Before indie-rock Tumblr girls obsessed over Arctic Monkeys, there was Bloc Party. Effortless, provocative, innovative and distinct, Bloc Party is by far my favorite indie-rock band. In fact, their ...

Bloc Party are an English indie rock band. In 2005, the band released their critically acclaimed debut album Silent Alarm. Their second studio album, A Weekend In the City was released on February 5, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. L-R: Russell Lissack, Kele Okereke and Louise Bartle (background) of Bloc Party at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on August 2nd, ...

UK band Bloc Party return today with Alpha Games, their much-awaited sixth album and the first where founding members Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack created songs from the ground up with new members ...

Bloc Party are back with their first new album in six years, and it has nothing to do with the “indie sleaze” revival. Sure, the hipster culture of the mid-to-late aughts—during which bands like Bloc ...

Earlier this week, UK rockers Bloc Party commemorated 20 years of their debut album, “Silent Alarm.” In honor of the anniversary, Phoenix New Times music editor Chris Coplan has penned a brief ode to ...

Bloc Party have continually evolved as a group from release to release. With their latest album, Alpha Games, featuring Kele Okereke (vocals/guitar), Russell Lissack (guitar), Justin Harris (bass) and ...

Kele Okereke has said that Bloc Party's new songs sound "lean and very tough" and that the band feel "liberated" after their two-year break. The band this morning confirmed plans for a fourth album in ...

That was a song we wrote in the winter of 2002,” says Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke in the midst of a fitful, mostly mumbled explanation of how his song “Like Eating Glass” evolved. “It was kind of…” He ...

Bloc Party couldn’t have been under more pressure after the success of their debut, but instead of recreating Silent Alarm, they have chosen to go in a new direction without completely leaving the old ...