Bloc Party

You'd think if you put Bloc Party, Foals, Kaiser Chiefs, Neon Neon, Har Mar Superstar and Mystery Jets in a room with the Sex Pistols you'd have a great party, right?  Well, members of each band were kickin' it together backstage at Summercase festival in Spain over the weekend.  But the fun was interrupted when all watched a bizarre skirmish between Sex Pistol singer John Lydon and Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke - which left Okereke bruised and bloodied!  That's right - ... MORE

Gordon Moakes bassist of the English group, Bloc Party announced he's quit his band, but just for a bit.   Moakes explains he has to take time off to help rear the awaited youngin'. "Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to join the boys during the next month or so of touring," he explained. "The reason for this is that my wife is expecting our first baby in a few weeks and after some long hard thinking we all decided, band included, that it was a bit silly for me to b... MORE

Last week people were pissed after following a ticking countdown on the Bloc Party Web site, with only to reveal a new single being played on Zane Lowe's BBC One Radio show. Perhaps they were expecting a free show or an autographed Kele guitar? Whatever expections weren't met, probably still aren't but Bloc Party went ahead and released an official video, directed by Ace Norton, for the track, titled "Mercury." Not their best work, but who doesn't love to monkey around? ... MORE

So Bloc Party have released a new 'single' from an as yet unfinished album. The tune's called Mercury and if you head on over to their website you can check out both the song and its crazy B grade sci-fi film clip.   Releasing a single before the recording of an album is even finished, sends a flutter of tiny warning bells through my feeble brain. It smells a little of record label heads wanting artists to maintain their profiles between albums, you know? Or mabe they're... MORE

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Some people plant a tree. Others recycle or use energy saving light bulbs. But how do rockers Bloc Party, Of Montrealand Feist save the environment? They contribute on the eco-friendly The Green Owl Comp: A Benefit for the Energy Action Coalition. The proceeds from the double-disc album, due April 8th, will go towards the Energy Action Coalition. The non-profit is more than 40 organizations from across the US and Canada, founded and led by youth to help support and strengt... MORE

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Going over the nine lists of albums and tracks. I just could not get rid Bloc Party of my head. Even A Weekend In The City is not as instantly memorable as Silent Alarm, i still feel they are worthy to be my top of the list 2007 - an amazing track for an amazingly shitty year. Taking a good care & Happy New Year, Fellow Moggers.

I probably listened to more music than ever this year, owing to a combination of factors. Great work, great connections, great friends, etc. Some of the songs themselves were even great. Anyhow, I'll post my top albums list soon, but in typical fashion here's the list of my favourite singles of 2007:
10: Amy Winehouse - Back To BlackI listened to this album on and off throughout the year, but it wasn't until the dying weeks of 2007 when the weather turned quite dreary that... MORE

Well, that was much better. Back at the Manchester Central, which Bloc Party front-man Kele Okereke accurately described as both “an old train station” and “an empty air craft hanger”, the crowd were much better last night, with only a few flying cups of piss in the air, none of which (thankfully) got me. Support came from Foals – a type of math rock, dance punk and funk hybrid – who were a lot tighter and just plain better than when I saw them earlier in the year.... MORE

My favorite indie-Britrock album ever, hands down, is "Silent Alarm" by Bloc Party. It's my appropriate work soundtrack when life gets "worse than loopy" and needs the right song. The best track on there was the U.S. bonus track "Little Thoughts" [which is not only my favorite Bloc Party song but also my #3 favorite song of all time]. But another gem is from the "Little Thoughts" EP, and it's my #2 favorite Bloc Party song. Originally I heard the Minotuar Shock Remix a... MORE

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BEFORE it was re-recorded and gussied up for their debut album, SILENT ALARM, THIS is what She's Hearing Voices - one of my favorite BLOC PARTY songs - sounded like in its original indie single form. Maybe it's because I heard it and fell in love with it long before the release of SILENT ALARM, I still MUCH prefer this incarnation of the track to the album release version. (THE PHOTO IS ANOTHER OF MY OWN, SHOWING ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL SUNRISES OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. I AM V... MORE