Portishead

new film adaptation of J.G. Ballard's 'High-Rise' features Portishead covering ABBA and score by Clint Mansell (listen)

It was announced back in October of last year that Portishead would be contributing a cover of ABBA‘s “S.O.S.” to the soundtrack of filmmaker Ben Wheatley‘s upcoming film adaptation of the classic J.G. Ballard novel High Rise. The cover is one of two versions of the song that appear on the soundtrack, the other being […]

Anika covered Nena's "99 Red Balloons" as no-nukes protest (listen), playing SXSW with her new band Exploded View

Invada, the label run by Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, has just released a single featuring Anika covering Nena’s 1984 anti-war hit “99 Red Balloons” with backing by the Invada Allstars…

Tricky streaming track off debut Skilled Mechanics album, topped FACT's best trip-hop albums of all time list

Trip-hop veteran Tricky recently launched Skilled Mechanics, “his new collaborative project that will feature a rotating cast of contributors from project to p…

Torres announces new LP (stream a track ++ updated dates)

Torres has been playing new songs live for a while now, and she’s finally announced the followup to her excellent 2013 debut LP. It’s called Sprinter and will be out on May 5 via her new label home of Partisan Reco…

The Empty Hearts (mems Blondie, The Cars) released an LP, touring; Blondie/Portishead mems backing The Rua at CMJ

The Empty Hearts are a new-ish supergroup featuring Blondie‘s Clem Burke, The Cars‘ Elliot Easton, The Romantics‘ Wally Palmer and Chesterfield Kings‘ An…

Portishead's Beth Gibbons working on solo album, recorded a Black Sabbath cover with metal band Gonga (listen)

Portishead at Hammerstein Ballroom, 2011 (more by Dana Yavin) Both Portishead and their vocalist Beth Gibbons tend to work slowly; the former theoretically have an album in the works, though it could take “ten fucking years” to be completed…

Roseland, RIP

Roseland opened in New York in 1919 and hosted icons like Count Basie in the Thirties. It relocated to its 52nd Street home (a former skating rink called Gay Blades) in the late Fifties, where a display inside touted the number of couples who’d met there and married…

Portishead & Interpol first-announced headliners @ ATP Iceland

Portishead @ Hammerstein Ballroom, 2011 (more by Dana Yavin) While All Tomorrow’s Parties held it’s final “holiday camp” festival at Camber Sands, UK — dubbed “End of an Era” — back at the start of December, ATP will continue to hold events elsewhere…

Grimes lists her favorite songs of all time (includes Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Paramore, Burial, Butthole Surfers & more)

Grimes at ACL 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Whether it’s to criticize her or praise her, it’s hard to deny that people like talking about Grimes‘ musical opinions…

The Weeknd samples Portishead without permission on new single (listen); Geoff Barrow calls it "a load of bollox"

The Weeknd at Coachella 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Canadian R&B singer The Weeknd, whose tour includes two Radio City shows in October (tickets), just released the second single from his upcoming LP, Kiss Land…
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