http://www.blocksblocksblocks.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:36:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On November 26th, Toronto-dwellers and passers-by get to see The Phonemes, Michelle McAdorey and Betty Burke perform for FREE as part of our monthly night at the Gladstone.  The show starts at 10PM. Stay tuned for more announcement about this Blocks concert series in 2010! http://www.blocksblocksblocks.com/posts/uncategorized/2009/11/blocks-presents-at-the-gladstone-hotel/ FUCKED UP WON THE POLARIS PRIZE! WHAT THE SHIT!  They totally can't even say the band's name on the CBC until after 11!  This makes 2 blocks involved bands that have won that thing!  We have a surprisingly great track record!  Wow!  Congrats guys! http://www.blocksblocksblocks.com/posts/news/2009/09/fucked-up-win-polaris/ Order Nadja's The Bungled and the Botched HERE. Holy shit. The show is tonight. I have to makes signs for the merch table. http://www.blocksblocksblocks.com/posts/uncategorized/2009/09/nadja-now-available/ Picastro's Become Secret is here. Masterpiece? Fuck yeah, I'll say it. Masterpiece. Order here. Nadja soon! KIDS ON TV remix albums on iTunes soon! http://www.blocksblocksblocks.com/posts/news/2009/08/picastro-is-here/ Toronto’s little workers co-op that could has been listed at #11 on NME’s Future 50 list. See the full list here: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&p=6901&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#more6901 Sure, there could be arguments made about the validity of lists like these and such, but on the other hand, it’s just nice for the hard work (and endless paper cuts) ... http://www.blocksblocksblocks.com/posts/uncategorized/2009/08/blocks-recording-club-is-no-11-on-the-nmes-future-50-list-2/ One of the magic features we possess at blocks it the ability to time travel.  So when Building Blocks single #2 was released, we travelled forward in time to post about it on our website.  Then, we travelled back in time, taking care not to meet ourselves travelling forward in ... http://www.blocksblocksblocks.com/posts/uncategorized/2009/08/building-blocks-2-oops/ Want to hear the Nadja album we're putting out in September? Aidan has it streaming here: http://www.last.fm/music/Nadja/The%2BBungled%2B%2526%2BThe%2BBotched Jesus Christ on a popsicle stick, it's good. Also, we just released the Emma McKenna digital single via the Building Blocks group. As always, check out how to get these free tracks here on our Facebook ... http://www.blocksblocksblocks.com/posts/uncategorized/2009/07/nadjas-new-album-now-streaming-emma-mckenna-on-building-blocks/ “They mine music from the most extreme intersection of beauty and melancholy.” Pitchfork “This is paranoid music that’s utterly original and incredibly beautiful.” Exclaim Well, what can I add? It's Picastro and they're back with a stripped down collection of hymns and nocturnes about the collapse of everything you know. Listen to ... http://www.blocksblocksblocks.com/posts/releases/2009/06/%e2%96%a1%e2%96%a1%e2%96%a1057-picastro-%e2%80%9cbecome-secret%e2%80%9d-lpdigital-download/ The Bungled and the Botched is Nadja’s most scorching and most achingly beautiful set yet, pushing the boundaries into ever greater washes of distortion and crystalline silences.  Originally available as a limited CDR, Blocks now presents a re-edited version of The Bungled and the Botched in a deluxe vinyl edition ... http://www.blocksblocksblocks.com/posts/releases/2009/06/%e2%96%a1%e2%96%a1%e2%96%a1056-nadja-%e2%80%9cthe-bungled-and-the-botched%e2%80%9d-lpdigital/ A free live album of electrocoustic-sound art-minimalist-hardcore-ear-ecstasy that will save the lagging marriage between your brain and auditory canal. Includes "Intro: Work for 10 Boom Boxes and Hardcore Punk loops." On  10 boomboxes arranged in a semi circle are cassettes with 30-minute loops of intros from hardcore punk songs of ... http://www.blocksblocksblocks.com/posts/releases/2009/06/%e2%96%a1%e2%96%a1%e2%96%a1058-brian-joseph-davis-%e2%80%9cintro-and-other-instrumental-works%e2%80%9d-digital-download/