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"K"-hating British indie/dance rockers Bloc Party are going to be on the road from now until it's time to start thinking about 2006. You might think to yourself, "Whoa, that's a lot of touring, and it's only July!" You might also be oblivious: They've basically been on the road for all of 2005. And to think they've somehow found time to start thinking about their next album! These guys need a time out.

For those of you who were upset you missed out on catching one of their North American gigs earlier this year, stop being a such a baby: They're coming back in September for a run of shows from sea to shining sea. But more on that in a minute...

Bloc Party have also just announced that they will release a remix of their debut album, Silent Alarm, aptly titled Silent Alarm Remixed. It'll have the same track order as the original album, and will feature remixes by M83, Death From Above 1979, Four Tet, Nick Zinner, and others. The first pressing will have a second disc with bonus tracks ("Storm and Stress", "Always New Depths", and "Skeletons"). Vice will release this lil' gem on September 13.

Tracklist:

01 Like Eating Glass (Ladytron Zapatista Mix)
02 Helicopter (Whitey Version)
03 Positive Tension (Jason Clark of Pretty Girls Make Graves remix)
04 Banquet (Phones Disco Edit)
05 Blue Light (Engineers "Anti-Gravity" mix)
06 She's Hearing Voices (Erol Alkan's Calling Your Dub)
07 This Modern Love (Dave P. and Adam Sparkle's Making Time remix)
08 The Pioneers (M83 Remix)
09 Price of Gasoline (AUTOMATO Remix)
10 So Here We Are (Four Tet Remix)
11 Luno (Bloc Party vs. Death From Above 1979)
12 Plans (Replanned by Mogwai)
13 Compliments (Shibuyaka Remix by Nick Zinner)

Meanwhile, the lads recently had a chat with the NME regarding their new album. Frontdude Kele Okereke (oh wait, they can't hate the letter "K" after all...) told the mag: "We recorded two songs about a week ago, and we're not sure which is going to be a single now, but it's either going to be a song called 'Hero' or a song called 'Two More Years'. We've written about 20 songs, and we'll have more by the end of the year, and we're going to start next year off by recording a new album. We really can't wait."

Well, actually, they must wait because they've got a fuckload of tour dates coming up that will take the band into December. Seriously, a fuckload:

North American Dozen:

09-08 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom *
09-09 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom *
09-10 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
09-12 Toronto, Ontario - The Docks *
09-13 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre *
09-14 Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre *
09-16 Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium *
09-20 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium *
09-21 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre *
09-22 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre *
09-24 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
09-26 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle

* with the Kills and Noisettes

International Fuckload:

07-21 Sydney, Australia - The Metro
07-24 Byron Bay, Australia - Splendour in the Grass Festival
08-13 Osaka, Japan - SummerSonic Festival
08-14 Tokyo, Japan - SummerSonic Festival
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-28 Reading, England - Reading Festival
09-04 Bologna, Italy - Independent Days Festival
10-02 Edinburgh, Scotland - Usher Hall
10-04 Glasgow, Scotland - Carling Academy
10-05 Middlesbrough, England - Town Hall
10-06 Newcastle, England - Northumbria University
10-08 Cambridge, England - Corn Exchange
10-09 Norwich, England - UEA
10-10 Portsmouth, England - Guild Hall
10-12 Sheffield, England - Octagon
10-13 Birmingham, England - Carling Academy
10-14 Birmingham, England - Carling Academy
10-16 Nottingham, England - Rock City
10-17 Liverpool, England - Royal Court
10-18 Leeds, England - University
10-20 Manchester, England - Apollo
10-21 Manchester, England - Apollo
10-22 Leicester, England - De Montford Hall
10-24 Cardiff, Wales - University
10-25 Bristol, England - Carling Academy
10-26 Exeter, England - University
10-28 London, England - Brixton Carling Academy
10-29 London, England - Brixton Carling Academy
11-06 Belfast, Ireland - Ulster Hall
11-07 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia
11-10 Brussels, Belgium - Les Halles De Schaerbeek
11-11 Lille, France - Aeronef
11-12 Strasbourg, France - Salle des Fetes
11-14 Paris, France - Zenith
11-15 Nantes, France - La Carriere
11-16 Bordeaux, France - Le Vigean
11-18 Madrid, Spain - Aqualung
11-19 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
11-25 Zurich, Switzerland - Earshakerdays Festival
11-27 Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn
11-28 Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
11-29 Dresden, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
12-01 Bielefeld, Germany - Ringlokschuppen
12-02 Dusseldorf, Germany - Tor 3
12-03 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso

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