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Plus The Decemberists, She Drew The Gun, Crack Cloud, Nada Surf, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 17, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 17th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, Mark Moody, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 25 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 11. More
Lives Outgrown Due Out This Friday via Domino; New UK and EU Tour Dates Announced
May 15, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Beth Gibbons of Portishead is releasing her debut solo album, Lives Outgrown, this Friday via Domino. Now she has shared its third single, “Lost Changes,” via a music video. She has also announced some new UK and EU tour dates. More
Lives Outgrown Due Out May 17 via Domino
Apr 10, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Beth Gibbons of Portishead is releasing her debut solo album, Lives Outgrown, on May 17 via Domino. Now she has shared its second single, “Reaching Out,” via an interactive music video. More
Plus Amen Dunes, Mannequin Pussy, A. Savage, Laetitia Sadier, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 09, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Mark Moody, Matt the Raven, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 12 this week, narrowed down from the 20 songs we seriously considered. More
Lives Outgrown Due Out May 17 via Domino; Tour Dates Also Announced
Feb 07, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Beth Gibbons of Portishead has announced her debut solo album, Lives Outgrown, and shared its first single, “Floating on a Moment,” via a music video. She’s also announced some tour dates. More
Plus Kendrick Lamar, Gwenno, Bartees Strange, Ezra Furman, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 13, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a stellar week for new tracks, thanks in part to some exciting album announcements and their corresponding singles. So this week we have a slightly super-sized Top 13. More
Men Soundtrack Due Out May 20 via Invada and Lakeshore
May 04, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow (Portishead, Beak>) have scored the soundtrack for Alex Garland’s latest film, Men. Today, they have shared a new song from the soundtrack titled “The Church.” The official soundtrack will be out on May 20 via Invada and Lakeshore, coinciding with the release date for the film. More
Planet (i) Due Out June 25 on Polyvinyl
Mar 31, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Squirrel Flower (aka Ella O’Connor Williams) has announced that her new album, Planet (i), will be coming out on June 25 via Polyvinyl. She has also shared a video for the album’s lead single, titled “Hurt a Fly.” More
Will Feature on GŴYL 2021, Which Takes Place This Friday and Saturday
Mar 04, 2021
By Joey Arnone
BBC Cymru, the Welsh division of BBC, will be streaming the GŴYL 2021 festival this Friday and Saturday. The stream will feature a set of performances from Suede’s Brett Anderson, Charles Hazlewood, and Paraorchestra (the set has been titled Death Songbook). One of the performances, a cover of Mercury Rev’s 1999 song “Holes,” which features contributions by Nadine Shah and Portishead’s Adrian Utley, has been shared. More
Got It Covered Due Out Tomorrow via Silver Screen
Oct 31, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
British actresses Olivia Colman (The Crown, The Favourite) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) have teamed up to cover Portishead’s “Glory Box” for a new charity album, Got It Covered, benefiting Children in Need. Now the BBC have shared a video of them recording the cover in the studio. More
From An Upcoming EP Due Out June 21 via Invada/Temporary Residence Ltd.
Apr 24, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Beak>, the trio led by Portishead‘s Geoff Barrow (along with Billy Fuller and Will Young) released a new album, >>>, last September via Invada Records/Temporary Residence Ltd. (it was our joint Album of the Week). Now they have shared a brand new song, “Life Goes On.” More
Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) Due Out March 29 via Domino; Features Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jan 30, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
On November 29, 2014 Beth Gibbons of Portishead teamed up with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki, to perform Henryk Górecki’s acclaimed 1977 symphony, Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs). Now an album and film documenting the performance, simply titled Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), is being released by Domino on March 29. More
>>> Due Out September 21 via Invada/Temporary Residence Ltd.
Jul 11, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Beak>, the trio led by Portishead‘s Geoff Barrow (along with Billy Fuller and Will Young) have announced a new album, >>>, and shared its first single, “Brean Down.” >>> is due out September 21 via Invada Records/Temporary Residence Ltd. More
Video Makes Fun of Donald Trump, Theresa May, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong-un
Nov 30, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
BEAK>, the trio led by Portishead‘s Geoff Barrow (along with Billy Fuller and Will Young) have shared a video for a new Christmas song, “(Merry Xmas) Face the Future.” The video features the faces of the three band members put on computer generated dancing elves. More
Natalie Portland Sci-Fi Movie from the Director of Ex Machina Due Out February 23, 2018
Sep 27, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Ex Machina was one of our favorite films of 2014 and now its writer/director Alex Garland is coming back with a new film, Annihilation. It also has a sci-fi theme to it and is based on Jeff VanderMeer’s 2014 novel of the same name (Garland adapted it into a screenplay and is directing). The film stars Natalie Portman as a biologist searching for her missing husband, played by Oscar Isaac (an Ex Machina alumni, remember his great dance moves in that film?). Geoff Barrow of BEAK>and Portishead is scoring the movie, alongside Ben Salisbury. More
Dubbed the "Knight Rider Remix"
Jun 08, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
BEAK>, the trio led by Portishead‘s Geoff Barrow (along with Billy Fuller and Will Young) are releasing a new single, “Sex Music,” on Friday via Invada. More
Featured in film High-Rise
Jun 22, 2016
By Joshua M. Miller
Portishead has shared the video for cover of ABBA‘s “SOS.” More
Cocker's First New Solo Release Since 2009 Out Now on 7-Inch in the U.K. and Out Digitally on May 27
May 20, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker has scored Likely Stories, a new TV series based on short stories by acclaimed author Neil Gaiman. Now the score has been released as the Likely Stories EP on 7-inch in the U.K. today. The EP will be released digitally on May 27 and as a 7-inch in the U.S. on June 3. More
In Honor of 50th Anniversary of Classic 1960s Science Fiction Puppet Show Created by Gerry Anderson
Nov 19, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Jarvis Cocker and members of Goldfrapp and Portishead have teamed up for a tribute concert to honor the iconic 1960s British children’s show Thunderbirds. Thunderbirds debuted in 1965 and featured a mix of intricate models and puppets to tell the science fiction tale of International Rescue, a family team of futuristic rescue workers in 2065 who utilized various cool rockets and airplanes to avert disasters. More
Apr 24, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Admittedly, we don’t write about metal much around these parts. But then, most metal doesn’t come with a side of Beth Gibbons. More
Follow-Up to 2008’s Third
Feb 27, 2014
By Scott Dransfield
In a Q&A with The Quietus at Norway’s By:Larm festival, Portishead guitarist and producer Adrian Utley divulged some exciting information: that the band has begun the writing process for a new album. According to Utley, it could take a while before any new music is released. More
Three European Festival Gigs
Dec 19, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Portishead have confirmed a trio of new tour dates, performing at various European festivals in 2013. More
First Ever DROKK Performance, at Orbital Comics in London, England
May 17, 2012
By Christopher Roberts
On Wednesday, May 16, 2012, Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury took the stage for an in-store at Orbital Comics in London, England for their first ever performance of music from DROKK. DROKK is their album inspired by the Judge Dredd and 2000 AD comics, hence performing in a comic book shop with Judge Dredd and 2000 AD comics behind the band. Photographer Wendy Lynch Redfern was there to capture the performance. More
Apr 05, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Attention European Portishead fans—the band will be making the rounds this June. More
Work to Begin on Album Four Shortly
Mar 08, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Geoff Barrow may be busy with other projects, but apparently his full dance card isn’t going to preclude work with Portishead. More
'DROKK' Music Inspired by Mega-City One due May 8
Mar 07, 2012
By Cody Ray Shafer
Geoff Barrow, founding member and instrumentalist of Portishead, is uniting with composer Ben Salisbury on an electronic soundtrack inspired by 2000 AD, a British Sci-Fi comic featuring the long running character Judge Dredd. More
Oct 06, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
Follows Band Curated I’ll Be Your Mirror Festival
Jul 11, 2011
By Christopher Roberts
As previously announced, British trip-hop legends Portishead will be curating and headlining ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey, October 1 and 2. More
October 1-2, Asbury Park, N.J.
Feb 17, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Portishead has been selected to put their stamp on All Tomorrow’s Parties, happening October 1 and 2 in Asbury N.J. We have the lineup. More
I’ll Be Your Mirror Festival in Asbury Park September and October
Jan 26, 2011
By Mark Redfern
All Tomorrow’s Parties is coming to the New York City area again, this time to Asbury Park, New Jersey, September 30 - October 2. Portishead is curating the Saturday and Sunday of the festival and will be performing both those nights. But the other big news is that Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum is performing twice as well. More
Musicians and Actors on Their Childhood Memories
Jul 29, 2010
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar‘s Summer 2010 issue is a special issue we’re calling the Wasted on the Youth Issue. The basic idea of the issue was to talk to musicians and actors about various facets of their childhood/teenage years, from their first favorite bands/concerts to childhood memories to movies/TV shows of their youth, etc. We were interested in talking to musicians and actors about some of their earliest memories and their childhood passions. Many of the articles include childhood or teenage photos of the musicians interviewed. We have the full details on the issue that includes these artists: The National, The Antlers, Fred Armisen, Camera Obscura, Judah Friedlander, Fucked Up vs. Devo, Here We Go Magic, Jim James, Jónsi, Kele, The Kids in the Hall, Liars, Local Natives, Menomena, Chloë Grace Moretz, Elisabeth Moss, Portishead, Robert Rodriguez, School of Seven Bells, Tegan and Sara, Russell Tovey, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Edgar Wright, and many more! More
All Proceeds Benefit Amnesty International
Dec 10, 2009
By Laura Studarus
After over a decade between albums, Portishead is getting downright prolific. Today they released new single “Chasing the Tear”—a mere year after the release of Third. More
No 11-year Wait This Time?
Sep 28, 2009
By Mark Redfern
It took Portishead 11 years to record and release 2008’s Third, the follow-up to 1997’s Portishead, but in two recent interviews, Portishead’s Geoff Barrow has said that the trio is already working on a fourth album. More
Interviews
Barrow on his childhood Dredd and William Shatner's wobbly career
Sep 30, 2010
By Stephen Humphries
Legend has it that the apocalypse will be preceded the sound of the hooves of four horsemen. But the British trio BEAK>, fronted by Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, creates a Krautrock sound so exquisitely doom-laden that you’d be forgiven for thinking that the end of days are near. More
A Discussion with Geoff Barrow, Isaac Brock, Wayne Coyne, Bradford Cox, Black Francis, Scott Kannberg, Jason Lytle, Mac McCaughan, Colin Meloy, and Chris Walla
Nov 10, 2009
By Matt Fink
Though it’s reputed to be the most widely spoken musical language in the world today, rock and roll was born on the margins. More
Jun 02, 2008
By Matt Fink
Ten years. It’s not much more than a blip on the timeline of recorded history, but it’s a lifetime for the typical musical act. In the ten years since Portishead last had a new release, the music industry—if not the world—has changed several times over. More