Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Bloc Party - Live from Abbey Road
Bloc Party recently performed at the famous Abbey Road studios as part of a programme which aired last Saturday on Channel 4 (UK). Watch the interview plus live versions of 'Mercury', 'Signs' and 'The Prayer' below...
Bloc Party recently performed at the famous Abbey Road studios as part of a programme which aired last Saturday on Channel 4 (UK). Watch the interview plus live versions of 'Mercury', 'Signs' and 'The Prayer' below...
Kele's in retrograde
I see signs now all the time
The Gord's Prayer
I see signs now all the time
The Gord's Prayer
Labels: Interviews, Intimacy, Television, Videos
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Edinburgh Picture House, 03.10.09
[Setlist]
Bloctober is well underway, and the first setlists have started to trickle in. On Saturday, Bloc Party treated the Edinburgh faithful to the first ever live rendition of 'Zephyrus'...watch it below!
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Mercury / Hunting For Witches / Biko / Trojan Horse / Luno / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Ion Square / Uniform / One More Chance / Zephyrus (first time played live) / This Modern Love / The Prayer
Kreuzberg / Ares / She's Hearing Voices / Flux / Helicopter
'Zephyrus' gets its first live treatment
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Reading & Leeds Gubbins
And here's a Kele interview recorded backstage at Reading, 10 years since Kele and Russell first met and kickstarted the Bloc Party love...
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
Rock en Seine, Saint-Cloud, 28.08.09
Bloc Party were promoted to the headlining slot at this French festival last night after planned headliners Oasis pulled out at the last minute, with Noel Gallagher walking out of the band. Watch below Kele's announcement to the crowd...
[Setlist]
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Bloc Party were promoted to the headlining slot at this French festival last night after planned headliners Oasis pulled out at the last minute, with Noel Gallagher walking out of the band. Watch below Kele's announcement to the crowd...
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Talons / Signs / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Two More Years / One More Chance / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Like Eating Glass / Flux / Helicopter
Monday, July 27, 2009
Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay, Australia, 24.07.09
Secret gig performing as 'The Silent Alarms'! Video footage below...
Report from NME.com:
Bloc Party played a secret gig in the pub area of the Great Northern Hotel in Byron Bay, Australia tonight (July 24). The band, warming up for their appearance at the Splendour In The Grass festival tomorrow (July 25), played for 400 fans and were billed as 'The Silent Alarms' – after the title of their 2005 debut album 'Silent Alarm'.
In fact the set was influenced by the temporary name, with Bloc Party playing the whole of the aforementioned first LP, plus 'Two More Years' and 'The Marshals Are Dead'. "They billed us as 'The Silent Alarms' so we decided to live up to the name," frontman Kele Okereke explained from the stage. "We're here in the most beautiful part of Australia and we wanted to do something special for you."
[Setlist]
Secret gig performing as 'The Silent Alarms'! Video footage below...
Report from NME.com:
Bloc Party played a secret gig in the pub area of the Great Northern Hotel in Byron Bay, Australia tonight (July 24). The band, warming up for their appearance at the Splendour In The Grass festival tomorrow (July 25), played for 400 fans and were billed as 'The Silent Alarms' – after the title of their 2005 debut album 'Silent Alarm'.
In fact the set was influenced by the temporary name, with Bloc Party playing the whole of the aforementioned first LP, plus 'Two More Years' and 'The Marshals Are Dead'. "They billed us as 'The Silent Alarms' so we decided to live up to the name," frontman Kele Okereke explained from the stage. "We're here in the most beautiful part of Australia and we wanted to do something special for you."
[Setlist]
Like Eating Glass / Positive Tension / Two More Years / Luno / So Here We Are / Banquet / Blue Light / The Marshals Are Dead / Little Thoughts / This Modern Love / Plans / Price of Gasoline / Compliments / The Pioneers / Helicopter
She's Hearing Voices
Update: Some kind soul has posted up some videos of the gig. Watch a couple highlights below, and view the rest of the videos here!
It doesn't get much better than a 'Blue Light' and 'The Marshals Are Dead' double whammy
Luuunnnooooooooo
Labels: Setlists, Silent_Alarm, Videos
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Bloc Party fan videos
Brent Hodge, a film maker from Vancouver, Canada, has sent over this video he made of Bloc Party's gig in his home town earlier this year...enjoy!
Brent Hodge, a film maker from Vancouver, Canada, has sent over this video he made of Bloc Party's gig in his home town earlier this year...enjoy!
Brent is a self-confessed Bloc Party addict and has posted various other Bloc-related media on his online videoblog: Hodgee Podgee. Here are BLOG PARTY's favourites...
'I Carry Your Heart'...based on E. E. Cummings' beautiful poem (which also inspired the lyrics of 'Ion Square'), soundtracked by 'SRXT'
'My Scars'...a video poem written by Brent Hodge about 'the hardships of reaching your goals...no matter what path you choose in life, where you end up, what you want, or who you're with, you will always have your memories and your scars'. Soundtracked by the early live version of 'Compliments'.
Labels: Fan_art, Random, Videos
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
London Roundhouse (iTunes Live), 20.07.09
[Setlist]
Listen to the concert here, courtesy of Xfm!
[Setlist]
Halo / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Biko / Waiting For The 7.18 / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Blue Light / Uniform / One More Chance / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Helicopter
Ion Square / Ares / Like Eating Glass / Flux
'One More Chance' at London's Roundhouse
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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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Monday, May 11, 2009
'Intimacy Remixed'...out now!
'Intimacy Remixed' is out today on limited edition CD (5000) and triple vinyl (1000), plus the usual download from here (UK) and here (US). Check out the tracklisting...the iTunes version comes with bonus remixes by Sky Larkin and Foals!
'Intimacy Remixed' is out today on limited edition CD (5000) and triple vinyl (1000), plus the usual download from here (UK) and here (US). Check out the tracklisting...the iTunes version comes with bonus remixes by Sky Larkin and Foals!
The band have also released a video for the Villians remix of 'Ares', made entirely of mobile phone clips sent in by fans (and Gordy!) from the two recent London Olympia gigs. Feast your eyes below...
Labels: Intimacy Remixed, Videos
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Un Coeur De Pierre
In the spirit of Tarrant on TV, here's a random Bloc Party-related advert for French radio station, Oui FM. Thanks to nos amis across the English Channel for the video.
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In the spirit of Tarrant on TV, here's a random Bloc Party-related advert for French radio station, Oui FM. Thanks to nos amis across the English Channel for the video.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre, 20.04.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Talons / Signs / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Where Is Home? / Blue Light / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Helicopter
Sunday / Ares / Flux / Like Eating Glass
She's Hearing Voices (yay!)
Bloc Party remind Oakland of the genius that is 'She's Hearing Voices'...
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
XFM Interview
In which Matt lets slip that Bloc Party may be playing at a certain Somerset festival this summer...
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium, 15.04.09
Photos here!
[Setlist]
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Photos here!
[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 / The Once And Future King / Mercury / So Here We Are / The Prayer
Sunday / Halo / Flux / Helicopter
Ares / This Modern Love
'The Once And Future King'...socks were well and truly rocked
The Bloc end their Hollywood show with 'This Modern Love'
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Bloc Party YouTubeage...
Gordy and Matt interviewed backstage in NYC for Elle.com
Possibly the most unusual / multi-layered mashup ever...'Where Is Diana's Home?' by Colatron
Bloc Party - 'Where Is Home?' (Burial Remix) vs. Sabres of Paradise - 'Haunted Dancefloor' vs. Michael Jackson - 'Dirty Diana' vs. Princess Diana - Martin Bashir interview
Labels: Interviews, Mashups, Videos
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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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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 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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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Cirkus, Stockholm, 24.02.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Signs / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Blue Light / Luno / Uniform / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer
Sunday / Halo / Flux / Helicopter
Ares / She's Hearing Voices
A welcome return for 'Blue Light' in Sweden
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Manchester Apollo, 29.01.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Halo / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Signs / Talons / Waiting For The 7.18 / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Ion Square / Mercury / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Call The Shots (Girls Aloud cover!) / The Prayer / Flux / Helicopter
Ares / This Modern Love
Bloc Party make a mighty fine job of covering Girls Aloud's 2007 single 'Call The Shots' in Manchester. Watch the original here!
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Monday, January 26, 2009
O2 Glasgow Academy, 25.01.09
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Signs / Where Is Home? / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Halo / Biko (first time played live!) / Mercury / So Here We Are / The Prayer
One Month Off / Like Eating Glass / Flux / Helicopter
Ares / This Modern Love
Bloc Party play 'Biko' live for the first time
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Thursday, December 04, 2008
Kele falls off his chair!
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In perhaps the most exciting Bloc Party news for...oh, at least a week, Kele has fallen off his chair during an interview in Australia. Balancing precariously on his chair throughout the questioning (he claims to enjoy that hovering sensation), Kele tipped himself back that little bit too far during a lengthy Matt monologue. Kele meet carpet, carpet meet Mr. Okereke.
It's a well known fact that watching someone fall off their chair is one of the funniest things known to man. It is, however, not known whether Kele's fall was a genuine victory of gravity over chair-balancing finesse, or a cunning publicity stunt to drum up a few extra sales of the new album...
[Watch] Second part of interview with Kele's fall (the first part of the interview is here)
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
FaceCulture interview Matt...
Click on the links below to check out a FaceCulture video exclusive...watch Matt speak about the previous two albums ('Silent Alarm' = too long, 'A Weekend In The City' = too textured!), 'Intimacy''s subject matter, and taking a year off after the current tour's finished (he wants to learn how to kayak and Russell's going back to furniture making).
[Watch] Matt's FaceCulture interview: Part I, Part II, Part III
Click on the links below to check out a FaceCulture video exclusive...watch Matt speak about the previous two albums ('Silent Alarm' = too long, 'A Weekend In The City' = too textured!), 'Intimacy''s subject matter, and taking a year off after the current tour's finished (he wants to learn how to kayak and Russell's going back to furniture making).
[Watch] Matt's FaceCulture interview: Part I, Part II, Part III
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Monday, November 17, 2008
Bloc Party on 'Le Live De La Semaine'
A very kind someone has put Bloc Party's recent performance on French show 'Le Live De La Semaine' up on YouTube...here's a couple highlights, and you can watch the remaining 5 tracks here!
Signs:
Ares:
A very kind someone has put Bloc Party's recent performance on French show 'Le Live De La Semaine' up on YouTube...here's a couple highlights, and you can watch the remaining 5 tracks here!
Signs:
Labels: Intimacy, Television, Videos
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Circo Voador, Rio de Janeiro, 10.11.08
[Setlist]
Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Blue Light / Trojan Horse / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Letter To My Son (first time played live) / Talons / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Like Eating Glass
Ares / Ion Square / Flux / Helicopter
Price Of Gasoline / She's Hearing Voices
Letter To My Son:
She's Hearing Voices:
Thursday, November 06, 2008
'Letter To My Son' Live and Intimate
Watch below a video of Bloc Party performing the Smiths-esque 'Intimacy' bonus track, 'Letter To My Son', in The Pool Studios. It's part of the 'Live and Intimate' film which you can access with the new CD album and watch online here (or via some crafty YouTube searching here!)
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Paris - Nouveau Casino, 14.10.08
After the gig, Bloc Party treated a very lucky group of fans to an acoustic rendition of 'This Modern Love' outside the Truskel pub in Paris...quelle chance!
After the gig, Bloc Party treated a very lucky group of fans to an acoustic rendition of 'This Modern Love' outside the Truskel pub in Paris...quelle chance!
[Setlist]
Ares / Halo / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / One Month Off / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Better Than Heaven / Signs / Talons / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Like Eating Glass
Mercury / Price Of Gasoline / Flux / Helicopter
She's Hearing Voices
Bump: La Blogotheque have posted a higher-quality video of Kele and Russell's performance in the Parisian streets:
Labels: Random, Setlists, Videos
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Friday, October 17, 2008
Kele and Matt interviewed for NME.com...
In which Mr. Okereke and Mr. Tong watch biodiesel fuel being made in front of their very eyes, discuss their next album (only likely to be available as sheet music due to credit crunch-driven electricity shortages), and announce that they will be performing live on their upcoming South American tour. Clicky here.
In which Mr. Okereke and Mr. Tong watch biodiesel fuel being made in front of their very eyes, discuss their next album (only likely to be available as sheet music due to credit crunch-driven electricity shortages), and announce that they will be performing live on their upcoming South American tour. Clicky here.
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
'Hunting For Witches'...the video that didn't get used
This alternate video for 'Hunting For Witches' was produced by the Semifinalists frontman, Ferry Gouw. Starring ex Dazed & Confused photographic director, Sylvia Farago, as a tormented witch, this is what Ferry had to say about it: "I did a low low budget video for them. I think they thought I was taking the piss. I should put it up one of these days. It’s really emotional. The witch created a creature that she loved, but its heart was spoiled and cursed, so the creature destroyed everything it touched."
This alternate video for 'Hunting For Witches' was produced by the Semifinalists frontman, Ferry Gouw. Starring ex Dazed & Confused photographic director, Sylvia Farago, as a tormented witch, this is what Ferry had to say about it: "I did a low low budget video for them. I think they thought I was taking the piss. I should put it up one of these days. It’s really emotional. The witch created a creature that she loved, but its heart was spoiled and cursed, so the creature destroyed everything it touched."
In the end, the band chose to use this more orthodox performance video.
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Friday, October 03, 2008
Bloc Party get anarchic at Video Music Brazil
Here's a video of Bloc Party performing 'Banquet' at MTV's Video Music Brazil yesterday - their first ever South American appearance. This must be what happens when you ask Kele to lip-sync...instead of pretending to sing he leaps around the stage like a hyperactive child hepped up on E-numbers. Even Matt (sporting a natty fake moustache and bow-tie combination) and Gordy join in later on.
Here's a video of Bloc Party performing 'Banquet' at MTV's Video Music Brazil yesterday - their first ever South American appearance. This must be what happens when you ask Kele to lip-sync...instead of pretending to sing he leaps around the stage like a hyperactive child hepped up on E-numbers. Even Matt (sporting a natty fake moustache and bow-tie combination) and Gordy join in later on.
Edit: Bloc Party's playback performance has hit a bit of a nerve in Brazil, with loads of disgruntled fans commenting on this MTV VMB 2008 blog, and many people over there accusing Bloc Party of choosing to do the playback rather than playing live.
Edit #2: Here's a longer article about the playback. From a quick go with Google Translate, it appears that the band themselves requested the playback at the last minute. Read the (badly) translated article here! Anyway, rest assured, the boys will be back on form come their return to Brazil in November.
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Kele and Matt interviewed for NYLON TV
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Smoosh perform 'This Modern Love'
Watch Smoosh perform an uber-cute version of 'This Modern Love' at Sonic Boom Records in Toronto...
Watch Smoosh perform an uber-cute version of 'This Modern Love' at Sonic Boom Records in Toronto...
Labels: Other_bands, Videos
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
London Kentish Town Forum, 30.09.08
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
Halo / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Talons / Signs / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Better Than Heaven / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Ares / Price Of Gasoline / I Would Die 4 U (Prince cover) - Flux / Helicopter
Skeleton (!!!)
The band came back on for a second encore and Kele gave the microphone to the fans at the front, saying they'd play whatever song was said first. To the relief of many, the first fan responded by chanting "Skeleton!". Well done that man...may you go down in the history books as the person who finally persuaded Bloc Party to perform 'Skeleton' live again. Watch some video evidence below...
Labels: Gig photos, Setlists, Videos
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Monday, September 29, 2008
More Roseland Ballroom videos
Courtesy of imeem...
Courtesy of imeem...
Labels: Videos
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Friday, September 19, 2008
New York City, NY - Roseland Ballroom, 18.09.08
[Setlist]
Here's a high-quality video of Bloc Party performing their new single, 'Talons', followed by the first decent quality fan recording of 'Ares'!
[Setlist]
Talons / Trojan Horse / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Signs / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Better Than Heaven / The Once And Future King / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Like Eating Glass
Ares / Price Of Gasoline / Flux / Helicopter
Here's a high-quality video of Bloc Party performing their new single, 'Talons', followed by the first decent quality fan recording of 'Ares'!
'Ares' performed in New York
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Halifax, NS - The Marquee Club, 14.09.08
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Hunting For Witches / Little Thoughts / Waiting For The 7.18 / Halo / Signs / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Better than Heaven / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Like Eating Glass
Talons (first time played live - watch below) / Price Of Gasoline / Flux / Helicopter
She's Hearing Voices
'Talons' performed for the first time in Halifax, Canada
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
Fredericton, NB - Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, 13.09.08
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
Waiting For The 7:18 / Trojan Horse / Halo / Hunting For Witches / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Better than Heaven / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Like Eating Glass
Signs (first time played live - watch below) / Price Of Gasoline / Flux / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
'Signs' performed for the first time in Fredericton, Canada
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Watch the 'Talons' video!
Go here to watch the video for Bloc Party's new single, 'Talons', out on October 20th (or watch via YouTube below). Menacing and moody - it fits in well with the track, and is also the first video since 'Hunting For Witches' to feature the band. Watch a bare-chested Kele gnash his teeth, and the other band members...erm...stare at light fittings!
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Go here to watch the video for Bloc Party's new single, 'Talons', out on October 20th (or watch via YouTube below). Menacing and moody - it fits in well with the track, and is also the first video since 'Hunting For Witches' to feature the band. Watch a bare-chested Kele gnash his teeth, and the other band members...erm...stare at light fittings!
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Kele and Matt interviewed at Scotland's Connect Festival!
In which Kele confesses his love for Paolo Nutini and describes a spooky experience...
In which Kele confesses his love for Paolo Nutini and describes a spooky experience...
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Bonus Vcasts...
Here's a couple bonus Vcasts for your viewing pleasure...go here to download them (you have to be a 'Pioneer').
Bloc Party in Japan: Bloc Party are on the road again, this time in beautiful Japan where they recreate the video for 'I Still Remember' on a bullet train, Final Fantasy perform their stunning rendition of 'This Modern Love', the Noisettes get bouncy backstage, Smoosh charm us all and it's cake all round!
Here's a couple bonus Vcasts for your viewing pleasure...go here to download them (you have to be a 'Pioneer').
Bloc Party in Japan: Bloc Party are on the road again, this time in beautiful Japan where they recreate the video for 'I Still Remember' on a bullet train, Final Fantasy perform their stunning rendition of 'This Modern Love', the Noisettes get bouncy backstage, Smoosh charm us all and it's cake all round!
Silent Film: Move over Buster Keaton, Matt and Gordon soundtrack and star in their very own silent(ish) film, occasionally treading into Kasabian territory.
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Bloc Party Vcast #13
Being on the road can do strange things to a man...Join Gordy, Matt, Russell and power roadie John as they duel their imaginary axes to the Top Gear theme on the tour bus before settling down to a quiet game of hat attack and a singalong to 10CC.
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Bloc Party before going on at Leeds Festival 2008...
It makes you feel nervous just watching it. And, yes, they were driven about 100m in a golf buggy...it's one of the perks of being a rock star.
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It makes you feel nervous just watching it. And, yes, they were driven about 100m in a golf buggy...it's one of the perks of being a rock star.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Kele and Matt interviewed at Reading Festival...
Edit: Watch Bloc Party's Reading Festival set here, courtesy of the lovely people at the BBC.
Edit: Watch Bloc Party's Reading Festival set here, courtesy of the lovely people at the BBC.
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Saturday, August 09, 2008
Kele from The Bloc Party...Lollapalooza interview
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
I Would Flux 4 U
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Check out below Bloc Party's cover of Prince's 'I Would Die 4 U' cunningly segued into 'Flux'. Recorded at the Mayan Theater (Los Angeles) last week.
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Monday, July 07, 2008
More Mercury...
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To coincide with the first play of 'Mercury', BlocParty.com has been relaunched. Head over there to stream the new song, and watch the accompanying, slightly-creepy, video here (or below).
And here's a behind-the-scenes video of Kele's appearance on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show earlier tonight...
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To coincide with the first play of 'Mercury', BlocParty.com has been relaunched. Head over there to stream the new song, and watch the accompanying, slightly-creepy, video here (or below).
And here's a behind-the-scenes video of Kele's appearance on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show earlier tonight...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Download...rare 2004 live videos!
These two videos were filmed in late 2004, on Bloc Party's first ever US tour around toilet-sized venues. They were professionally recorded for Bloc Party's US record label at the time, Dim Mak, but never saw the light of day. No rare songs unfortunately, but it's a pretty good opportunity to see early Bloc at their best. Download them both below!
These two videos were filmed in late 2004, on Bloc Party's first ever US tour around toilet-sized venues. They were professionally recorded for Bloc Party's US record label at the time, Dim Mak, but never saw the light of day. No rare songs unfortunately, but it's a pretty good opportunity to see early Bloc at their best. Download them both below!
[Download] She's Hearing Voices, live in 2004 (51.7 Mb)
[Download] The Marshals Are Dead, live in 2004 (55.2 Mb)
And if you want to save on hard drive space, here's some YouTube footage...
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Tunng cover 'The Pioneers' in Milano
In January 2006, experimental folk band, Tunng, released their cover of 'The Pioneers' - a haunting, atmospheric take on the original track which was featured in The O.C. (Season 3, Episode 24 - The Man of the Year, fact fans). Download it here (courtesy of Visions and Revisions).
Below is a video of Tunng performing the cover at their recent gig in Milano...check out the maraca action.
In January 2006, experimental folk band, Tunng, released their cover of 'The Pioneers' - a haunting, atmospheric take on the original track which was featured in The O.C. (Season 3, Episode 24 - The Man of the Year, fact fans). Download it here (courtesy of Visions and Revisions).
Below is a video of Tunng performing the cover at their recent gig in Milano...check out the maraca action.
Labels: Other_bands, Videos
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Bloc Party Vcasts #9 and #10 (Blocumentaries part deux!)
[Download - episode 09] Gez Sharp - Fear And Loathing In Glasvegas (Glasgow SECC, 12.12.07)
[Download - episode 10] Ashleigh Kuzio - A Wild West Bloc Party Gig (Manchester Central, 13.12.07)
Vcasts so far: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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As promised, here's the remaining two Blocumentaries - episodes 9 and 10 of the Bloc Party Vcasts, recorded at the December Glasgow and Manchester gigs respectively. Enjoy!
[Download - episode 09] Gez Sharp - Fear And Loathing In Glasvegas (Glasgow SECC, 12.12.07)
[Download - episode 10] Ashleigh Kuzio - A Wild West Bloc Party Gig (Manchester Central, 13.12.07)
Vcasts so far: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Monday, March 03, 2008
Bloc Party Vcasts #11 and #12 (Blocumentaries!)
[Download - episode 11] Daniel Newman - All Neon, All Surface (London Alexandra Palace, 14.12.07)
[Download - episode 12] Ella Bennett - The Life Of The Party (London Alexandra Palace, 15.12.07)
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Here's episodes 11 and 12 of the Bloc Party Vcasts, which this time take the form of Blocumentaries, recorded by two fans during the band's arena tour last December. These episodes were filmed at the London Alexandra Palace dates...check back soon for the Glasgow and Manchester videos!
[Download - episode 11] Daniel Newman - All Neon, All Surface (London Alexandra Palace, 14.12.07)
[Download - episode 12] Ella Bennett - The Life Of The Party (London Alexandra Palace, 15.12.07)
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
BBC 6 Music interview
BBC 6 Music caught up with Kele and Matt backstage at London's Alexandra Palace last night as they wrapped up 2007 with their final gig of the year, tongues planted firmly in cheeks...
BBC 6 Music caught up with Kele and Matt backstage at London's Alexandra Palace last night as they wrapped up 2007 with their final gig of the year, tongues planted firmly in cheeks...
Part 1
Part 2
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Leeds Cockpit, 10.12.07
Lucky NME lottery winners were last night treated to the first live outing for recent b-side 'Atonement', plus rare plays of 'The Marshals Are Dead' and 'Skeleton'. If it's any consolation, anyone who wasn't there can watch videos of the three tracks below!
Lucky NME lottery winners were last night treated to the first live outing for recent b-side 'Atonement', plus rare plays of 'The Marshals Are Dead' and 'Skeleton'. If it's any consolation, anyone who wasn't there can watch videos of the three tracks below!
You can catch Bloc Party at an enormodome near you over the next four days, and then the band take a very well-earned Christmas break.
[Setlist]
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7.18 / Banquet / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Atonement / The Marshals Are Dead / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass
Flux / Little Thoughts / She's Hearing Voices / Helicopter
Skeleton / Two More Years
[Videos]
[Atonement!]
[The Marshals Are Dead!]
[Skeleton!]
Thanks to Neil for the photos and Nettie for the videos!
Labels: Gig photos, Setlists, Videos
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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)
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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