Twenty Awesome August Holidays Plus Songs to Help You Celebrate Each
As August draws closer, there are a few of us here around Paste HQ who have been feeling pretty down because it means summer is almost over. But then we found out about 20 days in August worth celebrating. Then we put together this list to help you help us commemorate these upcoming holidays:... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySongs to Do Nothing To: The Motion Picture Soundtrack to Lazy
Guess who's feeling unmotivated? This guy! Sometimes, though, it's fun to channel an apathetic mood into something productive. A soundtrack to lazy, as it were. The key here is to ignore what the song is actually about (listening requires motivation), choosing instead to base its inclusion off the title alone. Have a look at the list below (which I'm capping at 15, since any more than that would be too much work), click where applicable to hear the track and feel free to post your favorite lethargic lyrics, tired tunes, melodies of malaise and sleepy song choices in the comments.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBloc Party tours West coast in December
Bloc Party has expanded its Intimacy tour to include a handful of American dates, all on the West coast in December.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsCatching Up With... Bloc Party
After its critically acclaimed sophomore album, A Weekend in the City, climbed to no. 2 on the British sales charts, Bloc Party’s knee-jerk reaction was to dive back into the studio as soon as possible to... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesBloc Party: Intimacy
Three editors discuss Bloc Party's latest via haiku... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsBloc Party's Intimacy to come out digitally tomorrow
The hunger for new music in the current Internet culture, as well as the lengths artists go to counter it, might be getting a bit out of hand. Ben Folds purposely leaked one half of his own album. Deerhunter's Bradford Cox accidentally leaked his own album and set the Internet abuzz. Lil Wayne's Carter III leaked somewhere between three and 237 times during the three years he was making it.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLollapalooza Day 1
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Found in: Blogs, FestivusBloc Party to roc parties in the U.S. this summer
Sound the silent alarm, kids, because Bloc Party's crossing the pond this summer. Although the cheeky British quartet is currently holed up in a studio assembling the third Bloc Party LP, once the weather gets warmer the lads will be motivating folks to move at clubs and festivals across the western hemisphere. The band's not in "Flux" about benefiting the environment or choosing sides in the bizarre London mayoral race. For a taste of Bloc Party's angular aural appetizers, check out Paste's video footage of the band's performance at last year's Austin City Limits Festival. Bloc off these dates: July... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBloc Party - "Hunting For Witches"
Click above to watch "Hunting For Witches" from Bloc Party's new record A Weekend in the City out now on Vice Records.... read more
Found in: Video of the DayBloc Party - Quick Hit from ACL
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