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Bloc Party | Band's energetic live show should temper downer lyrics

Arts & EntertainmentAll is not merry in old London town. At least not in the 21st-century London depicted in "A Weekend in the City," the new, sophomore album...

Publicado: 2007-03-09 Proveedor: Seattle Times

News Ticker: Bruce Springsteen, Kanye West, Bloc Party

Bruce Springsteen will digitally release Magic Tour Highlights, a four song live EP featuring late E Streeter Danny Federici’s final performance with the band. All profits will go to the Danny Federici Melonoma Fund. Responding to reports yesterday that he’s going to anger management, Kanye West said in his blog “I have never had any conversations about anger management. If anything, I need anger enhancement!! lol!” Bloc Party’s big BBC surprise yesterday turned out being a new song called “Mercury,” with a video in tow. The single will be released in mid-August. Busta Rhymes might be the next rapper dropped from Interscope. Rhymes allegedly had a conflict with Interscope president Jimmy Iovine while recording his second album for the label. [Photo: Getty]

Publicado: 2008-07-08 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Morning News Roundup

Intimacy by Bloc Party

The English indie rock band's third album was produced by Jacknife Lee and Paul Epworth. [Rock, Indie]

Publicado: 2008-10-28 Proveedor: Metacritic

Bloc Party - Bloc Party Countdown Angers Fans

BLOC PARTY fans have been irritated with the conclusion of a cryptic countdown which appeared on the band's website.It was thought that the band may have implemented ...

Publicado: 2008-07-08 Proveedor: Contact Music

Spotlight: The Futureheads Take Career Into Their Own Hands

The Futureheads debuted in 2004 along with other post-punk revivalists Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party. Each band has had varying degrees of success over the last four years. The Futureheads, who were outshined at the time by Bloc Party's critical acclaim and Franz Ferdinand's monster hit "Take Me Out," now find themselves without a record label and poised to take on the record industry as a whole.[...] Read more!

Publicado: 2008-03-27 Proveedor: StarPulse

Bloc Party Announce Surprise New Album “Intimacy” Due August 21st

Surprise! Bloc Party have joined Radiohead and the Raconteurs as bands that sneak attack fans with a new album (presumably to avoid leaks — the band’s last effort, A Weekend in the City, hit the Net four months before its release date). Intimacy is the name of BP’s third album, and it’s available for pre-order right now at the band’s Website; downloads will be delivered on August 21st. Physical copies of the album, which aren’t due in stores until October 28th, will feature some tracks that are different from those on the digital release. Fans who pre-order the disc now, however, will receive a download of the digital version for free. Intimacy was produced by both Paul Epworth and Jacknife Lee, and including current single “Mercury,” the download’s track list numbers 10 songs, which you can see after the jump. Intimacy Track List 1. “Ares” 2. “Mercury” 3. “Halo” 4. “Biko” 5. “Trojan Horse” 6. “Signs” 7. “One Month Off” 8. “Zephyrus” 9. “Better Than Heaven” 10. “Ion Square” Related Stories: • Bloc Party Trade Their Dance Rhythms For Stadium Anthems • It’s Official: The Raconteurs Releasing Album Next Week • New Radiohead Album Coming Out October 10th

Publicado: 2008-08-18 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News

Tour Tracker: New Kids on the Block, Bloc Party and Donita Sparks

The reunited NKOTB hope to bring the right stuff to their East Coast concerts, Bloc Party schedule a couple raves and L7’s Donita Sparks pimps her new band the Stellar Moments in June. Full tour dates are after the jump. New Kids on the Block May 17 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center May 18 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center September 20 - Montreal, Quebec @ Bell Centre September 21 - Toronto, Ontario @ Air Canada Center September 23 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center September 24 - Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum September 26 - Boston, MA @ TD Banknorth Garden September 27 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Hotel October 4 - Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena Bloc Party July 28 - Pomona, CA @ Glass House July 29 - Los Angeles, CA @ Mayan Theater July 30 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore August 1 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza Festival August 5 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore at TLA August 6, 7 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall September 6 - Toronto, Ontario @ V Festival Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments May 23 - Long Beach CA @ Alex’s Bar May 24 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah June 6 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s June 7 - New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom June 8 - Cambridge, MA @ T.T. The Bear’s June 10 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop June 11 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick June 13 - Chicago, IL @ Double Door June 15 - Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st Street Pub June 16 - Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar

Publicado: 2008-04-30 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, On Tour

Madonna Stopped By Bloc Party Security, Mastodon Guitarist Hospitalized Post-VMAs, Foxy Brown Announces New LP

Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke tells the Chiago Tribune that at Live Earth London, Madonna attempted to visit his band backstage, only to be confronted by the group’s security officer, who had no idea who the biggest pop star in the world was. The guard put the Material Mom in a headlock, though Okereke says Madonna escaped quite easily. The singer-guitarist adds he could hear Madonna threatening to “kill” security from the hallway. Yet another VMA-related calamity: Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds has been hospitalized for the past two days with a “severe head injury” after being jumped following his VMAs performance with Foo Fighters. Ludacris and Photobucket.com are teaming up for a “Celebrity Chick” look-alike contest. The competition, in which women are asked to post pictures of themselves trying to impersonate famous female celebrities, will also promote Luda’s newest single, aptly titled “Celebrity Chick.” In what could be a potential boy-band supergroup, *NSYNC’s JC Chasez is writing songs for his former rivals the Backstreet Boys’ new album. We still prefer Sureshot. Newly caged jailbird Foxy Brown will release a new album, Brooklyn’s Don Diva, on November 20th. Brown was recently sentenced to spend a year in Riker’s Island for a whole bunch of broken laws.

Publicado: 2007-09-13 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

"Do You Like Rock Music?" by British Sea Power

Yes. Oh wait, that title’s supposed to be a rhetorical question. British Sea Power’s third record intentionally runs the gamut on different alt-rock sounds that have waxed and waned in popularity over the last few years. The album's variety—and willingness to use sounds of the genre that aren't necessarily en vogue—shows that the band is answering their own question with a resounding "duh." That they’re aware of this gives Rock Music/a certain feel of deliberateness, which begs the return question: if they could appropriate whatever sound they felt like, why not push themselves a bit to new, different sounds, or arrangements? Throughout the first half of the record, they riff on the post-punky sounds of Bloc Party and Gang of Four during “No Lucifer,” and there’s some wispy, faux-crecendoing a la Arcade Fire during “Waving Flags” and “Canvey Islands.” As with most current bands, there is the obligatory '80s, Echo and the Bunnymen-meets-New OrderRide or Luna, than the twitchy

Publicado: 2008-02-25 Proveedor: Artist Direct

Bloc Party - Bloc Partys Tong Hints At Departure

BLOC PARTY's drummer MATT TONG has hinted he will not return to the band following its upcoming hiatus - because he's considering "trying something else for a...

Publicado: 2009-10-20 Proveedor: Contact Music

Bloc Party - Okereke Unsure Of Bloc Party Future

BLOC PARTY frontman KELE OKEREKE has hinted the band's 2008 LP INTIMACY may be its last - insisting he doesn't know what the future holds for the Brit...

Publicado: 2009-07-30 Proveedor: Contact Music

Bloc Party - Bloc Partys Kele We Did Something Right On Album Three

Kele Okereke says he is proud of the third album Bloc Party album as he is still capable of listening to it.The lead singer explained that with his band's releases, ...

Publicado: 2008-12-10 Proveedor: Contact Music