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Bloc Party Announce Surprise New Album “Intimacy” Due August 21stSurprise! 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
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Published: 2008-08-18
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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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]
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Published: 2008-07-08
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup
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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
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Published: 2008-05-01
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, On Tour
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"Do You Like Rock Music?" by British Sea PowerYes. 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
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Published: 2008-02-25
Provider: Artist Direct
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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.
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Published: 2007-09-13
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup
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"Hideout" by Film SchoolIf past Film School releases featured a band stylistically stuck between the narrow hallways of post-punk and the woozy haze of shoegaze, the San Francisco unit's latest (and second for Beggars Banquet) seems to be a declaration of choice: "We've sided with the dream pop, the pedals and the texture-heavy gurgle of the latter, thank you." After all, Film School's heart has always seemed to lie with a more adventurous approach. Even on 2006's danceable self-titled jaunt, mastermind Greg Bertens' sensibilities proved much darker and more complex than those of, say, post-punk contemporaries Bloc Party or Editors. But after a gun-point robbery, the theft of Film School's van, and some serious personnel changes, Bertens' songwriting seems even darker here. Hideout's songs benefit greatly from the gloom, as the icy winds of "Blizzard Scout" or the acoustic warble of "Must Try Easier" quickly prove. It's this gloom that allows the moments when Bertrens lets light shine in on
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Published: 2007-09-10
Provider: Artist Direct
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Rock Daily’s New Year’s Eve Rock Guide: All the Essential U.S. Shows, Plus TV Specials With the ball set to drop in less than seventy-two hours, Rock Daily has the comprehensive list of all the best concerts and must-see rock TV going on New Year’s Eve across the country. Whether it’s Nas in Los Angeles or Radiohead Webcasting via Al Gore’s channel, here’s our New Year’s Rockin’ Guide, conveniently organized by city: Concerts: New York Patti Smith @ Bowery Ballroom Velvet Revolver @ Hammerstein Ballroom Slick Rick, Kudu, Moby (DJ set), Holy Ghost (DJ set) @ Studio B Earl Greyhound, The Big Sleep @ Mercury Lounge moe. @ Radio City Music Hall Gov’t Mule @ Beacon Theatre Les Savy Fav @ Bowery Ballroom Mr. Brownstone @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Gogol Bordello @ Terminal 5 Nellie McKay @ Joe’s Pub Los Angeles Chris Brown @ Crash Mansion Nas, Salt-N-Pepa @ House of Blues Bloc Party (DJ set), The Rapture (DJ set), Talib Kweli @ Roosevelt Hotel Justice (DJ set), Peaches, 2 Live Crew, A-Trak @ HARD New Year’s Eve Music Festival Rufus Wainwright, Belinda Carlisle @ Walt Disney Concert Hall MSTRKRFT, Z-Trip, Lazaro Casanova, LA Riots, Franki Chan @ Giant Maximus Fest at 826 Francisco St Atlanta Band of Horses @ The Earl Black Lips @ Drunken Unicorn Derek Trucks, The North Mississippi All-Stars @ Fox Theatre Widespread Panic @ Phillips Arena Atlantic City Elvis Costello & The Samples @ House of Blues Boston Soulive @ Paradise Rock Club Chicago Spoon, The Sea and Cake @ Metro Umphrey’s McGee @ The Aragon Black Kids @ Empty Bottle Cleveland Rusted Root @ House of Blues Dallas The Old 97’s @ Longhorn Ballroom Detroit Cherry Poppin’ Daddies @ MGM Grand Detroit Casino Las Vegas Kanye West @ The Pearl Backstreet Boys @ Body English The Bangles, The Doobie Brothers @ The Fremont Street Experience Goo Goo Dolls @ House of Blues 3 Doors Down @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Miami R. Kelly, Keyshia Cole, J. Holiday @ American Airlines Arena New Orleans Buddy Guy @ House of Blues Oklahoma City The
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Published: 2008-01-02
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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AT&T Vows No Censorship During Webcasts of Austin City Limits; Plus Full ACL Broadcast Schedule After enduring serious flak for cutting out pieces of Pearl Jam’s Lollapalooza performance — the pieces during which the band criticized President Bush — on AT&T’s Blue Room Webcast, the company has decided to loosen up, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. “AT&T’s Blue Room has adopted a new policy with respect to live Webcasted performances, and that is that we’re not going to do any audio editing for any reason,” said AT&T spokeswoman Tiffany O’Brien Nels. “We’re letting it rip, as the saying goes. We do reserve the right to edit the video feed, but we will only do that either through camera angles or video blackouts for excessive sexual content — nudity or simulated sex acts. Because the site is not eighteen and over and we do believe we still have some obligation to the younger audience, you will now see strong viewer discretion messaging before and during the Webcast.” Yesterday the company issued a press release announcing they’ll be Webcasting from the Austin City Limits festival today through Sunday. We got our hands on their full Blue Room schedule, which includes MIA, Arctic Monkeys, Paolo Nutini, Joss Stone, Spoon, Regina Spektor and Bloc Party. Check out the full Webcast lineup after the jump. And stay tuned to Rock Daily for full ACL fest coverage, including video, photos and a wrap-up report. Friday 12:30-1:30 Asleep at the Wheel 1:30-2:30 Heartless Bastards 2:30-3:30 Pete Yorn 3:30-4:30 Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts 4:30-5:30 Jesse Malin 5:30-6:30 M.I.A. 6:30-7:30 Spoon 7:30-8:15 Kaiser Chiefs 8:15-9:15 Joss Stone 9:15-10:15 TBA Saturday 12:30-1:30 Sound Team 1:30-2:30 Dax Riggs 2:30-3:30 Augustana 3:30-4:30 Raul Malo 4:30-5:30 Blue October 5:30-6:30 Andrew Bird 6:30-7:30 Stephen Marley 8:30-9:30 Paolo Nutini 9:30-10:30 Arctic Monkeys Sunday 12:45-1:30 Willy Mason 1:30-2:30 The National 2:30-3:30 Robert Earl Keen 3:30-4:30 DeVotchKa 5:30-6:30 Regina Spektor 6:30-7:30 Ben Kweller 7:30-7:45 Nicole Atkins
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Published: 2007-09-15
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Festivals
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