Bloc Party here in January?

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Thu 29th Oct, 2009 in Local News

With their Splendour headlining set still fresh in our minds, Bloc Party has locked in a DJ set for Brisbane New Years Day festival BBQ Beats.

Appearing on the line-up alongside the likes of Roots Manuva and Amp Fiddler, it’s hard to know who or what a Bloc Party DJ set entails. Given frontman Kele Okereke has visited before for a DJ-only tour, that could be what we’re in for again. However, this NYD booking does raise the possibility – slight though it is – that the full band might be here for live shows.

So far the BBQ Beats date is the only one announced, but more are sure to follow.

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mooney88

mooney88 said on the 29th Oct, 2009

i thought they were breaking up?

billzbub

billzbub said on the 29th Oct, 2009

yeah me too! why do we always get the same bands over and over again. come on promoters...give us someone who hasn't toured here before. deus for instance.

sdaa

sdaa said on the 29th Oct, 2009

no shot at live shows. they're not recording new stuff but they're only just getting round to catching up on the japan shows they cancelled due to "excessive fatigue". plus all the lineups are confirmed.

daverh

daverh said on the 29th Oct, 2009

i predict they're out here recording their next album in braidwood with chris collona.

spintheblackcircle

spintheblackcircle said on the 29th Oct, 2009

chasing the record for most tours to oz in a 12 month period.

mr_doobi said on the 29th Oct, 2009

and not to forget they still like to charge $120 if it a festival

worldsfastest

worldsfastest said on the 29th Oct, 2009

What would that record be? 2?

JackT

JackT said on the 29th Oct, 2009

Ask Lyrics Born.

gumbuoy

gumbuoy said on the 29th Oct, 2009

JackT

JackT said on the 29th Oct, 2009

Or Dizzee Rascal...

jpol said on the 29th Oct, 2009

chichachi

chichachi said on the 29th Oct, 2009

or the black keys

brownie-ll

brownie-ll said on the 29th Oct, 2009

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 29th Oct, 2009

He could be called Bob Log XXIII by now.

Piko

Piko said on the 29th Oct, 2009

Are Bloc Party over-rated? I mean, are they? I won't be arrogant and say blatantly that they are because I don't and haven't listened to their albums, but surely, they are aren't they?

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 29th Oct, 2009

I highly doubt a full band show, i think tensions are high coz of how long they've been on touring.
Im surprised Kele is bothering to come back down here though just for a dj set.
Oh well, hopefully he plays some club shows or something, that could be cool.

jeff3002

jeff3002 said on the 29th Oct, 2009

who gives a sh*t...

muzbuz

muzbuz said on the 29th Oct, 2009

Bloc Party fans, apparantly

yeoman

yeoman said on the 29th Oct, 2009

Bloc Party DJ set is really cool...
Kele singing spinning bloc party aswell as rock/party anthems

it really is pretty cool

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 30th Oct, 2009

I've accidentally been to a lot of Dizzee Rascal shows. After a while he started to notice as well. Weird.

Same thing happened with Paul Kelly.

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 30th Oct, 2009

I've accidentally been to a lot of Dizzee Rascal shows. After a while he started to notice as well. Weird.

Same thing happened with Paul Kelly.

how do you accidentally go to a lot of his shows?

anxious0

anxious0 said on the 30th Oct, 2009

cuz he's bonkers duh

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 30th Oct, 2009

Happened to see him at BDO07 (nothing else better on, first time)/MTV Awards (won tickets)

Got dragged along to his sideshows once

Went into a club (underage, I was one of those fuckwits that ruin your clubs for a night) last year where he was hanging VIP. This is where the "I've seen you 'round" happened. I kinda try to avoid anything DR related these days now.

dream_brother

dream_brother said on the 30th Oct, 2009

was he all like

AYE UH KNOOAH YOO! SO KUM DUNC WIV ME!

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 30th Oct, 2009

Are we both gone? Or are we both gone?

dream_brother

dream_brother said on the 30th Oct, 2009

Gooooooooone

Respectively.

Stackboy

Stackboy said on the 30th Oct, 2009

for anyone who wants a better deal, i'll probably be playing silent alarm on a cd player in my kitchen new years day and singing along.

dj sets by bands are not gigs. even at music festivals.

MoccieLeigh

MoccieLeigh said on the 30th Oct, 2009

for anyone who wants a better deal, i'll probably be playing silent alarm on a cd player in my kitchen new years day and singing along.

dj sets by bands are not gigs. even at music festivals.

... I'm in :p

Stackboy

Stackboy said on the 30th Oct, 2009

this modern looooooooooove.......breaks me.

dream_brother

dream_brother said on the 30th Oct, 2009

for anyone who wants a better deal, i'll probably be playing silent alarm on a cd player in my kitchen new years day and singing along.

dj sets by bands are not gigs. even at music festivals.

On top of that apparently the blokes from Bloc Party can't mix for shit.

MoccieLeigh

MoccieLeigh said on the 30th Oct, 2009

Lets leave the singing to Kele ;)

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 31st Oct, 2009

crappest band well aside from afi that is.

dream_brother

dream_brother said on the 31st Oct, 2009

you're still a midget, and always will be

lolz

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 1st Nov, 2009

quite sad that's the best you can and always will be able to come back with

dream_brother

dream_brother said on the 1st Nov, 2009

nope, just the most effective.

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 2nd Nov, 2009

hardly effective, also your flickr is horrible pal.

mondo22

mondo22 said on the 17th Nov, 2009

your opinions are to die for.

yeoman

yeoman said on the 18th Nov, 2009

is there like a hide button like on facebook so I dont have to always read this idiots replys?

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 18th Nov, 2009

bloc party suck mate but then again you are from qld so you have moron written all over you

The Great Monkey War

The Great Monkey War said on the 18th Nov, 2009

Future thread prediction:

Hilltop Hoods tour rumoured for January?

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 18th Nov, 2009

yeoman

yeoman said on the 18th Nov, 2009

mondo22

mondo22 said on the 18th Nov, 2009

i dont know how to put this without stooping to your level but theres no other way to spell it out any clearer... you're a fucking tool. it's not an extensive classification of who you come across as, just a plain and simple word that sums you up perfectly

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 19th Nov, 2009

I heard Jet were replacing them.

JET SOUND SYSTEM.

worldsfastest

worldsfastest said on the 19th Nov, 2009

nambour is in qld as well buddy

Barry Wom

Barry Wom said on the 19th Nov, 2009

bloc party, imo, represent the marked downturn of british music in the noughties. they are one in a line of many offenders. if it ain't the beige ubiquity of stadium dullards like coldplay limply flying the union flag, it's oh-so-faux-serious indie wankers like kele and co. the elation of the britpop days has been replaced by what can only be described as earnest, pseudo-intellectual nonsense (punchy guitars, flat keys, tight jeans and horrible pointy shoes). franz ferdinand started the ball rolling with their bloody eyeliner, hairspray and lounge suits and many have seen fit to follow.

there's still the odd beacon of hope however- awesome uk veterans supergrass are still keeping it real and kasabian are mega.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 19th Nov, 2009

I love British Music and Silent Alarm is one of the best British albums this decade.

The success of middle of the road bands like Keane, Razorlight, Glasvegas, and many others are what is causing British music to become mundane.

I like Kasabian, but their albums have got progressively worse since the eponymous debut. They are falling in with the middle of the road British rock bands more and more.

Supergrass is still all kinds of awesome though.

worldsfastest

worldsfastest said on the 19th Nov, 2009

bloc party, imo, represent the marked downturn of british music in the noughties. they are one in a line of many offenders. if it ain't the beige ubiquity of stadium dullards like coldplay limply flying the union flag, it's oh-so-faux-serious indie wankers like kele and co. the elation of the britpop days has been replaced by what can only be described as earnest, pseudo-intellectual nonsense (punchy guitars, flat keys, tight jeans and horrible pointy shoes). franz ferdinand started the ball rolling with their bloody eyeliner, hairspray and lounge suits and many have seen fit to follow.

there's still the odd beacon of hope however- awesome uk veterans supergrass are still keeping it real and kasabian are mega.

People complain about music so much. Why is it that there are many offenders? Maybe you need to accept that this is how music is at this particular moment in time. Just because you don't like something, it doesn't mean there has been a huge downturn in British music.

Barry Wom

Barry Wom said on the 19th Nov, 2009

i love british music and silent alarm is one of the best british albums this decade.

the success of middle of the road bands like keane, razorlight, glasvegas, and many others are what is causing british music to become mundane.

i like kasabian, but their albums have got progressively worse since the eponymous debut. they are falling in with the middle of the road british rock bands more and more.

supergrass is still all kinds of awesome though.

yeah, they have a certain mojo about them supergrass; they've mananged to retain it since the nineties. they rock out with cred and integrity.

after their debut, kasabian went off the boil a little with empire but i honestly reckon west rider pauper lunatic asylum is pretty decent. it's retro in part but they add a modern twist to avoid being overtly derivative (and falling into the oasis trap). the electro polish is still there in part and adds a more wordly feel. the only track i feel is an obvious 60s pastiche is thick as thieves; good but the kinks did that kind of thing better...

i agree that keane and razorlight are middling bands. add the script to that list too. don't really know much about glasvegas. people have raved about arctic monkeys but they just don't do it for me. their debut didn't excite me like say, definitely maybe did. perhaps you have to be a certain age? reverend and the makers are supposed to be okay so maybe i should check them out?

i was living in england when bands like kaiser chiefs, bloc party, hard-fi and maximo park were coming though. it just didn't have the same musical impact for me as say, the genesis of oasis, pulp, blur and supergrass many years earlier.

Dexter Ramone

Dexter Ramone said on the 19th Nov, 2009

dj sets by bands are not gigs. even at music festivals.

I'd go see Death from above 1979 do a dj set anyday.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 19th Nov, 2009

Is that a joke?

I imagine you've kind of had the opportunity at many festivals over the last few years...

deanoss

deanoss said on the 23rd Nov, 2009

btw, Bloc Party also doing Summadayze - Melb only
http://www.futureentertainment.com.au/wsite/news/214-bloc-party-joins-summadayze-melbourne

Stackboy

Stackboy said on the 23rd Nov, 2009

it's just a dj set, not the band.

so probably just one guy. pfffff. dj sets are for suckers.

mondo22

mondo22 said on the 23rd Nov, 2009

bang on the money