and 'Flux' were both steps in a different direction), so maybe it's a cover of this funky number. All will be revealed in two sleeps...
Labels: One More Chance, Singles, Tour
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
BLAG PARTY: Cover #14
A couple of months ago, Blog Party posted this video of a beautiful stripped down performance of 'Kreuzberg' at a Belgian music festival. Sofie, the pianist and vocalist in the video, has sent BP.net this audio rip to add to the BLAG PARTY covers project...
[Download] Sofie Vandeputte and Jozefien Vanherpe - Kreuzberg (live)
BLAG PARTY was launched in November 2006 to collect together Bloc Party covers as performed by the BP.net readers. Listen to the previous 13 featured covers here! The project is still open for submissions, so please send your own recordings ('Intimacy' tracks anyone?) here. Bavarian folk interpretations of 'Ares' more than welcome...
Labels: Audio, Blag_Party
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Glastonbury (+ warm-up show) confirmed!
Bloc Party will be headlining the Other Stage at this year's Glastonbury Festival, and to warm up for their appearance they'll also be playing at the Garage in London on Thursday 25th June! The venue doesn't officially open until Friday 26th, so they're playing the pre-opening party for Trekstock in association with The Teenage Cancer Trust.
Trekstock raises money for 13-24 year olds by giving back to charity through music and fashion. They are continuing to support Teenage Cancer Trust this year with gigs and exclusives, and Bloc Party have asked Trekstock to host their epic Glastonbury warm-up show. For more info visit www.trekstock.com.
Tickets are being sold for £30 each from Ticket Web (though none are available at present). All proceeds go to Trekstock / Teenage Cancer Trust.
Labels: Tour
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