Bloc Party - Talons

Weeks after the complete and utter disappointment of Intimacy was released, Bloc Party have unleashed a new single - not available on the download version of the album, but as an extra track on the CD version on 28th of October. Read more

Bloc Party to debut new song tomorrow

Bloc Party are debuting a new single tomorrow night. In a recent mailout the band stated: Read more

Bloc Party - Intimacy

Coming just over two weeks since the release of the album, you may wonder why it took so long to review this album. Due to the difficulty in actually putting the confusion that this album caused in to words, about 6 reviews have failed to be completed. Ironically, the day we publish this we received two reviews at the same time. These follow, with the first by Scribbler-virgin James Preece and the second by regular writer Mark Gibbs. Read more

Bloc Party discuss album pricing

As announced on Tuesday, Bloc Party released their new album, ‘Intimacy’, yesterday. The band’s Kele Okereke has been talking about the pricing structure, which surely isn’t exciting news any more. But, anyway, let’s explain it. Fans can pre-order the album on CD, which will be delivered in October, and download it instantly, or pay £5 for a downloadable version with fewer tracks. Read more

Bloc Party Offer Intimacy

Bloc Party have announced a “rush” style release for their follow up to 2007’s A Weekend In The City and it will be available in just 3 days time, on the 21st of August. Read more

Bloc Party change direction yet again?

Bloc Party previewed the first track from their upcoming third album Friday 8th, live at the Webster Hall. Kicking off their encore, it may suggest a return to the guitar orientated style of Silent Alarm after their recent forays in to dance music with ‘Flux’ and ‘Mercury’. Read more

Bloc Party New Song - Webster Hall

Bloc Party - Mercury

When A Weekend In The City was released early in 2007,  Bloc Party managed to split their fan base over their new style. Gone (for the most part) were the easy going indie guitar riffs and in came swooning orchestral guitar and synthesizer scores.

Looking back now, its hard to see what all the fuss was about when their latest single may as well be from an entirely different band.

Read more

Boom Bip blasts ‘bigot’ Lydon

From UnLimited/CMU.. / www.cmumusicnetwork.co.uk

I thought there must be more to be said on that previously reported fight between Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke, John Lydon and everyone else in the UK music scene at a Read more