Last night in Paris, the legendary Britpop band canceled its second festival gig in a week then broke up, following the 10,000th altercation between its ornery figureheads. I have a hard time…   Read Story »

Following last week's surprise single -- like, surprise it's out, and surprise it's a house jam -- Kele and the gang deliver this video as a top-off to the one-off. It's both goofy and emotional,…   Read Story »

Apropos of nothing beyond a compulsive need to be releasing material all the time, Bloc Party follow up last year's rush-release of Intimacy and this year's Intimacy Remixed with this stand-alone…   Read Story »

Opting for the inexpensive, participatory approach, the opening track of Bloc Party's Intimacy Remixed has itself a fan-made mobile-phone video. It was shot during the band's two-night stand at…   Read Story »

Intimacy Remixed, a track-for-track reinterpretation of Bloc Party's last LP, includes contributions from Armand Van Helden and No Age. While Brits can buy it 5/11 no worldwide release date has been…   Read Story »

While we in the trenches are talking about their No Age remix, Bloc Party are above ground invading late night TV with straight cuts off Intimacy. Last night at the Ed Sullivan Theatre it was "One…   Read Story »

Two bands with arty punk in the blood going in two different directions, posing for a three-minute snapshot together in 2009. As previously discussed, Bloc Party are once again going full remix with…   Read Story »

It's no Silent Alarm, but Bloc Party's rush-released Intimacy is at least the best BP album since Silent Alarm. Meaning it was better than A Weekend In The City. It's not an opinion I can get a lot…   Read Story »

For the third year in a row, we've turned to master bootlegger team9 to take some of our favorite songs of the year and mash them together. On Stereogum & team9 Present... MySplice III you'll hear…   Read Story »

The new video for the NME   Read Story »