Hayley Williams is opening up about Paramore’s forthcoming new album, describing how their “number one reference” is Bloc Party. On her BBC Sounds podcast Everything Is Emo, the Paramore singer talked about how the UK dance-punk group’s “urgency” acted as a driving force when her band s...

She also praises Foals, Wolf Alice and Arctic Monkeys in the latest episode of ‘Everything Is Emo’The post The new Paramore album is influenced by Bloc Party, says Hayley Williams appeared first on NME.

The band are currently on tour in support of their sixth album 'Alpha Games'The post Bloc Party return to ‘The Late Late Show’ to perform ‘Traps’ appeared first on NME.

Last month, venerable Brit-rock institution Bloc Party returned with Alpha Games, their first new album in six years. The band’s whole sales pitch for this one is that they’re getting back into their Silent Alarm-era fighting shape. Last night, the band’s promo tour brought them to James Corden’s Late Late...

The band's 2.0 line-up tears through political discontent with a banging soundtrackThe post Bloc Party – ‘Alpha Games’ review: a viciously modern love letter to indie-rock appeared first on NME.