Wednesday, May 07, 2008
  ACL Taping Program, 17.09.07

Last September, Bloc Party recorded a session for the Austin City Limits TV show, a day after their appearance at the festival of the same name. Download the entire set below, exclusively from BP.net. (Plus click here for a video of a couple of the tracks and watch an interview with Kele and Matt).


01. Sunday
02. The Prayer
03. Hunting For Witches
04. Waiting For The 7.18
05. This Modern Love
06. Banquet

Thanks to Dave Allen for the bootleg. Click here or here for more ACL action!

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
  Sunday Special

Here're two new 'Sunday' remixes for your aural joy, of which the Junkie XL remix is most worth downloading (it's essentially a souped up version of the original track). On the other hand, DiskJokke does away with most elements of Bloc Party's recording, juxtaposing Kele's vocals over an impressive electrobeat. Thanks to the Vice Records MP3 Blog for the tracks!

[Download] Sunday (DiskJokke Remix)
[Download] Sunday (Junkie XL Remix)

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
  9:30 Club, Washington DC, 16.06.05

A slightly early Christmas present for all BLOG PARTY readers...here's Bloc Party's full performance at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, originally broadcast on NPR's All Songs Considered over two and a half years ago. Download live versions of every track off 'Silent Alarm', plus 'Little Thoughts'. Old-skool-Blocatastic!


01. So Here We Are
02. Like Eating Glass
03. Banquet
04. Positive Tension
05. She's Hearing Voices
06. Blue Light
07. Luno
08. This Modern Love
09. Little Thoughts
10. Helicopter
11. Plans
12. Price Of Gasoline
13. Compliments
14. The Pioneers

Download the gig in one file here.

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Sunday, October 28, 2007
  London Roundhouse, 27.10.07

Kele defied his doctor's orders last night to lead Bloc Party through a momentous gig for this year's BBC Electric Proms. Despite suffering from acute pharyngitis (a throat inflammation), Kele proceeded to rip up his medical note, down some Lemsip and explain there was no way he could let down his friends, the Exmoor Singers of London.

Bloc Party played 14 songs in total, all backed by the chamber choir, apart from 'Sunday' (a slightly cheesy performance by Kele and an acoustic guitar-toting Russell) and 'Flux' (the first UK performance of the new single). The other 12 songs were bolstered by various backing vocals, chants, foot-stomps and claps courtesy of the Exmoor Singers.

Whilst the choir took a backseat during some of the more straight-ahead rockers ('Banquet', 'Helicopter'), it's hard to imagine any rock songs more suited for a choral arrangement than 'The Prayer', with its rhythmic tribal backing and 'Uniform', the call-and-response vocals of the middle section giving the song a camp 'Bohemian Rhapsody' feel.

Download the set below at 128 kbps quality. The 'higher quality' tracks are a different bootleg of selected songs, recorded at 192 kbps. 'Kreuzberg' is a slightly muffled 320 kbps audience recording.

01. Song For Clay (Disappear Here)
02. Waiting For The 7.18
03. Where Is Home?
04. Banquet / Banquet (higher quality)
05. Kreuzberg (audience recording)
06. Uniform
07. Price Of Gasoline (higher quality)
08. This Modern Love
09. The Prayer / The Prayer (higher quality)
10. Sunday (acoustic) / Sunday (acoustic, higher quality)
11. Flux
12. SRXT / SRXT (higher quality)
13. Helicopter / Helicopter (higher quality)
14. The Pioneers

[Setlist]

All songs performed with Exmoor Singers of London, except where noted.

Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Waiting For The 7.18 / Where Is Home? / Banquet / Kreuzberg / Uniform / Price Of Gasoline / This Modern Love / The Prayer

Sunday (Kele and Russell acoustic) / Flux (without Exmoor Singers) / SRXT / Helicopter
The Pioneers

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Thursday, October 11, 2007
  Camden Barfly, 16.02.05

On Sunday, Bloc Party play London's pint-sized Camden Barfly for the first time in over two and a half years as part of Gonzo's 5th Birthday Tour...the first in a couple of special London gigs this month (the second one will be with this lot). Download Bloc Party's previous Barfly set below, recorded two days after the release of 'Silent Alarm'.


01. Banquet
02. Positive Tension
03. This Modern Love
04. She's Hearing Voices
05. Helicopter
06. Like Eating Glass
07. Plans
08. Little Thoughts
09. So Here We Are
10. Price of Gasoline
11. The Answer

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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
  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!

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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!).


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!

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
  Reading Festival, Main Stage, 25.08.07

Download a video recording (or the audio rip) of Bloc Party's triumphant Saturday evening set at Reading Festival 2007! Two of the tracks on the setlist unfortunately weren't recorded ('The Prayer' and 'So Here We Are'), but all of the other tracks are awesome quality.


Links removed at the request of the management...sorry!
[Download - Bloc Party @ Reading Festival 2007 - full set]
Full audio (52.3 MB)
Full video (62.8 MB)

[Download - Bloc Party @ Reading Festival 2007 - individual audio tracks]
01. Song For Clay (Disappear Here)
02. Positive Tension
03. Hunting For Witches
04. Waiting For The 7.18
05. Banquet
06. This Modern Love
07. Like Eating Glass
08. She's Hearing Voices
09. Helicopter

Kele quote: "This is the third time we've played Reading and we've always been successful here so it's got a special place in our hearts. I met Russell our guitar player over there and we decided to be in a band."

[Setlist]

Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / This Modern Love / The Prayer (not on bootleg) / So Here We Are (not on bootleg) / Like Eating Glass / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter

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Monday, June 18, 2007
  'I Still Remember' (OrtzRoka Dub Remix)

Here's an unofficial remix of 'I Still Remember' by British electronica duo, OrtzRoka. This assumingly wasn't finished in time for the single release, because it's one of the best 'I Still Remember' remixes out there (along with the 'Music Box And Tears' and SebastiAn mixes!) Download it after the jump...


[Download] 'I Still Remember' (OrtzRoka Dub Remix)

Thanks to Say Anything Syndrome for the heads-up.


Edit: The ISR remixes just keep coming! Download below the questionably-titled 'Speaker Junk Bass Bin Remix'. Be warned though...it sounds nothing like the original track. Think Bloc Party hepped up on luminous rave juice...

[Download] 'I Still Remember' (Speaker Junk Bass Bin Remix)

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
  XM Radio - 'Offsite with Bloc Party'


[Download] 'Offsite with Bloc Party', XM Radio (40.8 MB, 44:33)

A 45-minute Bloc Party feature, broadcast in the US on Ethel, 06.05.07. Includes exclusive recordings of the band soundchecking for their recent Boston show!

Interview (part 1) / This Modern Love (soundcheck) / Banquet / The Prayer (Para One Remix) / Interview (part 2) / We Were Lovers / Interview (part 3) / England / Guitar noodling and tuning (soundcheck) / Two More Years (soundcheck) / The Prayer (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix) / Interview (part 4) / The Prayer (soundcheck - instrumental)

Thanks to Arro and Progress from AND!

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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
  Berlin Columbiahalle, 04.05.07


Germany's Fritz Radio are currently streaming Bloc Party's recent Berlin gig in its entirety. Click here to listen to the show, but don't dilly-dally because the stream will apparently only be up for a few days!

[Stream] Bloc Party live at Berlin Columbiahalle, 04.05.07


Photo: Ueberwacht.com

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
  Bangers and Mashups

A plethora of Bloc Party mashups have surfaced over the past few weeks. Here's the pick of the bunch!

'Helicopter' is used as the backing track for 'I Got 5 On It', 90s lost classic by hip-hop duo Luniz:

[Download] 'I Got 5 Helicopters' ('Helicopter' vs. Luniz - 'I Got 5 On It')

Bloc Party get reimagined as an 80s soft rock band by dj lobsterdust:

[Download] 'She's Hearing In The Air Tonight' ('She's Hearing Voices' vs. Phil Collins - 'In The Air Tonight')
[Download] 'She's Like Sunday Wind' ('Sunday' vs. Tony Sunshine - 'She's Like The Wind')

Two 'Hunting For Witches' mashups by ToToM, French bootlegger extraordinaire:

[Download] 'Hunting For Witches In My Place' ('Hunting For Witches' vs. Coldplay - 'In My Place')
[Download] 'Witches (What You Hunting For?)' ('HFW' vs. Gwen Stefani - 'What You Waiting For?)

And finally, probably the most successful mashup (and definitely the grooviest)...'The Prayer's floor-filling potential gets ramped up even further by obscure Canadian new wavers, Martha and the Muffins (mashed by Sam Flanagan):

[Download] 'Beach Party' ('The Prayer' vs. Martha and the Muffins 'Echo Beach')

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Friday, April 13, 2007
  Not On Your Nelly (Furtado)

Bloc Party played two tracks on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge a couple days ago...an acoustic rendition of 'I Still Remember' and, in keeping with Live Lounge tradition, a highly improbable cover version.


A Nelly Furtado album track isn't one of the most obvious choices for a Bloc Party cover, but their version of 'Say It Right' could almost pass as their own work. Billowing chords? Check. Uber-uplifting chorus? Check. Hell, there's even a one-minute instrumental breakdown. Hopefully this means that Bloc Party will break their duck on the upcoming tour and add a cover to their setlist for the first time!

[Download] Bloc Party - Say It Right (Nelly Furtado Cover)

And, in case you want to play spot the difference, here's the original track:

[Download] Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (77p)

Stream the full session, including the 'I Still Remember' acoustic version, here and download some more unlikely Live Lounge covers over at the ever-reliable Good Weather For Airstrikes blog.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
  Iceberg Radio interview

When Bloc Party's tour rolled into Toronto a couple of weeks ago, Matt and Gordy were interviewed for Iceberg Radio, Canada's leading internet radio service. Listen here!

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Thursday, March 29, 2007
  Download Bloc Party's acoustic radio session

Before yesterday evening's gig at Boston's Orpheum Theatre, Russell and Kele popped into the VW Green Room to perform a short acoustic set for FNX Radio. View some photos from the session here and, behold...Bloc Party as you've never heard them before (well, apart from those two acoustic songs on 'The Pioneers' single!)

Downloads:
'I Still Remember' (Acoustic)
'This Modern Love' (Acoustic)
'Sunday' (Acoustic)

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
  Black Session, 07.02.05
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Here's Bloc Party's legendary original Black Session, back by popular demand! This was recorded for French radio in February 2005, a week before the release of 'Silent Alarm'.


01. [Intro]
02. The Marshals Are Dead
03. Positive Tension
04. Banquet
05. This Modern Love
06. She's Hearing Voices
07. Helicopter
08. Luno
09. Plans
10. Like Eating Glass
11. Little Thoughts
12. [Encore]
13. Tulips
14. Price Of Gasoline
15. So Here We Are

[Front cover] [Back cover]

You can also download Bloc Party's more recent Black Session here.

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Thursday, March 15, 2007
  Maida Vale Studios, 30.01.07
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At the end of January, Bloc Party played a very special gig for BBC Radio 1 at London's Maida Vale Studios in front of a select group of lucky competition winners. Unfortunately, 'Sunday' was cut halfway through and 'Waiting For The 7.18' went a bit pear-shaped, but apart from that this is a really good quality recording. Enjoy!
01. Song For Clay (Disappear Here)
02. Hunting For Witches
03. Positive Tension
04. Banquet
05. Waiting For The 7.18
06. The Prayer
07. This Modern Love
08. I Still Remember
09. Like Eating Glass
10. Two More Years
11. Sunday (well, Sunday morning anyway)

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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
  Bristol Academy, 07.02.07

01. Song For Clay (Disappear Here)
02. Like Eating Glass
03. Blue Light
04. Hunting For Witches
05. Banquet
06. Waiting For The 7.18
07. The Prayer
08. This Modern Love
09. Uniform
10. Two More Years
11. So Here We Are
12. Helicopter
13. Kreuzberg
14. She's Hearing Voices
15. Sunday
16. The Pioneers

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Sunday, February 11, 2007
  Reading Hexagon, 05.02.07

Download highlights from last week's Bloc Party gig at Reading Hexagon, recorded for Lamacq In The City.

1. Banquet
2. Waiting For The 7.18
3. The Prayer
4. This Modern Love
5. Like Eating Glass
6. Helicopter
7. Kreuzberg
8. Sunday

Thanks to Dave Allen

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Wednesday, February 07, 2007
  Vision Of Heaven

Yet another new track! This time it's a Purevolume exclusive, and you can download it for free here!

There are now 11 brand new b-sides and bonus tracks. It's getting pretty complicated, but here's the details of all of them so far:

Phew!

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
  The Secret's Out...another new Bloc Party song?!?

Nope, no-one saw this one coming...a brand new Bloc Party track has surfaced online...'Secret', and it's a scorcher! (Think 'Luno' with some extra "ahh-oooh"s, an old-skool-Bloc guitar line and a beautifully warm chorus). Apparently this isn't going to be available anywhere else, so enjoy!!

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  Radio 1 tonight & try before you buy

Tune in to BBC Radio 1 between 7pm and 9pm GMT tonight to hear Bloc Party performing at BBC's Maida Vale Studios. They'll be going out live on Zane Lowe's show, and you'll also be able to listen online.

Also, you can now listen to the new album on Bloc Party's Myspace!

edit: listen to the 45 minute live session here.

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
  Black Session, French radio, 22.01.07

Download Bloc Party's 'Black Session' for France Inter's 'C'est Lenoir' show...

Notice anything unusual? (Photo: Robert Gil)

1. Waiting For The 7:18
2. Positive Tension
3. Banquet
4. Hunting For Witches
5. This Modern Love
6. The Prayer
7. Uniform
8. I Still Remember
9. So Here We Are
10. Little Thoughts
11. Helicopter
12. Sunday

Thanks to David St Hubbins

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Monday, January 15, 2007
  Kele mashes it up

Kele made a minimix for Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show last Friday featuring:

Justin Timberlake – 'SexyBack'
Madonna – 'Get Into The Groove'
Salt & Pepper – 'Push It'
New Order – 'Blue Monday'
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 'Y Control' (Tommie Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire re-touch)
Bloc Party – 'Banquet' (Phones Disco edit)
The Cure – 'Boys Don’t Cry' (Fiction)

Guilty pleasures galore!

Listen here, along with a short interview (fast-forward one hour in) or download here (thanks to Epo from AND).

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Thursday, August 17, 2006
  Download: 'Song For Clay' bootleg
'Song For Clay (Disappear Here)' is set to appear on the new album and is a sublime example of Bloc Party's frenetic, agitated side, featuring some rather out-there vocals by Kele and Gordy. It's not an amazing quality bootleg and the start is chopped off, but I figured it was better than nothing! Maybe someone managed to get a better recording?

As previously mentioned on BLOG PARTY, the track is inspired by the main character in the Bret Easton Ellis cult novel, 'Less Than Zero'.

Recorded by unreal_andy from A.N.D.

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Thursday, July 27, 2006
  Good Weather For Airstrikes

This U.S. blog are currently offering up Bloc Party's set at last summer's Leeds Festival...follow the white rabbit.

Incidentally, GWFAS is BLOG PARTY's favourite blog...it's always a very enjoyable read and, unlike a lot of blogs who are all talk and no action, offers up copious amounts of mp3s and videos to feast upon. Other recent posts include a download of the complete Phones (Paul Epworth) remixography and a preview of upcoming indie flick, 'The Science Of Sleep' (directed by the genius that is Michel Gondry).

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Tuesday, July 04, 2006
  To tide you over...a new 'Uniform' recording

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Monday, June 05, 2006
  Fabric Softener

Some more recordings of the new songs have surfaced, thanks to a bootleg of Bloc's set at the Fabric nightclub in London on March 16th 2006.

Gorge away!

01. Waiting For The 7.18
02. She's Hearing Voices
03. Banquet
04. This Modern Love
05. Machine
06. Two More Years
07. Uniform
08. Like Eating Glass
09. So Here We Are
10. Helicopter
11. Encore
12. Cells Shaped Like Stars (first live recording...the filename is incorrect!)
13. Price Of Gasoline
14. Blue Moon
15. Little Thoughts

Thanks to methadone from A.N.D!

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Sunday, May 28, 2006
  Download the Junior Sanchez 'Banquet' remix