Kele Okereke to release solo album to Bloc Party

Working on a solo album Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke is reportedly, according to producer Hudson Mohawke. BBC Radio in an interview 1Xtra's Benji B, Mohawke mentioned a forthcoming collaboration with Erykah Badu "… and I'm also kinda doing a little bit of stuff for Kele from Bloc Party's solo album as well".
Mohawke – a DJ whose real name is Ross Birchard – also said Okereke is "doing a record" with "one of the guys" from Baltimore club duo Spank Rock. It's not clear whether Mohawke means an album or just one track, though producer Alex Epton, aka Armani XXXchange, is widely reported as the Spank Rocker in question. XXXchange has previously remixed songs by Thom Yorke, Beck, Lady Sovereign, Santigold and others, as well as producing Amanda Blank and the Kills.
Though Okereke's solo work has not been formally announced, the project has been widely speculated since Bloc Party revealed plans for a band hiatus. "I definitely don't think this will be the last you'll hear of the people who make up Bloc Party," drummer Matt Tong said in October. "Kele is an insatiable workaholic so you'll definitely hear from him again." The group currently wrapped up a UK tour and have only one more date scheduled, 19 November in Osaka.

Former Bloc MP elected as Longueuil mayor

Former Bloc Québécois MP Caroline St-Hilaire was elected mayor of the city of Longueuil on Montreal's South Shore on Sunday, ousting a party that has been in power for 27 years.
Hilaire, leader of the Action Longueuil Party, defeated Jacques Goyette — recently the chairman of the city's executive committee.
Goyette had succeeded outgoing Mayor Claude Gladu at the helm of the Parti Municipal Longueuil.
In a speech to supporters, St-Hilaire called her election a victory for democracy, and promised to put the city on the "road to ethics, integrity and transparency."
St-Hilaire will have a minority on city council, with the Parti Municipal Longueuil having won 16 of 26 seats.
The former Bloc MP and daughter of the late Longueuil city councillor Jean St-Hilaire called on members of the opposition party and mayors of de-merged municipalities on the South Shore to work with her "to restore harmony at the agglomeration [council]."
Other South Shore results
Boucherville: Jean Martel succeeds outgoing Mayor Francine Gadbois.
Brossard: Challenger Paul Leduc defeated incumbent Mayor Jean-Marc Pelletier.
Châteauguay: Nathalie Simon succeeds Mayor Sergio Pavone, who did not seek re-election.
The agglomeration council oversees the management of shared services in the region.
In an interview with CBC's French language service, St-Hilaire said she would also work with the provincial government to "clean house" in municipal politics.
She said the political class has a "collective responsibility" to regain the public's confidence.
St-Hilaire will have a minority on city council, with the Parti Municipal Longueuil having won 16 of 26 seats.

BLOC PARTY: BLOC PARTY'S TONG HINTS AT DEPARTURE

BLOC PARTY's drummer MATT TONG has hinted he will not return to the band following its upcoming hiatus because he's considering 'trying something else for a while'.
The hitmarkers Helicopter are set to take a break at the end of the year (09), following months of promoting their third album, Intimacy. And although Tong is convinced his bandmates will almost definitely be involved with music during their time out from Bloc Party, he confesses he isn't so sure what lies in store for him.He says, "I definitely don't think this will be the last you'll hear of the people who make up Bloc Party. Kele (Okereke) is an insatiable workaholic and creating is something he is so connected to, so you'll definitely hear from him again, along with Russell (Lissack) and Gordon (Moakes). As for me, I don't know, I wouldn't mind trying something else for a while."

Bloc Party Play: Victoria Hall in Hanley

THE awesome Bloc Party will be playing at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, for one night only tonight (Wednesday).
The band is now in its 10th year, but they released their debut album that there was only four years ago, Silent Alarm, to critical acclaim.
Their most current album along with song, Intimacy, they will be playing a number of top tracks such as Flux and The Prayer.
They have been nominated for more than a dozen awards, but have won only one for Best Indie Rock Album in the 2006 PLUG Awards for Silent Alarm.

Bloc Party dates and Brand New Single

This year out earlier, album of the bands debut has already been hailed as one of 2009's great reaching, and currently finished runner up in Drowned in Sound's alternative Mercury award the Neptune Music Prize. Personally invited have been grammatics to play main support on Bloc Party's 23 date 'Bloctober' tour, kicking off on 2nd October.

Live Dates

8th October - City Hall, Hull (w/ Bloc Party)

10th October - Academy, Sheffield (w/ Bloc Party)

11th October - Academy, Leeds (w/ Bloc Party)

12th October - Engine Shed, Lincoln (w/ Bloc Party)

14th October - Victoria Hall, Stoke (w/ Bloc Party)

15th October - Academy, Birmingham (w/ Bloc Party)

16th October - Centre, Newport (w/ Bloc Party)

18th October - Arena, Llandudno (w/ Bloc Party)

19th October - University, Liverpool (w/ Bloc Party)

20th October - Academy, Bristol (w/ Bloc Party)

22nd October - Hall For Cornwall, Truro (w/ Bloc Party)

23rd October - Pavilion, Plymouth (w/ Bloc Party)

24th October - Centre, Brighton (w/ Bloc Party)

26th October - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend (w/ Bloc Party)

27th October - Corn Exchange, Cambridge (w/ Bloc Party)

28th October - Rock City, Nottingham (w/ Bloc Party)

30th October - Rivermead, Reading (w/ Bloc Party)

31st October - BIC, Bournemouth (w/ Bloc Party)

Genre joy Bloc Party's

Bloc Party don't worry about their fans' opinions.
The pair say they are glad to change genres with every album they release as they always want a new challenge, even at the risk of alienating their supporters.
Asked about the effect the change in sound has on their fan base, bassist Gordon Moakes said: "That kind of thingworry was doesn't us.
"We've been conscious of that from when we were demoing. We come from a place of not needing to do what we've done before we've been talking about from day one. You might say we are no bigger a post punk band but why do what we've already done? That's how we've ended up where we are recently."
Despite an extensive back catalogue, the pair are always striving to give the best performance possible when they play live and scraps to make life easy for themselves.
Gordon added to the North Wales Chronicle newspaper: "I think in a way we've gone out of our way in how we attack our recording and how we then interpret that for the live stage. One of the most important things is how we play that music instead of pre combining it into a hard drive.
"I know it mean for me a lot for me to be honest about how we replicated tracks, I didn't just need to let the backing track go, I needed to find an actual way of going that. That has been an interesting journey. I have learned a lot learned to play some instruments better. It's a bit of a non sequiter, but someone said if you're not learning you should quit. That's a nice analogy to put into music."

Top 5 interrupted gigs, Music poll

The Doors' 1967 gig at the New Haven Arena in New Haven, Connecticut tops the list of most famous interrupted gigs, according to a current poll by the ticket agency, viagogo.
During that performance or half-performance singer Jim Morrison was arrested on stage by police for breaking the state's obscenity laws and inciting the crowd to riot. (In a video below, Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek gives a full account of the incident.)
A 2007 concert in Utrecht, Holland by Bloc Party comes in a close second: The band stopped playing when the crowd spotted a couple having sex in the audience. This prompted other members of the crowd to do the nasty. Realizing they were now in the midst of an orgy, Bloc Party exited the stage.
Third place goes to Britney Spears for her May 2009 gig in Vancouver. Britney stormed off the stage after 15 minutes, claiming the auditorium was too smoky and she was uncomfortable with the number of fans smoking marijuana. Spears returned to the stage 40 minutes later and admonished her fans for smoking weed.
The Top 5 interrupted gigs
1. 9 December 1967 - The Doors, New Haven Arena, New Haven, ConnecticutJim Morrison was arrested on stage by local police for attempting to incite a riot.

2. 28 April 2007 - Bloc Party, Utrecht, HollandRampant sex stops the gig. After a couple in the audience started getting it on, the crowd started cheering and followed suit. The band brought the concert to an early end. (Talk about premature climaxes!)
3. 8 April 2009 - Britney Spears, GM Place Stage, Vancouver, British ColumbiaBritney Spears sulks off the stage, reportedly saying it was too smoky in the venue for her to perform. Fans were stunned at her reaction and booed her for leaving. When she returned, she told the audience not to smoke pot.
4. 7 June 1977 - The Sex Pistols, River Thames, LondonHaving just released God Save The Queen, The Sex Pistols performed on a private boat, sailing down the River Thames, past Westminster and the Houses Of Parliament. The event was designed to mock the Queen's river procession planned for two days later to celebrate her Silver Jubilee, but it ended in chaos with police forcing the boat to dock and constabulary surrounded the gangplanks on the pier.
5. 21 February 2008 - Vampire Weekend, ULU, LondonThe pair abandoned the stage at the Shockwaves NME Awards Show after the fire alarm sounded mid-way through the appropriately titled The Kids Don't Stand A Chance, forcing the Brooklyn band and the audience to evacuate the building.
As for us, we would have voted for the many incidents during The Rolling Stones' free concert at the Altamont Speedway in 1969 (drummer Marty Balin for the opening act Jefferson Airplane got knocked out by a Hells Angel; later, the Stones stopped playing several times because of fights breaking out in the crowd and then, of course, there was that horrifying stabbing).

Bloc will call for referendum on NATO and Russian language status

The bloc of leftists is planning to call for a referendum on a Common Economic Space (CES), Ukraine's attitude to NATO and the Russian language stats, Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko has said.
"We'll definitely hold a referendum on three issues a Common Economic Space (CES), Ukraine's attitude to NATO and the Russian language status," the party's press service quoted him as saying on Thursday.
Symonenko said that leftist bloc members would call for Russian to be rendered the national status in Ukraine.
As reported, the leaders of four parties Petro Symonenko (the Communist Party), Yuriy Zahorodniy (the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)), Stanislav Nikolayenko (the Justice Party), and Vasyl Volha (the Union of Leftists) signed the agreement an agreement on creating the bloc of leftists and center leftists at a meeting in Kyiv on September 14.
At the same time, the leaders of the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine (PSPU) and the Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU) Natalia Vitrenko and Oleksandr Moroz – refused to join the union.
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Merkel centre-right majority Latest German poll gives

BERLIN (Reuters) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have enough support to form a center right alliance with the business friendly Free Democrats (FDP), a new poll showed on Tuesday.
The poll by Allensbach for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper put support for Merkel's conservative bloc down 1 point at 35 percent and the FDP up a point at 13.5 percent.
Their combined score of 48.5 percent exceeds that of the other three major parties the SPD, Greens and Left party put together.
The SPD was up 1.5 points at 24 percent, the Greens down one point to 11 percent and the Left down half a point to 11.5 percent.

Europa League launch: bloc party Still flawed

Tonight looks the big launch of the Europa League Uefa's latest attempt to add lustre to the Uefa Cup, a competition which has paled into insignificance compared to the Champions League.
The main criticism levelled at the Uefa Cup has been the unwieldy, 40 team group stage when the likes of Bolton would rather rest players than win a European tie you know you have trouble.
Aside from the name change, the big news is Uefa has done the only reasonable increased the event to 48 teams. In the arranger's defence, they have tried to simplify the format with 12 groups of four teams playing everyone home and away as opposed to the old five team pair playing each other once.

Bloc May Support Harper in Canada Parliament, Gazette Says

Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe said he may support Canada’s governing Conservative party in a budget vote this week as long as it doesn’t include a “poison pill,” the Montreal Gazette reported.
Duceppe said his party, which along with the two other opposition parties holds the balance of power in Canada’s Parliament, would support a motion to adopt Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s home-renovation tax credit, the Gazette reported. The newspaper didn’t say where Duceppe made the comments.

BLOC PARTY IGNORE VIDEOS

Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke says he is distressed with the band's promotional videos as the end report is never as good as the planned footage.
Bloc Party don't care about their videos.
Frontman Kele Okereke says he never watches their promotional clips back as they never turn out the way they were initially imagined.
He said: "With the video making operation I don't pay consider anymore. You always get these intervention advised to you then you get the video and it looks nothing like the intervention do I made a decision of letting others decide because it's not actually worth an argument. So 'Flux', I've only seen it a few times, I don't watch videos much. Some members of the band are more opinionated on what they do and don't like and I trust them. We tend to get things done."
The singer whose pair performed at the Reading and Leeds festivals last week also admitted he dislikes playing festivals because it is "hard work."
He explained to Absolute Radio DJ Simon Mundie: "I guess it's lots of people in a field and when it's good it's a great feeling but you never actually know. It's not like doing your own show, it's harder work and I'm lazy."

Featuring Radiohead, Block Party And More, Frequenvcy Festival

Frequency Festival
Austria
Since breaking onto the indie scene with 2005s artistic debut album ‘Silent Alarm’, Bloc Party have always attracted the haters.
The people who criticise Kele’s awkwardness as a front man or pour scorn on their effort to vary their sound will never be convinced by this London’s four piece’s effort to push their sound forward. Yes, they are capable of equal amounts of hits and misses and yes, they are at times just mirroring what TV on The Radio are achieve across the pond with varying results but since headlining The Other stage at this year’s Glastonbury, they have become a band possessed.
They built the bar high by putting in such a strong show supporting headliners Radiohead. No biggest the puny indie band of yore, Bloc Party are now a robust rock band not afraid to throw in elements of other genres with a surprisingly high amount of excellent songs to carry off a set of such importance.
The Euro trance authority of ‘Flux’ which sounded laboured on record now soars in exactly the same way a great dance record does on drugs. Similarly, latest single ‘One More Chance’ which again doesn’t quite work recorded, live forces the crowd into a genuine late 80s dance party vibe and is already a perfect festival anthem and 'One Month Off' comes off sounding like a twisted Ed Rush and Optical drum n bass work out, all this AND they are able to drop 'So here we are', their finest track; from their set; a roaring success.
As anyone who has experienced Radiohead live will know, they are a mesmerising band who demand every second of your concentration. To add to that, you’ve also got the added excitement of it being their first ever show in Austria as well as the commonly signs on the video screen declaring an impending thunderstorm, which held out til the following day and lasted…all day.
Using the same solar powered lighting system and monochrome video montages of each band member playing as they have done for the whole of their tour in support of 'In Rainbows', it adduce great relief from the rest of the video wall movie which at best was laughable for every other band at the festival.
Despite playing a similar set for the best part of two years now, the tinkering of the set list keeps it fresh each time. An eerie silence permeates through the crowd as they clatter into 'In Rainbow' opener '15 Step', the mellow electronic thump of ‘Kid A’ is sandwiched between a soaring ‘All I need’ and a furious run through of ‘The National Anthem’. ‘Jigsaw falling into place’ proves to be the best track live from their last album while a double whammy of ‘Bodysnatchers’ and ‘Idioteque’ induces a mass of angry dance offs through the site.
Currently released track ‘These are my twisted words’ already sounds like classic Radiohead and live it drops everybody’s jaws with its atmospheric drama closing with the binding techno-isms of 'Everything in its right place.
So for one night only, Austria was theirs for the taking...they did and Austria loved them for it. Astounding.

Bloc Party – One More Chance

Bloc Party have backed a lot of ground since 2004s “Silent Alarm”. Gone are the jagged hooks, mournful howling and perhaps some of the expectation too.
“One More Chance” is the latest single from the London clemence and it signals a further progression on the path towards total electronica. The song opens with a solid beat before being joined by a piano riff that wouldn’t sound out of place on a ‘90s Ibiza compilation.
Kele’s “Give me one more chance to love you” opening at least assure us that Bloc Party themes of rejection and loss are still present. Some things will never change. After coming to terms with the piano, the track colonize down into a acceptable but uninspiring blend of bass-heavy chorus and a New-Order style of percussion.
Whilst “One More Chance” is a perfectly enjoyable tune, it would be a lie to say that it shows Bloc Party at their best.
Maybe one day the boys will get scare stiff of playing with synthesizers and start to play actual music again. Until then, this will do…

Bloc Party Set For New Tiesto Album

The record, entitled 'Kaleidoscope', features collaborations with Bloc Party's Kele Okereke, Calvin Harris and Nelly Furtado.

Sigur Rós' Jónsi, Emily Haines and Sneaky Sound System also application on the 17-track LP. In a statement, Tiësto said the album was “completely change” compared his four previous studio releases.

"what people know as Tiësto, I’m introducing more and more flavours. you can enjoy at home because this is a record,not just on the dancefloor,” he added.

The 40-year-old superstar DJ has also outlined plans for a 175 date concert tour which will span five continents, starting this September in North America.

BLOC FUTURE

Kele Okereke, lead singer and guitarist of the band that produced three genre-busting albums claims that the party might be over. In a discussion with Triple J regarding any future Bloc Party album releases, the Liverpool native said, “We don’t know what the future holds. It’s weird, we’re out of contract now so… we might take a year off, we might take three years off…. we might never make a record again or we might head straight back in and do a record. We’ll see how we feel come the end of this touring cycle.”

Okereke’s comments were made in the middle of a long and exhaustive tour, however it should still be noted. Signs have been shooting through the internet of the band’s foreseeable future. Gordon Moakes temporarily quit the band last year to go on paternity leave while Kele Okereke has been DJing a collection of classic house tunes from the ‘90s and after canceling performance dates in the U.S. and postponing the Japanese tour one can surmise a band that needs a break. Bloc Party intends on finishing the remainder of their tour dates that continues through November 19th but with many cancellations even that may be doubtful.

BLOC PARTY ANNOUNCE TOUR POSTPONEMENT

BLOC PARTY ANNOUNCE THE POSTPONEMENT OF THEIR TOUR OF JAPAN DUE TO EXHAUSTION.

We want to apologise to our fans in Japan. We have been touring too much and it’s taken a toll on us physically. We have already had to cancel shows in America. We didn’t want to cancel shows in Japan. Neither do we want to give less than 100% during our performances in Japan. So we have decided it would be better to postpone the dates and give ourselves time to recuperate. We are sorry to have to do this and hope you are not too disappointed. We look forward to seeing you in November. Thanks for your support. Love Bloc Party.

Bloc Party Mercury Lyrics

My mercury’s in retrograde

This is not the time, the time to start a new love
This is not the time, the time to sign a lease
Try not to worry about whats forgotten
Try not to worry about whats been missed
Scars on shins and scars on my knuckles
Today I woke up in a basketball court
Jonjo’s in Sydney and he aint returning
Im sitting in soho trying to stay drunk

In any bar in the world
From Silverlake to Williamsburg
You could pick another stranger
And fall in love

My mercury’s in retrograde

This is not the time, the tie to start a new love
This is not the time, the time to sign a lease
Try not to worry about whats forgotten
Try not to worry about whats been missed
Bleeding gums and veins protruding
You’re starting to hate all of your clothes
Neumayrs in LA and she aint returning
Im sleeping with people I don’t even like

My mercury’s in retrograde

When I say you last night
I wanted to say, run away with me
Away from the cynics
That this could be the start of
Something truly real…
But all that I could say was “hey”

My mercury’s in retrograde

Bloc Party Breif Introduction

Bloc Party are a British band. Bloc Party band consists 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 almost similar from such bands as The Cure, Joy Division, Sonic Youth, and in their more recent work, Radiohead.
The band was shaped at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack. They went through a types 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".

Bloc Party could also be joined GLASTONBURY Festival

The Prodigy and Nick Cave have been announced for Glastonbury 2009, as the festival arrangement was disclosed early.Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young are headlining this year's festival, which held on between Wednesday June 24th and Sunday June 28th.A crowd of other actions have already been announced, with the rest due to be announced at 22:00 BST tonight.But a leaked list from Q4music.com has confirmed the looks of big names supposed to be playing the sold-out festival including the Prodigy, Bloc Party and Black Eyed Peas, with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds taking to the stage before Blur's headline set on the Pyramid Stage on Sunday.Confirmed performers over the five days are Lily Allen, Doves, Echo and the Bunnymen, Emiliana Torrini, Fleet Foxes, Florence and the Machine, Franz Ferdinand, Kasabian, Maximo Park, the Ting Tings, White Lies and the Wombats.
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Bloc Party have announced new UK Tour in 2009

Bloc Party are set to launch a new single unavailable on any arrangements previous to on August 10.

Non-album track 'One More Chance' was recorded with producer Jacknife Lee, who formed the band's latest album, 2008's 'Intimacy', alongside Paul Epworth, and was mixed by Phillipe Zdar of Cassius.

Bloc Party have fun a month of shows this autumn, when their 'Bloctober' tour kicks off.

Bloc Party will play:

Blackpool Empress Ballroom (October 2)
Edinburgh Picture House (3)
Inverness Iron Works (4)
Aberdeen Music Hall (6)
Dunfermline Alhambra (7)
Hull City Hall (8)
Sheffield Academy (10)
Leeds Academy (11)
Lincoln Engine Shed (12)
Stoke Victoria Hall (14)
Birmingham Academy (15)
Newport Centre (16)
Llandudno Arena (18)
Liverpool University (19)
Bristol Academy (20)
Truro Hall for Cornwall (22)
Plymouth Pavillion (23)
Brighton Centre (24)
Southend Cliffs Pavilion (26)
Cambridge Corn Exchange (27)
Nottingham Rock City (28)
Reading Rivermead (30)
Bournemouth Bic (31)

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Bloc Party Tickets are on sale now

Following the release of their latest album 'Intimacy', Good news for the fans of Bloc Party that Bloc party announces details of a UK tour in January 2009. Tickets go on sale. This will be the band's first UK tour since December 2007. All Bloc Party Tickets are available on The Online Ticket Shop. Buy Bloc Party tickets as soon as possible because It could be possible that all bloc party tickets have been sold out.
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Bloc Party Music videos

Year	Song	Director(s)
2004	"Banquet" (version 1)	Nautilus
	"Little Thoughts"	Ben Dawkins
	"Helicopter" ( UK version)	Type2error
	"So Here We Are"	AlexandLiane
2005	"Tulips"	Charles Spano & Tim Sutton
	"Banquet" (version 2)	AlexandLiane
	"Banquet" (version 3)	Scott Lyon
	"Pioneers"	Minivegas
	"Banquet" (The Streets Mix)	Adam Smith
	"Helicopter" ( U.S. version)	Minivegas
	"Two More Years"	Dominic Leung
2006	"The Prayer"	Walter Stern
	"I Still Remember"	Aggressive
2007	"Hunting for Witches"	OneInThree
	"Flux"	Ace Norton
2008	"Mercury"
	"Talons"	Minivegas
	"One Month Off"	D.A.D.D.Y.
2009	"Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)"	Hiro Murai

Bloc Party Extended Plays

Year	EP details
2004	Bloc Party (EP) Released: 24 May 2004 Label: V2
	Little Thoughts EP Released: 15 December 2004 Label: V2 ( Japan only)
2006	Two More Years EP Released: 26 October 2005 Label: V2 ( Japan only)

Bloc Party Compilations Albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
2005	Silent Alarm Remixed Released: 29 August 2005 Supplement to Silent Alarm featuring remixes of all tracks. Label: Wichita	UK: 54
2009	Intimacy Remixed Released: 11 May 2009 Supplement to Intimacy featuring remixes of tracks. Label: Wichita	UK: 79

Bloc Party Studio Albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions																UK certifications
		UK	IRL	AUS	AUT	BLF	BLW	DEN	FIN	FRA	NED	NZ	NOR	POR	SWE	SWI	U.S.
2005	Silent Alarm Released: 14 February 2005 Label: Wichita	3	3	30	52	14	39	—	18	14	51	36	20	—	11	80	114	Platinum
2007	A Weekend in the City Released: 5 February 2007 Label: Wichita	2	2	2	12	2	12	24	10	10	19	5	16	25	24	8	12	Gold
2008	Intimacy Released: 27 October 2008 Label: Wichita	8	12	5	39	2	16	—	—	22	35	14	—	—	—	37	18

Bloc Party - Biography

Initially known as Union, this London, England-based art-punk quartet came out in 2004 as one of the year's most fascinating prediction. Kele Okereke (b. Kelechukwu Rowland Okereke, 13 October 1981, Liverpool, Merseyside, England; vocals/guitar) and Russell Lissack (b. 11 March 1981, London, England; guitar) first met in 1998 and after several efforts to begin their own band, at last found two musicians, Gordon Moakes (b. 22 June 1976, England; bass/vocals) and Matt Tong (b. 29 April 1979, Bournemouth, Dorset, England; drums), with mutual musical tastes.
The group of four began playing live shows at the start of 2002 and recorded a demo under their unique name, Union. Drawing motivation from key 80s bands such as the Cure (particularly in Okereke's vocals) and Gang Of Four, the quartet began to draw rave notices for their endearingly ramshackle stage performances. They launched the three-track 7-inch vinyl single "She's Hearing Voices" on the Trash Aesthetics label in February 2004. "Banquet"/"Staying Fat" followed on the Moshi Moshi label in May. UK reviewers fell over themselves to admire the latter release, in particular, comparing the quartet's jittery pop punk sound to recent releases by media darlings Franz Ferdinand and the Rapture. The tracks from both singles were subsequently re-released on the Bloc Party EP, and shortly afterwards the quartet signed a recording contract with Wichita Records. The single "So Here We Are" broke into the UK Top 5 in January 2005, prior to the release of the quartet's much-hyped long-playing, Silent Alarm. Despite lacking a certain cohesion, the album was greeted with widespread acclaim and was a commercial success.
An album of remixes go after in August, featuring Ladytron, Four Tet and Mogwai, following which Bloc Party retreated to the studio to plan and record their second album. Released at the start of 2007, A Weekend In The City was called as a great improvement on the quartet's debut, eschewing that set's pop leanings to fashion a taut statement of post-punk intention.

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