by gumbuoy on November 17th, 2008
With Bloc Party's 'Intimacy' tour kicking off this week, ITM hears from one of the world's biggest bands about touring, recording and always packing tea. [more]
by melan1 on August 22nd, 2008
Kele Okereke is running. Last Tuesday his band Bloc Party announced the unexpected, and practically immediate, digital release of their third studio album, Intimacy. Twelve hours on, worldwide media outlets have fervently erupted. [more]
Hold onto your cravats! UK indie-rock bastions Bloc Party are back on our shores in November for five headline shows. [more]
The national broadcaster received over 1,000 responses to its invitation for bedroom producers around the country to have a crack at remixing a Bloc Party track, and 24 year old Nathan Liow from Melbourne has taken home the prize. [more]
With UK indie band Bloc Party having sold out all shows on their upcoming Australian tour, if you didn't manage to get yourself a ticket we might have the answer for you... [more]
The list of producers to have remixed Bloc Party is pretty impressive, with The Streets, Ladytron, Death From Above 1979 and Four Tet all having had a go over the UK indie band's career to date. How'd you like to see your name added to the list? [more]
With Bloc Party set to land on our shores this week, frontman Kele Okereke has vented about his backstage confrontation with Sex Pistol’s frontman John Lydon in July. “John Lydon is the devil in my eyes,” Okereke told UK tabloid The Sun. [more]
Australia-bound indie heroes Bloc Party have whipped up a shit-storm after they made no secret of miming a performance at Brazil’s equivalent of the MTV Awards (the VMBs). [more]
Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has accused John Lydon, better known as The Sex Pistols firebrand Johnny Rotten, of “an unprovoked racist attack”. Bafflingly, Lydon has issued a statement categorically denying the incident. [more]
Bloc Party have announced plans to stage a special benefit gig at a London nightclub. [more]
Adelaide got rocked like a vandal when Vanilla Ice, Ajax, Bloc Party and Tommy Trash came to town! [more]
by chico_brisbane on August 12th, 2007
Splendour in the Grass has long been a festival associated with the laidback atmosphere of Byron Bay, the lush setting of Belongil Fields and a musically diverse lineup to challenge festivals around the globe. [more]
I do believe many kids in the crowd were expecting guitars and Kele on the mic when they paid to see Bloc Party not taking in the words 'DJ set' clearly written next to their name on the flyer [more]
I do believe many kids in the crowd were expecting guitars and Kele on the mic when they paid to see Bloc Party not taking in the words 'DJ set' clearly written next to their name on the flyer [more]
I do believe many kids in the crowd were expecting guitars, Kele on the Mic and Banquet played twice. [more]
My attendance at this year's Splendour In The Grass festival was looking shaky. A sellout in 24 hours, tickets going for ridiculous amounts on Ebay, nowhere to stay even if I did make it down. All that pre-festival posturing about embarking on the Splendour Bender appeared to have been quashed... [more]