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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 Show, where they banged out their Alpha Games single “Traps.”
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Bloc Party: NME Radio Roundup 6 December 2021: Wet Leg, Bloc Party, Courtney Barnett and more
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Leading the additions to NME Radio this week is ‘Too Late Now’, the new single from Wet Leg. The shit-hot duo from the Isle of Wight will be having a massive 2022 as they launch their debut album in April and thrill audiences in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia. It’s a packed schedule, […]The post NME Radio Roundup 6 D...
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Bloc Party: – “Traps”
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Bloc Party haven’t released an LP since Hymns way back at the beginning of 2016, but they’re set to change that in 2022. The band will release their sixth album Alpha Games in April. It’s produced by Nick Launay and Adam Greenspan, a duo who’ve worked together on projects by Nick Cave, Arcade Fire, Yeah Ye...
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Bloc Party: return with new song ‘Traps’ and announce sixth album ‘Alpha Games’
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The band are also set to hit the road for UK/European tour in 2022The post Bloc Party return with new song ‘Traps’ and announce sixth album ‘Alpha Games’ appeared first on NME.
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Bloc Party: Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos shares 2003 note from Bloc Party asking for support slot
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"I remember they had a song I really liked about Helicopters. They were a good band weren’t they?"The post Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos shares 2003 note from Bloc Party asking for support slot appeared first on NME.
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Travis: KennyHoopla & Travis Barker – “hollywood sucks//”
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KennyHoopla caught a lot of people’s attention with last year’s EP how will i rest in peace if i’m buried by a highway//, which found the Wisconsin native inventively blending dance and trap beats, emo, Bloc Party-style indie rock and more. Lately he’s been working with Travis Barker; their collaboration f...
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