Big Apple Music Scene — Matt & Kim with marching band @ McCarren Park Pool Matt & Kim have a new album, Grand, coming out on January 20 on Fader and will be at Music Hall of Williamsburg on January 22. $10 tickets are on sale now. These Arms Are Snakes, who have been off t... more info

NME — Bloc Party have announced a show at Terminal 5 in New York City, scheduled to take place on March 24. more info

Abeano — Bloc Party – Intimacy Post Radiohead, a load of bands tried to ‘…do a Radiohead’ and release an album at ridiculously short notice. The Raconteurs, Bloc Party and Gnarls Barkley (whose ‘Odd Couple’ reco... more info

ContactMusic — Sending a text message to your friends after being hurt at a music festival can signify that you're free to leave treatment, a new report states.Staff from the ... more info

Stereogum — 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 familiar blog hits from artists like Lykke Li, of Mon... more info

Pitchfork — Live music on T.V. this week: Monday, December 15: E!: Chelsea Lately: Ludacris Tuesday, December 16: NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Fleet Foxes ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!: the Cure CURRENT: La Blogotheque: the Dodos, Grand Archives FUSE: Fall O... more info

Pitchfork — Live music on T.V. this week: Monday, December 15: E!: Chelsea Lately: Ludacris Tuesday, December 16: NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Fleet Foxes ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!: the Cure CURRENT: La Blogotheque: the Dodos, Grand Archives FUSE: F... more info

Chorus.fm — Watch the new *Bloc Party (http://www.absolutepunk.net/blocparty)* video for "One Month Off" in the replies. more info

Stereogum — The new video for the NME and Gummy charting Intimacy 's third single "One Month Off" is more playful than what we got for "Talons." "Playful" here means a wicked witch levels a forest (and almost Little Red Riding Hood), a jet fighter chops off R... more info

The Lemur Blog — Bloc Party - Talons (zshare)Bloc Party - Talons (ysi)Christmas tip: Give this to the indie rocker who don't believe that you can incorporate big beat and drum'n'bass elements in rock. Bloc Party will bash his/her brain with the adequate Talons. more info