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Bloc Party The Nextwave Sessions EP Bloc Party have announced they will be taking a hiatus of the somewhat indefinite variety at the end of their touring obligations this summer, but before they go their separate ways, they’re gracing us with five new songs. The Nextwave Sessions lacks the pure aggression of Four’s best moments, […]

Bloc Party have released a new video for “Ratchet.” The track is featured on the band's upcoming EP, The Nextwave Sessions. The EP is due out on August 13 via Frenchkiss/Co-Op Records. Check out the video below and tell us what you think!

Freelance Whales Diluvia Ambition’s a double-edged sword. It is typically a plus, but it can lead you to some outlying places steering you from a more direct, digestible track as it has Freelance Whales. They’ve turned from the twinkling twee of their 2010 debut to dreamy electro-tinged indie pop that retains some of their baroque […]

Bloc Party Four This review originally ran in AP 290. The new offering from Bloc Party is sprinkled with some intra-band asides and buzzing amps, signifiers for a “being there” audio-verité moment. It makes sense: Much of Four sounds like some dudes in a small room sacrificing their personal space in service to playing music. […]

Turing Machine What Is The Meaning Of What This review originally ran in AP 287. Electronic-based music is heightened significantly when you leave the drum machine in the box and have a live drummer do his thing. This evident truth summarizes both the great sadness and immense joy marking Turing Machine’s third album: What Is […]

Bloc Party will release their new album Four on Aug. 21 via Frenchkiss. It'll be the band's first in four years, following up 2008's Intimacy. A trailer for the album is below.

The reunited Bloc Party will be playing four additional shows in the United States around their previously announced appearance at Lollapalooza in Chicago. Dates below. July 30- Honolulu, Hawaii @ The Republik August 3- Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hard Festival 3-5- Chicago, Ill. @ Lollapalooza 8- New York, N.Y. @ Terminal 5 11- Las Vegas, […]

The Antlers (together) EP The most distinguishing quality of the Antlers has consistently been frontman Peter Silberman’s falsetto. Like the vocal performances of Antony, Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke (Silberman’s most obvious influence), his singing breaks, aches and reverberates consistently and steers where the rest of the Antlers should go next. One […]