Sunday, October 10, 2010

Bloc Party

Bloc Party are an English rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Russell Lissack (lead guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass guitar, synths, backing vocals, glockenspiel), and Matt Tong (drums, backing vocals). Their brand of music is said to have been drawn from such bands as Mogwai, The Cure, Joy Division, Sonic Youth, and in their more recent work, Radiohead.
The band was formed at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack. They went through a variety of names before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. Moakes joined the band after answering an advert in NME magazine, while Tong was picked via an audition. Bloc Party got their break by giving BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq and Franz Ferdinand's lead singer, Alex Kapranos, a copy of their demo "She's Hearing Voices".

In February 2005, the band released their debut album Silent Alarm. It was critically acclaimed and was named 'Indie Album of the Year' at the 2006 PLUG Awards and NME Album of the year which both honour indie music respectively. That year, the record was also certified platinum in the UK. The band built on this success in 2007 with the release of their second studio album, A Weekend in the City, which reached a peak of number two in the UK Albums Chart and number twelve in the Billboard 200. In August 2008, Bloc Party released their third studio record, Intimacy. The band are currently on hiatus as of 31 October 2009.
I'll recommend She's Hearing Voices and Banquet from Silent Alarm.

15 comments:

  1. ecellent review man! and a good band too, added to my playlist

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  2. the instrumental rocks..
    I didn't know niggers made music..

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  3. my kind of band :) thanks im gonna check out their album now

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  4. For a moment, I thought the kid from T2 was in this.
    I'm not trying to sound bad here, just that this sounds pretty generic to me. Oh well, looks like they have their fan base already!

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  5. this is a good follow up post to the previous one

    I have a new post on GTL Everyday too :)

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  6. I love Bloc Party!! one of my favorite bands

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  7. Maybe I live under a rock but I haven't listened to them. Will check it out

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  9. thanks for the comments on my blog!

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