Tibi PuiuAlthough Bloc Party still is on a indefinite hiatus, that doesn’t seem to stop the band’s frontman from expressing himself though a debut solo album. So it has it Kele Okereke, or just Kele as he decided to sign himself, will release “The Boxer”, his solo debut, on June 21 in the UK and June 22 in the U.S via Wichita/Polydor and Glassnote. Okereke recorded the album mainly in New York with producer Alex Epton,…
The Top Albums of The Decade: 2005
Staff
This post is part of our “Top Albums of The Decade” series. Follow the series to read about the best music to grace our ears in the 2000s. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty) At the beginning of the decade, one of the nation’s most talented songwriters Sufjan Stevens endeavored in a project as ambitious as it was preposterous, called The Fifty States project. Sufjan intended to share his vision on American life and culture…
New Bloc Party video: ‘One More Chance’
Last year’s “Intimacy” didn’t really cut it for me, being way too blunt and really unattractive by all means. Not even the following remix version didn’t manage to deliver something positive, although I usually find remixes to work well on more modest releases. Surprisingly, something like a week ago, the band premiered a new single, right out of the blue, called “One More Chance” – a catchy song with a lot of hooks and bouncy…
Bloc Party get way too ‘Intimate’ on their new LP cover
The above …err… caption, is the new covert art for Bloc Party’s third LP, “Intimacy.” However, this new version is for the record’s physical release of October 28th, as the old cover was for the already out digital release. Compare the two, and then let me know which of them seems more prettier. The old serif font on a dull background or two passion lovers engaging in fluid exchange (you can even see the saliva!…
New Bloc Party video: ‘Talons’
Man, Bloc Party’s taking the whole surprise, out of the blue effect a bit too serious, to the point of exaggeration even. After releasing their latest LP, “Intimacy,” on a very short notice a few weeks ago, the band has now premiered a new single, “Talons,” that off Intimacy, but the thing is it wasn’t present on the digital release, as Kele were saving it to add an even greater effect to the spontaneous album….
New Bloc Party album out in two days + new ‘Trojan Horse’ MP3
I don’t know what’s with bands these days releasing albums straight out of the blue, just around the time they have a boner. Maybe it’s a trend or something, frankly I don’t really care, and to be honest I like a good surprise now and then. A new Bloc Party album certainly makes a good one. The band just announced earlier today the release date and name of their new LP, that’s been in the…
Download: Bloc Party – ‘Mercury’
I wasn’t quite fond of [tag]Bloc Party[/tag]’s recent, sophomore release A Weekend In The City, not to say it was bad or anything, but I just believe the more experimental direction the band is heading to, isn’t to my liking. It seems like the third album, scheduled sometime at the end of this year (nothing has been announced, but you can expect it to be sometime later this year), will follow in its footsteps in…
New Bloc Party video: ‘Flux’
We’ve already shown our enthusiasm for [tag]Bloc Party[/tag]’s forthcoming EP Flux, in a previous post and as previously reported a video had to follow. And it did. The Ace Norton directed video, for this Nu-Rave infused track, is quite a really fun and enjoyable one, featuring futuristic robots and monsters battling it out in a B Movie style metropolis. The only problem here is, that curently available on windows media player, so you’ll have to…
Download: Bloc Party – ‘Flux’
Always been a fan of [tag]Bloc Party[/tag] from the moment Silent Alarm hit the air waves back in 2005; got me instantly hooked. Yesterday I just got news that they’ll soon release a new single, called “Flux”, and apparently it didn’t take it too long to surface on the web. The song’s brand new, hasn’t been featured on any albums, just live shows. It’s actually a bit different from what BC accustomed us along the…
Bloc Party beats sophomore slump
Andrei Mihai
The good thing is that their site has individual blogs from Kele Okereke, Matt Tong, Russell Lissack and Gordon Moakes; the four members of the band. The bad thing is that you can learn little about the band’s activities during 2007 because, of the four, only Moakes has updated his diary since summer 2006. That does not mean that things are not going the good way for the band. Since they made it big with…