Bloc Party!

On the 6th I headed back to Osaka for another live show with Evan. This time Bloc Party. I loved their first record "Silent Alarm", and have been impressed with their follow up " A weekend in the City" (from which the above video is taken).

Having met up with Evan, dumped our bags and had something to eat and drink, we headed over to Namba Hatch to rock out. And they did indeed rock the place. Evan saw them at Summer Sonic a few years ago and later said that they have tightened up as a band.

The mainly Japanese crowd were really enthusiastic and got into the spirit of things in the unique Japanese way.

After our two Japanese friends that we'd made at the Wolfmother gig, and also came to this concert, took us to a small rock bar called Rock Rock, where they claimed Bloc Party would be. We were skeptical about this, but the place had good music and beer...

After about an hour 3 members of the band turned up...and we got autographs and spoke to Gorden Moakes the bassist and Russell Lissack the guitar player....

A good night!!!!

Official Website

www.blocparty.com