Bloc Party

[Sandoz]

Brilliant. Joy Division-meets-funk rock-meets-The Pixies.

We need more black men in rock, n'est-ce pas?

Go listen: www.blocparty.com


Kate

[tremelo]

Bloc Party are brilliant!!
Their drummer makes the band though :cool:

[gilly]

they are indeed awesome, they're playing leeds cockpit on matt bells bday...i'm excited!!

not only do they play some really good music, but they are really nice guys too.

[Ullalume]

yep, pretty nifty.


but whats with gonzo saying yeah, here is some bloc party live stuff you've never seen and then some shitty song by some cacky band called 'something something make graves' (can't remember who they are)

[Emma]

very good, was very impressed when i saw them.

[Sarah]

yep, pretty nifty.


but whats with gonzo saying yeah, here is some bloc party live stuff you've never seen and then some shitty song by some cacky band called 'something something make graves' (can't remember who they are)

Pretty Girls..
& they are okay. Haven't listened to them enough though. Kind of when I'm flicking about.

[cracked lcd]

should have bought "Shes hearing voices" when i got the chance, now its 50 bucks on ebay :/

[gilly]

i'm confused.....bloc party are saying that their single is going to be out on monday (3rd may), whereas everyone else such as music mags, internet and radio reckon it's out this week.....?????

[tremelo]

It was postponed I think!

[gilly]

just got my ticket to go and see them on june 9th!!!!!!! wohoo!!! i'm so excited!! :D

[Ste]

the bassist has so many coxonisms going on its untrue.

[tremelo]

It's all about the beats.

[gilly]

saw 'em last night....they were fucking awesome! russell was very sexy as usual and kele's singing was amaaaazing! i managed to nab one of russell's picks that he dropped. come on!! i was there....singing my heart out!

[christoph]

they are great. :cool:

[gilly]

oooo....join the street team for bloc party....it's fun. my life now has a purpose!

[the italian mafia]

i have only heard 1 song on mtv2, and it sucked. not really my type of music though...

[gilly]

you can't really judge a band after hearing one song. for a band that hasn't been around too long, they're really good live. go and see them when they next tour. seriously, you won't regret it.

[Hypermused]

you can't really judge a band after hearing one song. for a band that hasn't been around too long, they're really good live. go and see them when they next tour. seriously, you won't regret it.

I've only heard one song too..but i'm defo going to check them out at leeds..what are their other good songs?.. and don't say 'all of them..' :LOL:

[LikelyLass]

Banquet is so good it hurts :p

[LikelyLass]

oooo....join the street team for bloc party....it's fun. my life now has a purpose!

You cant join if you dont live in the UK :'(

[Neil]

I can't seem to find any tickets for the cardiff iforbach gig anywhere...

Are they gonna crop up when the date comes closer or something?

[christoph]

The Answer is by far the best song. all of the songs are great, especially Staying Fat and This Is Not A Competition.

[Hoppipolla]

Brilliant. Joy Division-meets-funk rock-meets-The Pixies.

We need more black men in rock, n'est-ce pas?

Go listen: www.blocparty.com


Kate

I've heard all of one song by them. Little Thoughts. Good song. I likes.

[Matthew]

i don't see why everyone loves Bloc Party so much, i can't stand the vocals :unsure:

[nirvana-chaka]

Banquet is so good it hurts :p

Amen to that :D

[Nancuk]

I quite liked bloc party before I saw them at Reading. Their set was dull.

[christoph]

did you just have some kinda freak illness at the time they played, that disabled hearing?

some of the songs were quite dull, yes, but that new song they played was awesome. the sound quality in general at reading wasn't that good tho. i suggest listening to them in a smaller venue, maybe?

:happy:

[Nancuk]

did you just have some kinda freak illness at the time they played, that disabled hearing?

some of the songs were quite dull, yes, but that new song they played was awesome. the sound quality in general at reading wasn't that good tho. i suggest listening to them in a smaller venue, maybe?

:happy:

Nah, I just really don't think they're for me. They were slightly dwarfed by the size of the tent but..I spent most of the gig trying to plan my escape.

[Britrock]

They were alright at Reading, but nothing special. At all.

[gilly]

does anyone happen to know when their next single is due to be released? i've been trying to get onto the website....but summat funny happens and it doesn;t work. anyone else have that prob?

[sunburntbliss]

looking forward to their album purely on the back of Banquet. Yet to get a good listen to any of their other songs though. And yes, I'm impressed by a black frontman to a band like them, hopefully it'll open up rock a little to the black community, but I doubt it.

[gilly]

saw bloc party at the cockpit in leeds on monday....they were awesome!!! i even managed to get loads of pics of sexy russell and kele. yay!! i'm well looking forward to their album in january and the next time they tour too (russell has promised me free tickets!!)

[*FibreOptics*]

I adore them, have nearly 14 different tracks, saw them in Brighton few weeks ago and met them, they are going to be hot next year!
how do you join the street team??? pm me!!! :)

[gilly]

helicopter came out today!! yay! my morning lecture was cancelled, which was great! it meant i could go into leeds earlier and buy it!

*dances madly* i couldn't stop smiling on the walk back to uni. it's awesome. always new depths is an ace song! :D :D :D

[shadowkay]

fucking quality song

anyone know whether there's an album on the way? coz my local hmv says their ep's have been discontinued (crap mainstream music store)

[christoph]

^ person above.

www.wichita-recordings.com

get the EP from there. the new single is ace, Neil gave me a poster too, it's on my wall.

you can watch the video on that website aswell, it's also ace.

[Reevo]

I think bloc party are great, Especially when there live.
I saw them at birmingham at the carling academy 2 there really good.
I was the first one to see Kele and Russell signing autographs. I didn't get one though. But too talk to kele was good enough.

[Sexcellent]

Bloc Party are quite cool. I'm seeing them supporting Interpol.

[gilly]

their messageboard is all screwed up at the mo.....so i'm gonna post here and say well done guys for getting to number 26!!!!

[musefreak]

wow!
i saw them support Interpol, and they were fantastic!

as being in a Bloc Party streetteam, i got to meet them backstage (unfortunately interpol weren't around :D )
very nice guys... i think i must have been the 1st german fan they've met, as i've seen their very first gig in germany!!!

and even if they've just got 1 single out here (i think) they've been recieved really well by the crowd!

can't wait to see them again next month!!!

[SilentViewer]

Yeah! I love these guys, Helicopter is great. :)

[Half Life]

They were on Jools Holland's Later the other weekend and were very impressive. Their playing was tighter than Interpol, who played immediately afterwards. I'm looking forward to their album.

[christoph]

i've heard Always New Depths, Price of Gasoline and Skeleton from the new album.

they're awesome songs.

[Neil]

i've heard Always New Depths, Price of Gasoline and Skeleton from the new album.

they're awesome songs.

Out of those, only Price of Gasoline is on the album :p

[shadowkay]

Out of those, only Price of Gasoline is on the album :p
omg!!!


the new single is actually amazing

[moist]

why does it matter that the front man is black?

[veeny]

bloc party are good, i like helicopter and i really like their new song, can't remember the name though.

[*FibreOptics*]

bloc party are good, i like helicopter and i really like their new song, can't remember the name though.
so here we are, its splendiferious

[*FibreOptics*]

They were on Jools Holland's Later the other weekend and were very impressive. Their playing was tighter than Interpol, who played immediately afterwards. I'm looking forward to their album.
fuck that sounded like a good one

[Decades]

I don't know why they're leaving Little Thoughts off the album...

[shadowkay]

I don't know why they're leaving Little Thoughts off the album...
man, im glad i downloaded that then

[Believer]

Banquet is my fav Bloc Party song.

[Fallen_Star]

I've actually only heard Helicopter but I absolutely love it, I think it's brilliant.

[*FibreOptics*]

They played like eating glass the other night at metro, random

[christoph]

they left Little Thoughts off the album because it doesn't fit in.

the album is quite dark, and broody in a sense, and Little Thoughts is quite a cheerful song. they said it'd be on another new EP with more new songs, don't know when tho.

[Hoppipolla]

I love Little Thoughts and She's Hearing Voices.

[Sarah]

i don't see why everyone loves Bloc Party so much, i can't stand the vocals :unsure:

Me either. The production & the guitars sound terrible. Even if it is intentional, all their songs sound as badly mixed as a bedroom recorded demo. Awful. Don't get it at all. The music isn't even interesting. Nothing about them is.

[Hoppipolla]

Me either. The production & the guitars sound terrible. Even if it is intentional, all their songs sound as badly mixed as a bedroom recorded demo. Awful. Don't get it at all. The music isn't even interesting. Nothing about them is.

I think Little Thoughts is just a catchy pop song, and she's hearing voices is interesting enough to keep me listening to them. That Steve Lamacq live session is the only download I can get for Little Thoughts though and that's fuckin' shite.

[Sarah]

All their songs merge into one big boring badly mixed song to me. Bleugh. Don't get it at all.

[Hoppipolla]

Hm. I had to give them a few chances before I liked them but they eventually grew on them, and I only gave them chances because people were always raving about them.

[Sarah]

I've lost faith in people raving on about bands. Look what happened with the likes of Jet..

[Hoppipolla]

I've lost faith in people raving on about bands. Look what happened with the likes of Jet..

Well I am talking about decent people, and not much people with decent taste have recomended Jet to me (thankfully)

[shadowkay]

cant wait for the album,


im loving tulips atm as you may of guessed

[4Q Im Manx]

I've lost faith in people raving on about bands. Look what happened with the likes of Jet..
But Jet were just pure shit from the start weren't they? Bloc Party are mmmmmmness

[Sarah]

They were but before I had heard anything people were recommending them. Anyway, eugh @ Bloc Party.

[.modernRomance]

I'm actually finding it really difficult to get into them, at all.

[shadowkay]

R E D J E T S O N - debut album on Drowned in Sound
By redjetson on 05/01/2005 at 14:59 GMT

R E D J E T S O N

DEBUT ALBUM NEW GENERAL CATALOGUE RELEASED 24.01.05
DROWNED IN SOUND RECORDINGS (DiS0008)

PRE-ORDER AT:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
or

http://www1.hmv.co.uk
__________________________________________________ ___________

BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL . THE FLY

BLISSFUL . NME

QUITE HOW REDJETSON HAVE MANAGED TO CREATE A DEBUT RELEASE THAT RIVALS RADIOHEAD AND MOGWAI ALIKE IS UTTERLY STUNNING
THIS IS FAKE DIY.COM

__________________________________________________ ___________

LIVE 2005

JANUARY
12.01.05 . LONDON . DEATH DISCO @ NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB
14.01.05 . LONDON . ICA . WITH YOUTHMOVIE SOUNDTRACK STRATEGIES'
15.01.05 . MANCHESTER. THE MUSIC BOX . OXFORD ROAD
16.01.05 . BELFAST . AUNTIE ANNIE'S
17.01.05 . DUBLIN . WHELANS . WITH BLOC PARTY'

FEBRUARY
03.02.05 . LONDON . CAMDEN UNDERWORLD . WITH 'AEREOGRAMME'
19.02.05 . OXFORD . WHEATSHEAF

MARCH
08.03.05 . LONDON . CLUB AC30 @ THE WATER RATS
30.03.05 . LONDON . BLACKEYED BLONDES @ TURNMILLS, CLERKENWELL.

APRIL
29.04.05 . HITCHIN . CLUB 85 . WITH 'YOUTHMOVIE SOUNDTRACK STRATEGIES'
30.04.05 . LEEDS . BRETTON MUSIC FESTIVAL

__________________________________________________ ___________

WWW.REDJETSON.CO.UK . WWW.DISRECORDS.COM

[gilly]

I'm actually finding it really difficult to get into them, at all.

fair enough. they seem to be one of those bands that you either love or hate. it's kinda annoying how nme are overrating them already. i really don't want them to turn into one hit wonders.

[shadowkay]

fair enough. they seem to be one of those bands that you either love or hate. it's kinda annoying how nme are overrating them already. i really don't want them to turn into one hit wonders.
where do you buy tickets from? for the tour

[shadowkay]

kele appers on belive of the new chemical bros album

[Ollie of Symmetry]

R E D J E T S O N - debut album on Drowned in Sound
By redjetson on 05/01/2005 at 14:59 GMT

R E D J E T S O N

DEBUT ALBUM NEW GENERAL CATALOGUE RELEASED 24.01.05
DROWNED IN SOUND RECORDINGS (DiS0008)

PRE-ORDER AT:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
or

http://www1.hmv.co.uk
__________________________________________________ ___________

BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL . THE FLY

BLISSFUL . NME

QUITE HOW REDJETSON HAVE MANAGED TO CREATE A DEBUT RELEASE THAT RIVALS RADIOHEAD AND MOGWAI ALIKE IS UTTERLY STUNNING
THIS IS FAKE DIY.COM

__________________________________________________ ___________

LIVE 2005

JANUARY
12.01.05 . LONDON . DEATH DISCO @ NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB
14.01.05 . LONDON . ICA . WITH YOUTHMOVIE SOUNDTRACK STRATEGIES'
15.01.05 . MANCHESTER. THE MUSIC BOX . OXFORD ROAD
16.01.05 . BELFAST . AUNTIE ANNIE'S
17.01.05 . DUBLIN . WHELANS . WITH BLOC PARTY'

FEBRUARY
03.02.05 . LONDON . CAMDEN UNDERWORLD . WITH 'AEREOGRAMME'
19.02.05 . OXFORD . WHEATSHEAF

MARCH
08.03.05 . LONDON . CLUB AC30 @ THE WATER RATS
30.03.05 . LONDON . BLACKEYED BLONDES @ TURNMILLS, CLERKENWELL.

APRIL
29.04.05 . HITCHIN . CLUB 85 . WITH 'YOUTHMOVIE SOUNDTRACK STRATEGIES'
30.04.05 . LEEDS . BRETTON MUSIC FESTIVAL

__________________________________________________ ___________

WWW.REDJETSON.CO.UK . WWW.DISRECORDS.COM


anyone hear like youth movie soundtrack stratagies, i think ther kinda borin there tracks r liker 10 mins long and annoyin, but anyways lol, i have a singed copy of there dubut EP which is now sold out, anyone wanna buy?

sigs r slightly smudjed i can send u pics if ur interested ;)

i got it from wen they supported Hope of the states, about last May i think :)

[Sarah]

anyone hear like youth movie soundtrack stratagies, i think ther kinda borin there tracks r liker 10 mins long and annoyin, but anyways lol, i have a singed copy of there dubut EP which is now sold out, anyone wanna buy?

sigs r slightly smudjed i can send u pics if ur interested ;)

i got it from wen they supported Hope of the states, about last May i think :)

How much are you thinking for the YMSS EP? If it's reasonable, I will.

[christoph]

for those unfortunate to not have someone to spend their Valentines Day with (me), then the Bloc Party album is released that day, and will be all the company you'll ever need. :p

i'll be in the shops getting the album, hope you all will too.

[shadowkay]

Class of 2005: Bloc Party

If it's got to the start of the new year and you still haven't heard of Bloc Party, you must have had your head buried in concrete. Possibly the most tipped band of 2005, they're so good their potential even echoed back to the start of last year. In 2004 they took over the underground, in the next twelve months they'll be household names.

After all, there aren't many bands around who produce such angular, energetic guitar based music. Fewer still actually bring a brain to the equation, but Bloc Party manage both with ease. A band that look smart before they even open their mouths, it's easy to believe they understand it all far, far better than we ever will.

Take frontman Kele Okereke. Yes, he is in a guitar band and happens to be black, have a brain, and can express his opinion. While it may not be the norm yet, stereotypes have no currency within the confines of a Bloc Party gig. From his individual vocal stylings, yelping out lyrics smarter than your average New Cross band, there's a bewitching aspect to his performance, and that of Bassist and fellow vocalist Gordon Moakes. The kind of chemistry not seen since the early days of Coxon and Albarn, but in a far more introspective way, it's genuinely gripping.

The songs more than back it up. From the near hypnotic 'She's Hearing Voices' to the recent Top 40 single 'Helicopter', they're full of the most deceptive hook lines you're likely to ever come across. You wouldn't know it to look at them, but a Bloc Party track is likely to stay stuck in the back of your head for longer than any other. What more would you expect from a band with members who reference everything from Kate Bush and Fleetwood Mac to Sonic Youth and Dizzee Rascal.

2005 sees the release of the band's debut album 'Silent Alarm'. It's already leaked to the file sharing networks, so no doubt quite a lot of you are aware of it's genius. Those who aren't should make the best of their ignorance - by mid February there will be no avoiding Bloc Party.

[Stu]

Listened to the alb on Friday evening at work, but i'm still undecided about it :stunned:

I like the singles "Helicopter" & "So Here We Are" very much, but I need to listen to the album more to make up my mind about these guys.

The drummer is an AFC Bournemouth fan though :D :LOL: (as proven in the "So Here We Are" vid) so that may just sway me to like them

[Sexcellent]

For all you cheapsteaks/undecideds, you can hear the album here
http://www.mtv.co.uk/blocparty/index.jhtml

[Bexie]

mmmm helicopter <3

[christoph]

apparently it's already out in some shops, but hmmm.

i might be going down to get it tomorrow i dunno, i really need my money at the moment, plus i've already got a copy, and i've heard it a million and one times.

may buy it to support them, as they'll need the moola, to do more tours!

[spaceboy250]

I just listened to the album on the way to uni today. I was promised the best thing to happen to music since..................ever. Its a good album don't get me wrong but it surely hasn't re-invented the wheel and changed my musical perceptions as much as it was promised. So much hype surrounding a band can only do bad things. They are pretty fuckin good but all this attention they have gotten over the past while may only serve to harm them when this album actually hits the shops and people realise that they may have been going a little overboard.

recommended though

[Truth_and_Smiles]

They seem a good band. I've heard banquet quite a few times, and while the first couple of minutes is average/good, the last minute sounds great.
Out of the ''2005 wave'' they're my favourite band...much better then the Bravery. I don't think I'll actually buy the album though....might get someone to burn it for me.

[Stu]

I bought it today :)
I've listened to it a tonne of times at work over the last 10 days and its a good album,
and yeah I reckon they are the best of that 2005 lot

[DistortionRox]

damn good band, perhaps "little thoughts" should have been on the album though but never mind, ah what an album.

[MissPinkEgo]

Great band...great album. And Kele's rather pretty...

[Stu]

"So fucking useless!"

[Mozza]

Finally decided to buy the album but i guess i'm just jumping on the mainstream bandwagon. They've become so popular even my hip-hop friends like them. It took ages for that to happen to the Killers!

[christoph]

"So fucking useless!"

i adore that bit of the song :D

[Velocity Girl]

I Love love love bloc party,pure brilliance is all i can say!!Their album is awesome! :)

[Half Life]

Just got back from the first Astoria gig. Very, very good. Oh yes. Extremely tight, and damn fine performances from everyone. :D

[Firebaptist]

Absolutely Love Bloc Party.. Going to the gig at Manchester Carling in October... (anyonne else going?) Happens to be the day before i go to canada tho... fingers crossed everyone that the plane isn't ealy in the morning from somewhere miles away like london! :( lol

[Angeleyes]

I have seen a short gig of them on french Tv last week and...very good in live :) wwouaahhh I like this band :)

[Stu]

I need to see them live one day.

There has been rumours of them doing a gig at a football stadium near me as the Bloc Party drummer supports the team (AFC Bournemouth) as do I. :happy:
Very unlikely to happen though imo.

[muse_luva]

A bit random here but... my friend is a fan of bloc party and was singing the song that says something like "north to south" in it... and he didn't think those were the words so he was there singing "note to self" :D lol!

[christoph]

ah that would be Helicopter. haha yeah it is North to South.

[varigo]

Post pics and tell us what you think of them

[Black Mamba]

i hate them.

[Black Velvet]

I dunno their music, I just know the song Believe from Chemical Brothers with singer of Bloc Party.

[Mort]

Please use search before creating a thread, especialy in here. there is already a thread about Bloc Party.

[batmus51]

I LOVE Bloc Party...

They not big at all in Denmark, but heard Helicopter in the radio when i was London in march, i bought Silent Alarm right away.. Been loving them since.. they are so cool.. and i've started like a whole fanclub here, all my friends love them as well!

[kuz]

saw them live on tv yesterday. very good stuff :)

[jimminys_gal]

OMG OMG OMG Just thought Id say how fookin awesome the hi fi gig was!!! The were amazing!!! Met them 3 times in the one nite, lol!!! They are officially the nicest guys as well, and so adorable!!! Crowd was great, luvvin them so much right now!!!

[kuz]

*is extremely jealous in a non-groupie way* :indiff:

i should have gone to that gig, didn't know about it til too late :(

[Vegetable]

I've seen them two times and they sucked really. They just need to practice a bit more. I don't know. Banquet is an ok song though.

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

Saw them at Glastonbury, I was impressed.

I love the song Like Eating Glass.

[Coco Mademoiselle]

Yeah they're great in live!!!

I love Helicopter and Little Thoughts!

[Bexie]

There's a new song that isn't on Silent Alarm. It's called 'Two More Years'
I am just about to host it on yousendit.com for all you lovely people. Also, I do believe they are releasing a remixed album of Silent Alarm! ^_^ Lushness!

[Bexie]

http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=19P5X0HA1DRK32TSIHJUMSXO2N
Et voila. Enjoy, and let me know what you think! :)

[Becky boo]

I love these. I think my fave song from the album is like eating glass....or banquet...or...cant decide actually :unsure:

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

I love Like Eating Glass and Compliments.

Thanks for the song Bex!

[Bexie]

I love Like Eating Glass and Compliments.

Thanks for the song Bex!
Hehe no worries ^_^. I love eating glass too, it's my fave! :happy:

[AmandaBellamy]

I love bloc party! I'm stocking Kele..starting...NOW

[Bexie]

Kele mmm <3.
Quite phwoar, no? Can't wait to see them at Reading. Leaving today :D

[Asphyxiated]

Anyone here seeing them in Liverpool on 17th October?
I'm really going to see Patrick Wolf, but me likes them too. Should be good :D

[Wowee Zowee]

the Mogwai remix of Plans is pretty darn good.

[Max]

I am currently waiting to get my hands on The Streets remix of Banquet. It promises to be good. Anyone with a link to an audio stream of video of it?

[AmandaBellamy]

:eek: there is a streets remix too?! ah! i need a link as well!

[christoph]

There's a whole new album of Remixed versions.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000AL6W10/qid=1125684024/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl/202-7214996-3435034

I have a few of them already (from other releases) and then I have a few downloaded. It's pretty awesome and i'm gonna order the album when I get paid.

[Wowee Zowee]

There's a whole new album of Remixed versions.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000AL6W10/qid=1125684024/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl/202-7214996-3435034

I have a few of them already (from other releases) and then I have a few downloaded. It's pretty awesome and i'm gonna order the album when I get paid.
i still dont get why they would remix the album....the Death From Above Remix is pretty damn good....and i think is the only track that doesnt use Kele's vocals.

[Bexie]

I'm gonna get the remix album when I actually have money! :LOL:. I love DFA'S remix. <3. Im going to host 'Two More Years' on yousendit.com in a bit.

[Wowee Zowee]

I love Banquet (Phones Disco Edit) :happy:

[Bexie]

I love Banquet (Phones Disco Edit) :happy:
Me too. :happy:. My fave remix is the Modern Love one though. <3

[Saaz]

I love teh Bloc Party, they rock my socks.
Like Eating Glass, Compliments, and Pioneers are my faaaaaves <3

[Bambi the 1st]

just simply loving most of the album
i get bored easily, but this album keeps me interested all the way through

[Bexie]

just simply loving most of the album
i get bored easily, but this album keeps me interested all the way through
I think it's a grower. I didn't think much of it when it first came out...now I'm fucking all over it :LOL:

[James_Blunt]

I love Banquet (Phones Disco Edit) :happy:
And Two years later! I love it

[christoph]

Their Reading fest set is on iTunes to buy now. They're releasing it.

[Bexie]

Their Reading fest set is on iTunes to buy now. They're releasing it.
Meh...I might buy it.

[christoph]

MEH?!

That was one of the great gigs of our time! I still can't believe the roar when they finished, no-one left the tent for about 10 minutes and still kept on cheering. They came back out to play us another song! Best weekend evar!

[she_had_a_username]

Their Reading fest set is on iTunes to buy now. They're releasing it.

:eek: I'm so going to get that. Their set was sex at Reading.

They are a million times better live than on record. I was a casual fan before I saw them at Reading. Not that the album is bad, it's great, but I don't think it really captured their energy very well at all.

But oh man they were so good.

And the guy who climbed the pole :LOL: <3

[christoph]

Hahah, I wanted to hit him so bad. I really wanted them to carry on, and when he shook his head, MAN I got pissed off.

"GET DOWN YOU PRICK" I was chanting. I was buy some idiot wearing a bloody wizards outfit, he was standing infront of me with a wizard's hat on, RIGHT IN MY FACE. So many annoying fans.

[she_had_a_username]

Hahah, I wanted to hit him so bad. I really wanted them to carry on, and when he shook his head, MAN I got pissed off.

"GET DOWN YOU PRICK" I was chanting. I was buy some idiot wearing a bloody wizards outfit, he was standing infront of me with a wizard's hat on, RIGHT IN MY FACE. So many annoying fans.

The funny thing was he climbed up that pole way before they even came on. I'm surprised authorities didn't notice him earlier, especially as everyone was jeering him on when he did climb it it. Funnily enough the same people booed when he was asked to get down...

I was laughing my head off :LOL: It seemed a bit of a surreal thing to just happen during a performance.

I was standing by the pole on the opposite side of the tent. There was a fence up around it so there was no one directly in front of me, and I could push up on it to get a good look :happy:

Russell also walked past me twice that weekend but I didn't have the guts to say anything both times, weirdly enough :indiff:

[Kajeeves]

Their Reading fest set is on iTunes to buy now. They're releasing it.Is it only available on i Tunes?
That was an awesome peformance, i'm so glad I ditched my mates to go and see them.
:LOL: @ pole guy

[bachrock]

Terribly overrated. I haven't heard much of their stuff, but from what I have heard, that's what I think. Anyone have any recommendations?

[kiernana]

Russell also walked past me twice that weekend but I didn't have the guts to say anything both times, weirdly enough :indiff:
nice guy from what i've been told.

[she_had_a_username]

nice guy from what i've been told.

Doh :'(

[Spinning Plate]

I saw Bloc Party last night. They are such a cool live band.. I just think that Kele can't sing live, but that's okay. He is sooooo adorable and such a nice guy. I just wished that the other band members would have smiled more.

[Wowee Zowee]

I saw Bloc Party last night. They are such a cool live band.. I just think that Kele can't sing live, but that's okay. He is sooooo adorable and such a nice guy. I just wished that the other band members would have smiled more.
smiling is banned, because the whole band hate each other.

[Spinning Plate]

lol.. was that a joke? they hugged each other though during the show..

[Bexie]

Terribly overrated. I haven't heard much of their stuff, but from what I have heard, that's what I think. Anyone have any recommendations?
They aren't overrated at all :).

I recommend:

Positive Tension
Staying Fat
Two More Years
This Modern Love
Like Eating Glass....


Or, just listen to the whole of Silent Alarm :happy:.

[Bexie]

MEH?!

That was one of the great gigs of our time! I still can't believe the roar when they finished, no-one left the tent for about 10 minutes and still kept on cheering. They came back out to play us another song! Best weekend evar!
:LOL: Okay okay I will download it then, the reason why I said "Meh" was because I don't get along with Itunes. And partly because I'm insanely jealous that I didn't see them even though I had the opportunity! :p

[Cheesy Grin]

Woohoo I get to see them at a fan club only gig on Friday! Its gonna be awesome. Like 300-400 people!!!

FUCKING PWNAGE!!!!!!!!!

[scrads]

Saw em live in manchester back in October and they rocked my socks, loved them before hand and cant live without them afterwards :)

-- although their choice in supporting acts is a bit dubious

[Half Life]

Saw em live in manchester back in October and they rocked my socks, loved them before hand and cant live without them afterwards :)

-- although their choice in supporting acts is a bit dubious

I can't believe it's almost a year since I saw them at the Astoria... Kele's voice was on form, as well.

Scrads - I see you have excellent taste and will also be at Maximo Park in October. :D

[glasskite]

Their support band for this one Komakino are awesome. As was their Brixton supprt of Redjetson. If you lot don't like, you need your hearing checked.

[Wowee Zowee]

Their support band for this one Komakino are awesome. As was their Brixton supprt of Redjetson. If you lot don't like, you need your hearing checked.
What sound is Komakino then?

Looks like Bloc Party got too "big" for my local...losers.

[scrads]

Their support band for this one Komakino are awesome. As was their Brixton supprt of Redjetson. If you lot don't like, you need your hearing checked.
We didnt have them in Manchester, just some guy called peter wolf or something similar, the loudest/if only applause he got was when he finished :LOL:

[scrads]

Scrads - I see you have excellent taste and will also be at Maximo Park in October. :D
Cheers

[Cheesy Grin]

We didnt have them in Manchester, just some guy called peter wolf or something similar, the loudest/if only applause he got was when he finished :LOL:


Hehe it was Patrick Wolf. I really enjoyed his set though.

Remember Marshalls Are Dead????

[Cheesy Grin]

Jesus fucking christ. That was freaking amazing!!!! I met them AGAIN!!!!

I Got:

Matt's drumstick
Kele's Guitar Strings
A Setlist
Signed Ticket


And Komakino were ace as well!!!!! So overall, wow!!!

[breaking_porcelain]

Silent Alarm Remixed is the album of the moment for me. I love it... particualrly "The Pioneers (M83 Remix)"

[Duckness]

My favourite song is Banquet - Bloc Party
it rocks!:p

[end of part one]

i got slient alarm just after it came out but only found the secret instrumental track this week when i played the album in a different cd player and it played that first :LOL:
anyone know whats its called?

[breaking_porcelain]

i got slient alarm just after it came out but only found the secret instrumental track this week when i played the album in a different cd player and it played that first :LOL:
anyone know whats its called?

April fools joke, right?

[end of part one]

nope

[bell]

:LOL: :LOL:

he doesnt seem that kind of person that makes these sorts of jokes.

please tell me it has nothing to do with April Fools?:$

[end of part one]

it is NOT an april fool. if you look i actually posted it YESTERDAY (31/3)
and lets face it, it wouldnt be a very good april fool joke would it now?

[captain subtext]

bloc party can fuck off.

i can have a bar of them.

i dont get how they are so damnnnn popular. but...there are worse bands out there...for the kids to get into. and they're not the worst.

granted, my 'bloc party can fuck off' remark was a little harsh. but yeah, i cant really get into them.

good luck to them tho, but they're just not entirely my cup of tea.

[malice]

i got slient alarm just after it came out but only found the secret instrumental track this week when i played the album in a different cd player and it played that first :LOL:
anyone know whats its called?

"every time is the last time"

[end of part one]

thankyou very much :)

[Bexie]

i got slient alarm just after it came out but only found the secret instrumental track this week when i played the album in a different cd player and it played that first :LOL:
anyone know whats its called?
:stunned:. I never knew THAT?

*Listens*

[Wowee Zowee]

feels ages since they released silent alarm..gimme another album darn it.

[Mort]

feels ages since they released silent alarm..gimme another album darn it.
Hasn't it only been a year?

[Wowee Zowee]

Hasn't it only been a year?
pretty much yeah.. just i remember buying it with a friend and it seems like years ago:confused:

[Stu]

i got slient alarm just after it came out but only found the secret instrumental track this week when i played the album in a different cd player and it played that first :LOL:
anyone know whats its called?
*is confuzzled* :confused:
how does that work?

[Mort]

*is confuzzled* :confused:
how does that work?
The same way as the Hullabaloo Live cd.

[Stu]

I don't know how that works either :unsure:

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

New track names for songs on the new album -
'A Prayer To The Lord'
'England' (formerly 'Blue Moon')
'Hunting For Witches'
'It Started In An Afternoon'
'Kreuzberg'
'On' (formerly 'Wet')
'Seroxat'
'Song For Clay (Disappear Here)'
'Sunday'
'Uniform'
'Waiting For The 7:18'
'We Were Lovers' (formerly 'Cells Shaped Like Stars')
'Where Is Home?' (formerly 'Perfect Teens')



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja-JpRqgVk4

they're touring America at the moment, that video is 'Hunting For Witches'. Russell is on form.

[Wowee Zowee]

i'm glad Two More Years didnt get on the album.

[Stu]

i'm glad Two More Years didnt get on the album.
I really hate that song :LOL:
They put it on a new version of Silent Alarm

[Max]

Kids - Bloc Party are back!

NEW SINGLE: The Prayer out on 29th January.
NEW ALBUM: A Weekend In The City out in February.

They also have a mammoth UK tour lined up including THREE NIGHTS at the London Astoria.

I look forward to hearing the new shizzle. :happy:

[Clunge]

I'll be at the Exeter show :cool:.

[she_had_a_username]

Ah good o :happy: They're great live. I'm going to see if I can go to the southampton one.

Anyway... *scoots off to go see graham coxon*

[christoph]

i want to go to the Cardiff date. i have a marshalls pass too, so could get the early tix. if anyone actually wants to use my pass to get the tix on the pre-sale, then PM me and i can hook you up.

[Wowee Zowee]

i want to go to the Cardiff date. i have a marshalls pass too, so could get the early tix. if anyone actually wants to use my pass to get the tix on the pre-sale, then PM me and i can hook you up.
hook me up.

[christoph]

Bloc Party release their second full-length album A Weekend In The City - 5th February 2007 through Wichita Recordings. Produced by Jacknife Lee and recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios in Ireland. Bloc Party\'s newest collection of songs is a stunning, intense and brilliant follow-up to their celebrated debut Silent Alarm. The album will be preceded by the single The Prayer, released 29th January 2007.

Upon release of Silent Alarm in February 2005, Bloc Party were catapulted into the global spotlight, gathering worldwide fans and critical acclaim, with the NME voting Silent Alarm "Album of the Year". They have gone on to sell over a million copies of the album worldwide.

A Weekend in The City is inspired by lead singer Kele Okereke\'s interest in what he calls "the living noise of a metropolis." On Weekend, the band captures every detail from ebullient to the mundane - of daily life in a modern city, and the quiet desolation that suffuses everything from commuting to casual sex, from going out on a Friday night to the long ride home in the early hours of the morning. These are songs desperate to understand the meaning that pulses under the moments of our everyday: there are bursting with tension, paranoia, sadness, love and an intense need for reason as to how city life has become so displacing.

The track listing for A Weekend in the City is...

01. Song For Clay (Disappear Here)
02. Hunting For Witches
03. Waiting For the 7.18
04. The Prayer
05. Uniform
06. On
07. Where Is Home?
08. Kreuzberg
09. I Still Remember
10. Sunday
11. SRXT

niiice.

[Clunge]

I hope they've managed to maintain some quirkiness, unlike most of the indie shit around at the moment.

[she_had_a_username]

Are you meant to renew the marshals membership? :confused: I heard somewhere it's a yearly fee, but I can still log on and it's been over a year I swear. Or maybe it hasn't been a year.

Just knowing my luck the membership will run out just as the pre-sale starts :LOL:

[Reevo]

I dont know if i should see them live again, ive seen them twice before ill just have to listen to the album first.

[Alec Trevelyan]

I finally get to see Bloc Party live!!! And just my f**king luck...look who its with!!! Why!!! Why!!! Why!!! :eek: ............ :( .............. :noey:

Sat 12/02/06 Bloc Party PNE / Pacific Coliseum
Sat 12/02/06 Jack's Mannequin PNE / Pacific Coliseum
Sat 12/02/06 Panic! At The Disco PNE / Pacific Coliseum

*Loads submachine gun*

:mad:

[Tom]

I heard something about them toning it down a little, but also something about them wanting to "do a radiohead" and be at least slightly experimental.

I hope he doesn't go for a much softer vocal delivery, at least not too much. It's one of the best things about them.

[she_had_a_username]

The new stuff they played at V sounded good, promising for the new album definately.

Anyone else thinking of going to the southampton one?

[Max]

I finally get to see Bloc Party live!!! And just my f**king luck...look who its with!!! Why!!! Why!!! Why!!! :eek: ............ :( .............. :noey:

Sat 12/02/06 Bloc Party PNE / Pacific Coliseum
Sat 12/02/06 Jack's Mannequin PNE / Pacific Coliseum
Sat 12/02/06 Panic! At The Disco PNE / Pacific Coliseum

*Loads submachine gun*

:mad:

Why Panic At The Disco? You're not seriously considering going are you?

[Alec Trevelyan]

Why Panic At The Disco? You're not seriously considering going are you?

I has no clue why Bloc Party is playing a show with Panic! Why! Anyone but them! Anyways this might be my only chance to see Bloc Party for a couple years, I don't want to pay lots of money to see Bloc Party and be surrounded by emo kids. :(

[christoph]

panic! at the disco are great fun live. i'm not sure why you two are so fucking fussed about having bloc party as support. fact is, p!atd are huge in america, and bloc party are not. p!atd like bloc party, so asked them to be on the tour, simple as. this is going to be really good for them.

i would see them while you have the chance, and advise you to watch p!atd as it's a show you'll regret missing. regardless of who's in the crowd; why does that even matter you fool.

[Alec Trevelyan]

panic! at the disco are great fun live. i'm not sure why you two are so fucking fussed about having bloc party as support. fact is, p!atd are huge in america, and bloc party are not. p!atd like bloc party, so asked them to be on the tour, simple as. this is going to be really good for them.

i would see them while you have the chance, and advise you to watch p!atd as it's a show you'll regret missing. regardless of who's in the crowd; why does that even matter you fool.

Thank god Bloc Party isn't huge in America.... because they're actually good music! I'm sorry if no one told you the news but haven't you realized it yet, but Panic At The Disco are four haircuts screaching charisma.

I doubt I'll waste my money to go see Bloc Party, which really sucks, but Panic At The Disco embodies all whats wrong with mainstream music these days. They are just another clone/spinoff of the famous Fall Out Boy, that started this shit storm called "emo".

[christoph]

bollocks. the only thing panic and fall out boy have in common is vocals. they are nothing alike past that.

[Clunge]

Any idea how much the UK tour tickets will be?

[expanding_universe]

Thank god Bloc Party isn't huge in America.... because they're actually good music! I'm sorry if no one told you the news but haven't you realized it yet, but Panic At The Disco are four haircuts screaching charisma.

I doubt I'll waste my money to go see Bloc Party, which really sucks, but Panic At The Disco embodies all whats wrong with mainstream music these days. They are just another clone/spinoff of the famous Fall Out Boy, that started this shit storm called "emo".

Why dont you just get there after Panic! At The Disco play, or leave after you see Bloc Party?
:erm:

I'm hoping the BDO rumours are true, I missed them last time. Still a chance they might only do the East Coast...

[Half Life]

Any idea how much the UK tour tickets will be?

Reading Hexagon is £15.

[christoph]

they're all £15 i believe, astoria might be £1-2 more.

[Clunge]

Ooohh, got our tickets for Bristol :cool:.

[Half Life]

Reading Hexagon tickets sorted. :happy:

[Jackplug]

Sheffield Octagon sorted ^-^

[Half Life]

Sheffield Octagon sorted ^-^

Any more polygonal venues? :)

[Jackplug]

Any more polygonal venues? :)

Erm..

Huddersfield Heptagon

Dewsbury Dodecagon

..I'm all out ^-^

[she_had_a_username]

I got a ticket for southampton but now I'm going to have to sell it :'( I'm positive on a site I read it as being a friday, but alas, it's a saturday, and I can't go that particular saturday it seems. Typically I didn't realise this until after I'd bought the sodding ticket.

Boo :(

They still have tickets for Reading, might look into that one.

[Clunge]

Ooohoh-eck!

http://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/25027

Narsty :stunned: .

Should be ok for the UK tour though.

[Sunburner]

bloc party are cool. the cardiff uni gig is sold out. gutted...

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

I just got a leaked demo of Hunting For Witches. Anyone want it?

[Jackplug]

I just got a leaked demo of Hunting For Witches. Anyone want it?

Really ? If so I'd LOVE it.

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=3D6656AD6B8EE41D

Be warned though -

'according to people who have heard the album, this demo is not representative of the energy and development in the album version of the track. A very rough sketch of an idea, as it were.'

[Jackplug]

It sounds awesome, cheers.

[matt1il]

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=3D6656AD6B8EE41D

Be warned though -

'according to people who have heard the album, this demo is not representative of the energy and development in the album version of the track. A very rough sketch of an idea, as it were.'

hmmm its not opening for me :( probs on my end tho - try again later

[christoph]

yeah, the ysi link isn't working. someone care to upload again?

[unintended_bliss]

Bloc Party are brilliant!!
Their drummer makes the band though :cool:

I so agree :D although I've never found anyone else who shares this opinion, wow im excited

[Stu]

I so agree :D although I've never found anyone else who shares this opinion, wow im excited
Well he does support the best team in the Universe (well, Dorset) :happy: :LOL:

[Half Life]

Any more news on Matt Tong?

BBC News site (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6136106.stm)

[christoph]

amazing, the new song is really cool
:D

[Clunge]

Wow, that new song is brilliant :happy: .

Love the laser noises and stuff!

[greg]

i want to hear the whole album!

[greg]

this demo sounds amazing, better than the live version.

just getting the album now :)

[greg]

the new Hunting is much better,

the album sounds incredible btw

[Jackplug]

Edit, Doesn't matter.

[matoran]

I absolutely adore AWITC. 10/10

Now I'm pre-ordering the edition with the bonus "I Still Remember" 7". I'm also a mod on the forum :LOL:

[she_had_a_username]

Ahhhhhhh they added an extra tour date, and it's at my student union in bournemouth :D And I have a fucking ticket babeh :D

*punches the air*

So I will get to see them on this tour after all :happy:

[Clunge]

Ooohh yes, I'm off to the Brizzle one :cool:.

[she_had_a_username]

Ooohh yes, I'm off to the Brizzle one :cool:.

:cool:

They'll be playing 20 minutes walk from my house, maybe I can invite them back round mine for beer and party rings :erm:

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

:cool:

They'll be playing 20 minutes walk from my house, maybe I can invite them back round mine for beer and party rings :erm:

:rolleyes: we all know what you're planning to do to poor russell. tut tut. :p

[Clunge]

Oooohh, invite me invite me!

[she_had_a_username]

:rolleyes: we all know what you're planning to do to poor russell. tut tut. :p

:$ It's all very innocent I promise.


Wanna join in? :D

[she_had_a_username]

Oooohh, invite me invite me!

Are you quite sure about that? :LOL:

[Clunge]

Of course, I'll get drunk and trash everything.

It'll be such a joyous event :happy: .

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

:$ It's all very innocent I promise.


Wanna join in? :D

I can see through your plan :p


I refuse to have any involvement in your sordid affairs :noey: you should be ashamed.

[she_had_a_username]

Of course, I'll get drunk and trash everything.

It'll be such a joyous event :happy: .

Not too sure about the trashing thing, our landlord might go nuts :LOL: The drunkeness sounds good though.

I can see through your plan :p


I refuse to have any involvement in your sordid affairs :noey: you should be ashamed.

:(

Look who's talking :p

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

:(

Look who's talking :p

I'm a saint :pope:










:unsure:

[she_had_a_username]

I'm a saint :pope:










:unsure:

St David... arf arf

That's the biggest lie I've heard in my life :LOL: I know your true character :p

[Stu]

Ahhhhhhh they added an extra tour date, and it's at my student union in bournemouth :D And I have a fucking ticket babeh :D
:
Bournemouth wahey! :D
I'm sure there will AFCB fans with scarfs for Matt :LOL:

[Emz.]

only heard hunting for witches, which im addicted to :happy: wanna hear the album :(

[Clunge]

I can't wait for this album, if it's all as good as Hunting For Witches.

[Cerpin]

Worst band ever?

[kiernana]

I can't wait for this album, if it's all as good as Hunting For Witches.

it's pretty good actually. you can tell it's bloc party, yet you feel that they've definately matured. they took a good approach when making it, as it seems like it's not rushed and it's not overthought either.

i'm still kinda bummed about them having to cancel their st. louis date, but then again, they were opening for panic at the disco. :stunned:

[Alec Trevelyan]

it's pretty good actually. you can tell it's bloc party, yet you feel that they've definately matured. they took a good approach when making it, as it seems like it's not rushed and it's not overthought either.

i'm still kinda bummed about them having to cancel their st. louis date, but then again, they were opening for panic at the disco. :stunned:

Yeah it was a blessing in disguse, Tong's collasped lung. I'm in Vancouver and almosted wanted to buy a ticket and then leave, but now they will have to do a small(er) venue tour of North America... I don't want to see Bloc Party in a huge arena anyways! :D

[matt1il]

there album is alright so far - its has been leaked btw

edit: weird but good

[kiernana]

there album is alright so far - its has been leaked btw

edit: weird but good

thats because two weeks ago they sent it out to all the magazines/radio people to preview. thats how i got mine.

[pennyroyal]

Yeah it was a blessing in disguse, Tong's collasped lung. I'm in Vancouver and almosted wanted to buy a ticket and then leave, but now they will have to do a small(er) venue tour of North America... I don't want to see Bloc Party in a huge arena anyways! :D

I did that. I bought tickets just to see them open and then leave. The energy of the crowd was really pathetic...my friend and I felt a bit old to be in the pit with the emo teenagers. We managed to find other Bloc fans, and they were in their 20's, so we felt better. It was a horrible crowd though. We were the only ones into it. Oh, and during the show, we DID see Tong wince in pain, sort of lean over and wince, but we didn't think anything of it until we heard the news....can't wait til these fuckers come back! :happy:

[matt1il]

The energy of the crowd was really pathetic...

one of the rules to being emo - dont jump at shows! lol - if you havent heard the emo song look for it on youtube

[Wowee Zowee]

The new album isnt very good in my opinion. It lost everything that was good with the last album..it seems very bland and boring now. They had great potential to make something amazing and they've blew it on this.

[greg]

the first halfs amazing.

second will grow on me i hope.


i liek it anyway//

[slippersock]

after changing my opinion on the new album, after several listens its rather good up till about track 6...i kind of lose interest after that, i will keep listening to it though its bound to grow on me the more i do...quite political...but then again, most albums now-a-days are.

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

So, Kele is gay.

[matoran]

No he's just confused about his sexuality. Who the fuck even cares anyway? It doesnt matter as long as he makes great music. I think he's very brave :happy:

[destructiveaesthetic]

I was wondering why the fuck he was so mopey in the new video...especially with the chicks going at it...but yeah it clicked. ;)

I wasn't even going to give the album a listen but now I'm quite interested in the new material...specially the gay ones.

[matoran]

They didn't sound like gay love songs when I first heard it. Only when he mentioned it I realised. Even so, they're very applicable boy/girl lovesongs.

[Clunge]

Ooooohh, leaky mcleak in proper, full quality :D .

Anyhoo, sounds good so far, Hunting For Witches is a great song :happy: .

[destructiveaesthetic]

eh? cannae find it :(

[Josh =/]

They didn't sound like gay love songs when I first heard it. Only when he mentioned it I realised. Even so, they're very applicable boy/girl lovesongs.

Which ones are supposed to be gay love songs?

[Clunge]

eh? cannae find it :(
Oink ;) .

[christoph]

clunge, can you get me a pass to oink?

[Clunge]

clunge, can you get me a pass to oink?
I can't.

A. I don't have any invites
B. Oink is fucked up for me, no matter how much I upload, it doesn't register so as soon as I get an account, a month or so later it gets deleted.

:'(!

I'm not abusing it whilst I have a week left.

[christoph]

ahhh i see, that always happens to me. no problem, cheers tho. what i usually do is just download tonnes when i have the 2 week ratio watch in place, you can get upto 10gb before it's deleted anyway, so i downloaded about 3gb of music, and loads of applications, even windows vista! haha.

[Alec Trevelyan]

I get to see Bloc Party! With no supa-gay Panic At the Shitisco! Hooray! :happy: