HIPSTER DISCO WEDNESDAY: bloc party - ratchet

bloc party - ratchet
easily one of the danciest tracks bloc party have ever put out, this also sets up a brand new ep of new material coming out later this summer. turn up the track, get your hipster dancing steps ready and get rachet!

WONGIE INDIE SONG OF THE WEEK: bloc party - octopus

bloc party - octopus
going back to their indie rock roots, bloc party are baaaaack and we are VERY happy for their return. leading with this frenetic single for their upcoming album 'four', i can't wait to hear the rest of this when it comes out in august!

INDIE DANCE BITCH DANCE: kele - tenderoni

kele - tenderoni
[oh this is sweet, bloc party lead singer kele okereke is tackling full on dance music for his debut album 'the boxer'. working with xxxchange (spank rock) on his 1st release, you get a pretty good idea that kele is not mucking about with the beatz. turn this up folks! we like this one ALOT!]

WONGIE SONG OF THE WEEK: bloc party - one more chance

bloc party - one more chance

bloc party - signs (armand van helden mix)

bloc party - signs (armand van helden mix)

BUNCH OF VIDEOS: christian falk feat robyn and ola salo, ryan leslie feat cassie and fabolous, bloc party, eugene mcguinnes, madonna, the foals & more

christian falk feat robyn and ola salo - dream on


ryan leslie feat cassie and fabolous - addiction


bloc party - talons


eugene mcguinness - moscow state circus


madonna - get stupid


the foals - olympic airways


mr scruff feat alice russell - music takes me up


those dancing days - home sweet home

10 song catchup: vampire weekend, fleet foxes, duffy, adele, coldplay, noah and the whale, the chemical brothers, bloc party, mates of state, css

it's been a wonderfully strange busy summer for me careerwise and in the process, i am the first to admit that wongie's music blog has suffered along the way (ok, we basically stopped posting for two months). hopefully with fall coming, i'll be able to deal with some much needed time management and have this site back up and running regularly. if you've missed me, then here's a quickie treat of some gems that i've been in love with the past few months. more of these big postings to come this weekend, so come back again will ya!


vampire weekend - cape cod kwassa kwassa
[can you believe that we're already on single #4 off their self titled album? currently wowing them across the pond on the festival circuit, i can't wait to hear new material (fans post on youtube please!). want more vampire weekend, check out the awesome blog pretty much amazing for a lovely cover of fleetwood mac's classic song "everywhere"]


fleet foxes - white winter hymnal
[i can honestly listen to this song on a continuous loop for a good 5-6 times a day. call me choir nerd or just plain dorky, but this multi part vocal tune is just sweetly mesmerizing (still have no clue what they're singing about), much like the rest of their self titled album.]


duffy - stepping stone
[by the summer, i kind of put duffy's rockferry album aside (since i practically went to sleep with it every night throughout the spring), but all it takes is a simple moody video that brings her back in my good books. love loVE LOVE this song!]


adele - hometown glory
[the song is easily a year old, but a moving performance on so you think you can dance and the fact that the song got re-released in the uk just brought this tune back on my radar. if you haven't picked up adele's debut album 19 by now, then you really should drop everything and buy it now. i'm just saying...


coldplay - viva la vida
[the band kind of bum me out, but you can't deny just how amazing this single is. taken off the album viva la vida.]


noah and the whale - 5 years time
[the most 'fun fun fun' tune of the summer don't you think? this track might sound familiar to you stateside as the whistles playing alongside the current run of saturn car commercials. but for the rest of the world, appreciate the fact that you get to hear this daily on your top 40 radio. taken off the equally cute debut album peaceful the world lays me down.]


the chemical brothers - midnight madness
[taken off their upcoming 2cd collection brotherhood (you can also buy the solo singles only album which DOESN'T feature the full electronic battle weapon series, in which this track is taken off of) the chems celebrate their amazing career with all the hits that have rocked your speakers for the past 13 years. brilliant really.]


bloc party - mercury
[after announcing they were going to release a new album for the fall, bloc party jumped their own gun and put out intimacy as a digital release a few days later. oh the wacky world of music these days! if the fabulous current single is an indicator of what to expect, then go and get the album now!]


mates of state - my only offer
[cute cute cute song by the husband and wife team! taken off their equally sweet album re-arrange us]


css - left behind
[oh the freaky avant garde world of cansei de ser sexy, can you just imagine what an everyday conversation with this 5 piece must be like? hm... my head implodes just thinking of it. taken off their new album donkey (which rocks!!!)]

bloc party - flux (video premiere)

bloc party - flux (radio rip) [link 2]
[so what prompted bloc party to put out this single only release? not quite sure, but when it comes out november 12th get ready for a slew of hot remixes for this wacky vocoder on speed song.]

bloc party - hunting for witches (world premiere)

bloc party - hunting for witches (rac remix)
[single number 3 for the bloc party boys. not as exciting as the first two releases, but i think this rac remix does the trick! thanks to stereogum for the remix!]

indie new video thursday: kate nash, the gossip, bloc party, hadouken! pleasure feat brett anderson, duke special

kate nash - caroline's a victim
[she looks like a 60's retro pop act, but for her 1st single, the much buzzed about 19 year old kate nash gets a makeover as her sweet folk renderings gets a rave-punk remix (i actually like this version better). check out her original sound via an xfm acoustic performance recently (thanks to the daily growl). the good news is that everything has been tampered with, here's a lovely fan video of her cute song merry happy posted on her myspace site]

kate nash - merry happy (fan video)


the gossip - jealous girl
[beth ditto and posse are back with a new video! still one of the best voices that i discovered last year, can't wait to see what they're going to do next]


bloc party - i still remember
[updated 1/11: bloc party's US release is a more conventional alternative song than 'the prayer'. i actually like this one more!]


hadouken! - that boy that girl
[oh yes, the rave punk popjustice faves finally release a proper video for their internet hit. i liked it back in november, i still like it now (especially since new beats were added to this single release)]


pleasure feat brett anderson - back to you
[co-written with fred ball (aka pleasure), ex-suede singer brett anderson is going through a bit of a personal renaissance with his upcoming acoustic album and this electronically inclined tune. i dig!]


duke special - free wheel
[i gave a special heads up to duke special back in november and i'm really glad that more singles are being released from his debut album songs from the deep forest. this is one of my favorites with a beautiful animated video to boot!]

bloc party - the prayer (world premiere)

they're baaack!

kele okereke and co are prepping the highly anticipated return of their post punk, post klub, post rock, post-post outfit bloc party.

back in the day, their debut album silent alarm was easily one of my favorites of 2004 and from the sounds of the 1st single, "the prayer", off of 'a weekend in the city', bloc party continue to be one of the more exciting talented bands around!

wanna see the video? check out the prayer exclusively on radio 1's zane lowe site (or until someone posts it on youtube!).