BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Bloc Party play a 17 song set at the Forum, including six tracks from their new album Intimacy. more info

BBC News - UK — Bloc Party play a 17 song set at the Forum, including six tracks from their new album Intimacy. more info

Gigwise — Kele Okereke Was Impressed... more info

XFM.co.uk — Chris Martin and co. earn praise for Kraftwerk re-jig on Bloc Party's final Residency show. more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Rock band Oasis have joined the line-up for this year's BBC Electric Proms, it was announced on Monday.The Manchester band will be closing the proms with a performance on 26 October at the Roundhouse in London, accompanied by a 50-piece choir.They jo... more info

DrownedInSound — Bloc Party have added a second London show at Olympia in April next year, after the first sold out on the day of sale. more info

AngryApe — The band expand their 2009 'Intimacy' tour more info

The Lemur Blog — Tracklist1. Ares (3:29)2. Mercury (3:53)3. Halo (3:36)4. Biko (5:01)5. Trojan Horse (3:32)6. Signs (4:40)7. One Month Off (3:38)8. Zephyrus (4:34)9. Better Than Heaven (4:21)10. Ion Square (6:33)The first 7 something minutes of Intimacy are so fierc... more info

Gigwise — See It On Gigwise Now... more info

Stereogum — The cover image Kele's crew affixed to the rush-released version of Intimacy stood in stark contrast to the album's title. At the time I thought maybe the band was dealing in irony. Now I'm thinking they are just having fun with the internet news ... more info