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CONCERT REVIEW: Bloc Party @ The Trocadero, 9/15
Bloc Party's show Saturday night was a visceral journey through the band's heavier hits with a few softer songs sprinkled in for good measure.
CONCERT REVIEW: Bloc Party @ The Trocadero, 9/15
words: Michael Blancato | photos: Nora Quinn
The members of Bloc Party haven’t toured together in almost four years, but you wouldn’t know it based on Saturday’s show at The Troc. In fact, their set (see below) felt like a blast to Silent Alarm past, as the Londoners powered through 18 of their most anthemic songs, ditching keyboards for guitars in all but two of them. The result was a visceral journey through the band’s heavier hits with a few softer songs sprinkled in for good measure.
The bulk of Bloc Party’s set was comprised of material from Bloc Party’s newest album Four, but fans enthusiastically sang along to older jams “Hunting for Witches,” “Banquet,” and “One More Chance.” Even singer Kele Okereke’s short rendition of Rihanna’s “We Found Love” was met with uproarious applause that turned to rhythmic claps as the band transitioned into the dancey electronica of “Flux.” But these were exceptional moments – distorted guitar chords often accompanied Kele’s soaring choruses.
One consequence of EDM dominating the airwaves in recent years is a yearning for more guitar-based music, a return to times when bands rocked rather than bounced. Bloc Party rocked on Saturday night, stopping to acknowledge the electronic sounds of Intimacy only occasionally. This show was a reminder of what made Bloc Party an indie rock juggernaut years ago: thundering riffs, electrifying solos, and explosive drums. It’s good to have the old band back.
- So He Begins to Lie
- Octopus
- Hunting for Witches
- Positive Tension
- Kettling
- Song for Clay (Disappear Here)
- Banquet
- Coliseum
- Day Four
- One More Chance
- The Prayer
- We’re Not Good People
Encore
- Truth
- Ares
- This Modern Love
Second Encore
- Flux
- The Healing
- Helicopter
- Activism
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- Dance
- First Person Fest
- Last Chance
- Museum
- On the Fringe
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- Arts Preview
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- LOL With It
- Stand-up
- Critical Mass
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- Friday Fill-in
- Ice Cubes
- In Memoriam
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- Just Do It
- Just Opened
- Kaleidoscopic
- LGBTQ
- Art Phag
- Mailbag
- Movies
- Film Fest
- Movie Review
- On set
- Scenester
- screening
- trailer!
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- 10 Track Mind
- Album
- Album Review
- Concert Review
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- Turned ONN
- TopMod
- Video Games
- Free Online Game
- PSP
- PlayStation 2
- The 1-Upper
- Wii
- Web Junk
- CAGE MATCH
- Free Online Toy
- Weekend Omnibus
- Win
