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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Splendour In The Grass, Byron Bay, 25.07.09
[Setlist]
Ares / Hunting For Witches / Positive Tension / Signs / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Two More Years / One More Chance / Mercury / This Modern Love / The Prayer / Flux / Helicopter
Like Eating Glass
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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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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, April 29, 2009
'Signs' remix EP...out now!
Just a reminder that the 'Signs' remix EP is out this week, available on 12" vinyl and download. Here's the tracklisting...
1. Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)
2. Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix Instrumental)
3. Signs (Pantha Du Prince Remix)
And if Armand Van Helden's effort is too abrasive for your liking, download below an alternative remix by sayCet, French electronica artist extraordinaire. This one keeps the delicate glockenspiel, floating the Björk-esque chimes on a sea of washing synths and barely-there bleeps. Beautiful.
[Download] Signs (sayCet Remix)
P.S. Happy Birthday Matt...30 today!
Labels: Audio, Remixes, Singles
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Download: 'The Once And Future King' (live)
For your aural enjoyment...a rare high-quality bootleg of 'The Once And Future King', recorded at WATT (Rotterdam) last October!
[Download] Bloc Party - The Once And Future King (live in Rotterdam, 25.10.08)
Thanks to Dave Allen!
Labels: Audio
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Friday, April 03, 2009
Download: Bloc Party's 2005 & 2009 KCRW Sessions!
Click the links below to download high-quality MP3s of Bloc Party's two sessions for KCRW's 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' US radio show! The first session dates back over four years ago to the 'Silent Alarm' days, whilst the second session was recorded a couple months ago to promote 'Intimacy' and includes a rare live recording of 'Letter To My Son'. Enjoy :)
Click the links below to download high-quality MP3s of Bloc Party's two sessions for KCRW's 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' US radio show! The first session dates back over four years ago to the 'Silent Alarm' days, whilst the second session was recorded a couple months ago to promote 'Intimacy' and includes a rare live recording of 'Letter To My Son'. Enjoy :)
Thanks to Dave Allen for the mp3s and Jill for the artwork!
Labels: Audio, Radio_sessions
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Mogwai! Remix! Biko! Listen!
Post-rock monsters, Mogwai, have remixed 'Biko' for Bloc Party's upcoming 'Intimacy Remixed' album. You can stream it by following the link below and it's a pretty darn good remix. That's all you need to know really...
[Listen] Biko (Mogwai Remix)
Labels: Audio, Intimacy Remixed
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Remixes galore
As previously announced, Bloc Party will be giving 'Intimacy' the full remix treatment on May 11th. In some "controlled leaking" it appears that you can currently download the lead single, Armand Van Helden's version of 'Signs', on Stereogum...
[Download] Bloc Party - Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)
And if you really can't wait a couple months, click here to listen to No Age's rather excellent version of 'Better Than Heaven' and here to stream the 'One Month Off', 'Talons', 'Mercury' and 'Ares' remixes!
As previously announced, Bloc Party will be giving 'Intimacy' the full remix treatment on May 11th. In some "controlled leaking" it appears that you can currently download the lead single, Armand Van Helden's version of 'Signs', on Stereogum...
[Download] Bloc Party - Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)
And if you really can't wait a couple months, click here to listen to No Age's rather excellent version of 'Better Than Heaven' and here to stream the 'One Month Off', 'Talons', 'Mercury' and 'Ares' remixes!
Staying on the remix theme...here's a couple tracks recently added to the BlocParty.net archives...
[Download] Ares (Pin Me Down Remix)
[Download] It's Bigger Than A Prayer (Bloc Party vs. dead prez)
Labels: Audio, Intimacy, Intimacy Remixed, Remixes
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Friday, January 30, 2009
On The Radio, uh oh
Bloc Party made an appearance in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge today, performing the current single, 'One Month Off' and their cover of Girls Aloud's 'Call The Shots', previewed in Manchester last night! Click here to listen to the interview and performances.
Bloc Party made an appearance in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge today, performing the current single, 'One Month Off' and their cover of Girls Aloud's 'Call The Shots', previewed in Manchester last night! Click here to listen to the interview and performances.
Last time Bloc were in the Live Lounge in April 2007, they played Nelly Furtado's 'Say It Right', though they never got around to playing it live. Last night's showcase of 'Call The Shots' was actually the first time the band have played a full cover live (not including their brief teases of Prince's 'I Would Die 4 U' and A-ha's 'The Sun Always Shines On T.V.' before 'Flux' at recent gigs)...and the band hint this cover may become a regular fixture at their upcoming live shows.
[Download] Bloc Party - Call The Shots (Girls Aloud cover, live in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge)
The boys have been pretty busy in radio-land...they've also recorded a session for KCRW's legendary 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' show. Click here to listen/watch, or view the entire session below. (Setlist: Trojan Horse / Halo / Signs / Mercury / Interview / Letter To My Son / Ion Square / Better Than Heaven)
Labels: Audio, One Month Off, Radio_sessions
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Bloc Party to play cinema gig
Bloc Party will play a T-mobile 'Street Gig' in Germany on February 7th 2009. The venue of the gig is a secret, though the official poster gives some clues (the event will be called The Bloc-Buster, and it's in a cinema). Tickets are not available for sale, but fans can register and enter here to win a pair of tickets.
And for some free choonage, go here to download a free live version of 'Ares', taken from the iTunes-only 'Live from London' EP.
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
'Signs' remixed, Kele interviewed!
With it's music box glockenspiel and electronic backbone, 'Signs' is just asking to be remixed and, lo-and-behold, that's exactly what German producer/remixer/DJ MMMatthias has gone and done. Download the reworking in all its sparkly, pulsating glory below...
[Download - 11.4MB] Signs (MMMatthias Remix)
And here's a recent interview that Kele gave with Australian radio station Triple J in which he talks about, amongst other things, the Brazil MTV mix-up. Thanks to Eleanor for the heads up!
[Download - 4.7MB] Kele interview (Triple J, Australian radio, 27th October 2008)
Labels: Audio, Interviews, Remixes
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Wuppertal - Rex Theater, 22.10.08
[Setlist]
[Setlist]
One Month Off / Trojan Horse / Waiting For The 7.18 / Price Of Gasoline / Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Banquet / Signs / Talons / This Modern Love / Mercury / The Prayer / Like Eating Glass
Ares / Positive Tension / Flux / Helicopter
Halo / She's Hearing Voices
Edit: As promised, here's a high-quality recording of the first 12 tracks from this recent gig in Germany!
01. Intro
02. One Month Off
03. Trojan Horse
07. Banquet
08. Signs
09. Talons
10. This Modern Love
11. Mercury
12. The Prayer
Thanks to Tom for recording and splitting the tracks
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Maida Vale Studios, 08.10.08
Bloc Party appeared on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show this week to showcase some tracks from 'Intimacy'. Download below the full interview with Kele and Matt plus live recordings of 'Talons', 'Halo', and 'Signs'!
02. Talons
06. Halo
And here's a completely unrelated bonus download...the first ever remix of 'Kreuzberg' (and it's pretty good too).
[Download] Kreuzberg (R3volve Remix)
Labels: Audio, Radio_sessions, Remixes
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
I Kissed A Banquet...
Download here a mashup of 'Banquet' with Katy Perry's 'I Kissed A Girl'. The two songs sound made for each other, and it actually makes her track fairly listenable...
Also, Pitchfork are currently offering up Bloc Party's remix of 'Salt, Peppa and Spinderella', the new single by ace Brummie aggro-popsters Johnny Foreigner, as a free download. Point your clicky peripheral here!
Labels: Audio, Mashups, Other_bands, Remixes
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Monday, August 04, 2008
Lollapalooza, Chicago, 01.08.08
Download Bloc Party's entire Lollapalooza set, performed last Friday night, after the jump (includes the first decent quality live recording of 'Mercury')!
Download Bloc Party's entire Lollapalooza set, performed last Friday night, after the jump (includes the first decent quality live recording of 'Mercury')!
"Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke looked like he was ready for a very political game of basketball. Dressed in brightly colored shorts, vintage Nikes and a Barack Obama T-shirt with the word “Progress” written on it, Okereke and his band managed to overcome some technical glitches and the absence of bassist Gordon Moakes (he’s at home with a new baby) to deliver a set of inspired stadium-sized dance riffs as the Chicago sun set. The band really clicked the new single “Mercury” (where Okereke sampled his own voice) and on the set-closing “Helicopter” (which was greeted as a true anthem). During some down time, Okereke even teased the opening riff of Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box,” which was a knowing nod to Lollapalooza’s early-’90s roots." (Rolling Stone)
01. Intro
02. Hunting For Witches
03. Waiting For The 7.18
04. Banquet
05. Song For Clay (Disappear Here)
06. So Here We Are
07. The Prayer
08. Mercury
09. This Modern Love
10. Positive Tension
11. Like Eating Glass
12. Helicopter
Photos and videos here! Thanks to Dave Allen for the bootleg.
P.S. Congratulations to Gordy and his wife on their new baby daughter!
Labels: Audio, Gig photos, Setlists
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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
Labels: Audio
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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!
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!
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.
Labels: Audio
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
London Roundhouse, 27.10.07
[Setlist]
All songs performed with Exmoor Singers of London, except where noted.
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.
03. Where Is Home?
05. Kreuzberg (audience recording)
06. Uniform
07. Price Of Gasoline (higher quality)
08. This Modern Love
09. The Prayer / The Prayer (higher quality)
11. Flux
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
Labels: Audio, Gig_reviews, Setlists
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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
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
Labels: Audio
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