Today we bring you two live acoustic tracks from when Bloc Party stopped by FNX in Boston earlier this year. With Russel holding down guitar duties and Kele dropping some sweet sweet vocals, here are two tracks from A Weekend In The City. Bloc Party are playing in Boston again in June on their first summer 007 swing through the states. Check out all the tour dates here while you listen to these two lovely tracks.
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BLOC PARTY JAXXY TAKE OVER
We've got 2 Mash Ups for you today. While we've never really listened to Gwen Stefani and thought "Eureka! Bloc Party!" ToToM apparently heard a perfect frenetic sound clash. Check out "What You Waiting For?" + "Hunting For Witches" and have visions of Gwen's Harajuku Girls dance in your head. And then for something truly disturbing, check out what ToToM did to "Hunting For Witches" + "In My Place." Brit Pop worlds collide with Kele singing over Coldplay's hit.
BLOC PARTY JAXXY TAKE OVER
While the bass drum thump on the original sounds more like "The Prayer," there is a certain something about Bloc Party's cover of Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right," that sounds...well...just about perfect. With Russell's signature swirling guitars and the expanded range we've come to admire in Kele's vocals, this cover takes over a life of its own from this Radio One broadcast.
GUNS N BOMBS N CHROMEO
When master remixers like Chromeo have their own songs taken for a spin, you know you're in for a good time. Dirty robot rockers Guns N Bombs got their claws on "Fancy Footwork" from the upcoming Chromeo album by the same title and the results are down right freak-out inducing.
"The cops are coming to arrest us for being too funky." Yup. That's what the fellas were thinking about when "Fancy Footwork" was born. Hear all about the track here, pump the remix and terrorize your town.
CHROMEO IS FOR BOOTY SHORTS
We've been pumping the new Chromeo record, Fancy Footwork (out June 19) pretty much every morning in the VICE offices. The new record is usually followed with some Rick Springfield or Supertramp, if that gives any indication of what this record can do for you. We sat down Dave 1 and Pee Thugg to introduce the new record. You can listen to "Fancy Footwork" and "Tenderoni" and you can watch a hot and sweaty live performance of "Tenderoni." If you listen to "Fancy Footwork" and don't feel the insatiable need to go buy a white suit and drive around in a Ferrari Spyder, you need some summertime fun, stat.
DJ MEHDI IS A LUCKY BOY
DJ Mehdi is a very nice fellow. His new record, Lucky Boy is a party, it's mad robotic, it's sex, drums and beats & blues and sweaty nights turning into crazed mornings. We've already introduced you to "I Am Somebody" by DJ Mehdi featuring Chromeo, now hear the Lucky Boy version of "Signatune." We'll be releasing an extended version of the final track on the record "Signatune" (Thomas Bangalter edit) later on with a vid, but enjoy this track now, would you?
CHARLOTTE IS CLASSY
Jarvis Cocker - Pulp + Air + Gainsbourg - Serge + Charlotte = 5:55
or, if you like
Witty lyrics + dreamy pianos + acting cred - pretention + Gondry = 5:55
Anyway you cut is, shit's classy.
"The Songs That We Sing" MP3
"The Songs That We Sing" video
Explaining "The Songs That We Sing" video
Talking with Michel Gondry video