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This Week in TGIF: Bloc Party, The Republik

JULY 2012
FRI 27 / SAT 28 / SUN 29

British rock band Bloc Party has reunited

It’s time to get reacquainted with Bloc Party. On hiatus since 2009, the best-selling British band is relaunching its career with a new album out Aug. 20 titled “Four.” That’s also the number of band members: guitarist Russell Lissack, bassist Gordon Moakes, drummer Matt Tong and frontman Kele Okereke, recently voted by readers of the sex-and-relationship website Nerve.com as this year’s sexiest man in indie rock (he beat out guys like Yeasayer’s Anand Wilder and Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit, the latter last here in concert in December 2010).

• Live concert venue The Republik set to open
• Adventurous performances raise Cut Chemist above the DJ pack
• Do It! No Suck Fest, Anuhea, Hiroshima and ‘Trilogy 2′
• Pau Hana Patrol: Food at Izakaya Gazen range from American bar dishes to delicate Japanese
• Quick Bites: Kaimuki restaurant Salt hosts a limited-edition, locavore dinner
• Best of Our Web: Love Festival, Melissa Etheridge, Joy of Sake and more
• At the Movies: ‘Step Up Revolution,’ ‘The Watch,’ ‘Deranged’ and more
• Out ‘N’ About: Dragon Boat Festival, ‘Sesame Street Presents,’ Hawaii Bridal Expo and more
• To Do: Mickey Avalon, Crystal Method, Death Cab for Cutie and more
• Calendars: Music, Nightclubs, On Stage