KEXP Seattle — From the big stadium to the intimate studio, British group Bloc Party, who made a name for themselves with a big Brit Pop influenced guitar sound, recently stopped by KEXP to strip down their sound to bare essentials. What makes this acoustic session... more info

Nialler9 — Highlights:  The Heatwave Valentine’s Carnival,  12 Points Jazz Festival, Bloc Party, Love Jones’ J Dilla night,  Fight Like Apes, !Kaboogie 7th Birthday,  Vessel, Lee “Scratch Perry”… The Nialler9 Gig Guide is a weekly list of personal... more info

Kings of A&R — Buzz Track: My Gun Australian rock act The Rubens has signed with Warner Brothers. They have gone from being unknowns to playing the main stage at one of Australia’s biggest music festivals, Splendour in the Grass, alongside Jack White and Bloc Par... more info

Prefix — Photo gallery of Bloc Party, Io Echo at The Wellmont ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/ellie-goulding-st-lucia-terminal-5-nyc-pics/ more info

Chorus.fm — *Bloc Party* (http://absolutepunk.net/blocparty) will hit the studio this spring to record (http://www.newspressnow.com/life/st_joe_live/music/article_6c6fa620-6779-56d8-94e2-1f9c0ef5223f.html) a new EP. Submitted by Gaugzilla more info

Prefix — Photo gallery of Bloc Party, IO Echo at The Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey (January 11, 2013) This was ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/bloc-party-io-echo-the-wellmont-theatre-pics/ more info

Prefix — Photo gallery of Bloc Party at Emo's East, Austin (December 12, 2012) Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/bloc-party-emos-east-austin-pics/ more info

The Bay Bridged — Seven years after the release of their excellent debut album Silent Alarm, the crafty, angular British rock of Bloc Party continues to waffle between potent, post-punk influenced modern rock and muddy, atonal throwaway tracks. Playing the Fox Theater... more info

Prefix — Photo gallery of Bloc Party and Dum Dum Girls at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, CA (December 7, 2012). Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/bloc-party-dum-dum-girls-hollywood-palladium-los-a/ more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — If you want to make any late-millennial urban party-person get all fuzzy and nostalgic, play Bloc Party’s single “Banquet.” more info