Bloc Party: Live @ Coachella
So as I finish up my reviews of the shows I attended last week, I figure I’d give you one more little treat today, a great recording of Bloc Party’s complete live set from their performance at Coachella last month, originally posted over on Blog Party. I took it upon myself to design some basic cover art for it in the typical Bloc Party style. The recording is near-perfect, and it’s a great set, featuring two brand new songs to be included on their as-yet-untitled sophomore album, though there are a some brief silences here and there due to stalls in the live stream that the audio was recorded from. Unfortunately however, I asked one of the higher-ups at VICE about the tentative September release date for the band’s next album, and apparently the album’s likely to be pushed back to a first quarter (hopefully January) 2006 release, which is some of the most soul-crushing news I’ve heard in a while. Regardless though, here is Bloc Party’s 2006 Coachella performance for your downloading and listening pleasure. Thanks again to James over at Blog Party for originally posting and hosting this, and if you like this you should head over there to download Bloc Party’s entire set from BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend Festival, which was recorded and split by bootlegging legend Dave Allen (so you know it’s high quality).
Setlist:
01. “Waiting For The 7.18″ [new song!]
02. “Positive Tension”
03. “Banquet”
04. “Blue Light”
05. “She’s Hearing Voices”
06. “Uniform” [new song!]
07. “This Modern Love”
08. “Like Eating Glass”
09. “So Here We Are”
10. “Helicopter”
Also, AT&T, who broadcast Bloc Party’s set live from Coachella, has now made available for streaming and viewing three songs from the band’s performance: “Banquet”, “Blue Light”, and “This Modern Love”, which you can cheack out here.