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Portishead have succeeded! When you thought they couldn’t become any more dour than they were on their two previous albums, along comes their comeback, Third. It seems they have been listening to Nine Inch Nails and industrial rock which shows up as a harder edge in their new songs. But there is no question: this album is truly great. Portishead — multi-instrumentalist/producer Geoff Barrow, singer/writer Beth Gibbons and guitarist Adrian Utley — hit the scene back... MORE
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Some ten years after their last formal release, trip-hop pioneers Portishead are releasing their fourth album, cleverly named Third, on April 14.
Its hard to explain just how BIG Portishead's Dummy was back in 94/5 in the UK. It seemed that almost every track from their début album was used on almost every TV trailer, and still people couldn't get enough....
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The new Portishead album will be out April 29, and it's called "Third," since it's the trio's third studio album. We've been waiting for this one like forever. I can tell you it's real good. If you missed that article in the Sunday April 13 New York Times, check it out, it's online. Meanwhile here's a track off the album.
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Portishead announced that, after discussing future plans for the band, they will hit the studio instead of the road later this year. Guitarist Adrian Utley told BBC 6Music:
"We are thinking a new album. That's partly why we're not touring enormously, because in 1998 we toured for a year and a bit and it just crashed us. None of us wanted to see each other for a while after that."No further details are available yet, but this alone is pretty exciting news for P-head f... MORE
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Portishead just announced that "The Rip" will be the next single released off Third. It's one of my 2 favorite songs on the new album ("Machine Gun" is the other) so I'm thrilled! "The Rip" will be released on June 9th. There's no video yet, but here is the audio via youTube: Check out the description of this video too. Even if you think you've seen every new Portishead video out there, you might find some you haven't seen linked. The list is nuts! I found ... MORE
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... Age 9, I got into electronic music through Eiffel 65. Yes, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)". Anyone who wants to laugh at me can go kick themself in the shin, it was a catchy album and even now I can revisit a few of those songs and smile. I played it once for my dad and it tortured him and his girlfriend. He then stopped the CD and put on Bjork's "Homogenic" instead. Ah yes, the great artifact of a once unsquandering Bjork. I should thank him again for that. Then, came Portishe... MORE
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English trip-hop group Portishead have release a new video for the track, "Machine Gun," The song will be the first single off the album released on April 10, 2008. The album Third will be officially released on Monday, April 28, 2008 "Machine Gun" off of the album Third On December 8-9, 2007, the band curated the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead, England. The festival featured their first full live sets in nearly 10 years. They premiered five trac... MORE
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Beth Gibbons has an excellent, extraordinary voice. This does not mean "she sounds nice when she sings"; "she has the 'voice of an angel'", or "she'd do a mean aria". It means: she sings, and you listen. She sings, and she communicates. In my view, she has one of the most distinctive, affecting, expressive voices in modern music. (What a horrible phrase - "modern music".) Listening to her sing after any number of 'cool', 'trendy' vocalists, there really is (for me) a s... MORE
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Two more days before I'll be on my way to the coolest music festival around! I'm so ecstatic, I can barely contain my excitement. And I can't believe that I'm going to get to see PORTISHEAD, people! PORTISHEAD! And see them perform their new material. Do you realize the magnitude of this event? I didn't think I'd ever see them since they'd broken up & I didn't get to see them when they were first together. Day-ummmmmmm! Portishead "Silence" at All Tomorrow's Parties Ju... MORE
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... will be on infinite loop in mind for a looooong time. This will be the music-based enduring memory from Coachella 2008, for me at least. Picture, if you will, burrowing your way to the second row of the main stage at Coachella, and witnessing a fantastic set by Kraftwerk. Then, then stage is set for Portishead to arrive, which they do clad in black. Black would also well describe the hearts on their sleeves. The anguish in the songs is clear from the pained express... MORE
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Starting today, Monday April 21st, you can listen to Portishead's upcoming new album Third on Last.fm. As I reported last week, the music site is streaming the entire album a full week before it is released, a first for Last.fm.
Listen to Portishead's Third
That page also has links to buy the album directly from the band or to order it on iTunes or Amazon..
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So here we are , its been too long since Portishead has toured or released their follow up to their second LP and last night I got the pleasure of seeing them live on my computer from Coachella; but man I wish I had been there! But here I am back also to MOG and not to the hail of critics and MOGGERS delightful screams of Hurrah - to a much lesser extent in fact but back none the less... So last night I did what everyone else hopefully not at Coa did and I plopped down i... MORE
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Those of you that were on here at this time last year remember all the talk of MOGachella, how so many of us would congregate there. A lot of you did. I, however, did a lot of talking but ultimately did not deliver the goods. Not this year. I'm not missing this kind of goodness this year, no ma'am. The passes have been purchased, lodging has been arranged, flight options have been perused and will be purchased as soon as the rest of the money comes in. I kn... MORE
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Portishead is going to perform music from Third in the town of their namesake on April 11th. Current TV is going to record it for a program titled "Portishead in Portishead" which airs at 10pm BST on April 11th. For more info, see this report on NME.com
Live in Oporto Coliseum 26 March 2008:
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Portishead's first album of new material is eleven years in the making. The band took the late nineties and early ousands off to pursue solo and other projects, despite the success of their first two albums, 1994's Dummy and 1997's self-titled effort. Returning after more than a decade of hiatus, Portishead will release their aptly-titled third album, Third. The album was originally slated to hit stores April 14th in the UK, the band's homeland, but has since been pu... MORE