Thom Yorke and Massive Attack's 3D Perform for Occupy London
As NME points out, Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Robert "3D" Del Naja, the main figure of trip-hop group Massive Attack, performed a special DJ set for Occupy London yesterday at Bank of Ideas in Hackney. read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsMassive Attack Announce Benefit EP and Tour with Thievery Corp
Trip hop pioneers Massive Attack plan to drop an EP Nov. 1 benefiting War Child in the midst of a fall tour with electronica duo Thievery Corporation.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Super-Impossible Brain-Busting Trip-Hop Quiz
In 2008, Portishead—one of pop music’s great sleeping giants—awoke from hibernation to deliver its first studio album in 11 years. Then late last year, snarling rapper Tricky reissued his 1995 classic Maxinquaye. February’s release of Heligoland, Massive Attack’s first new album in seven years, completes the unlikely resurgence of trip-hop—a genre that blew up in the early ’90s and almost instantly vanished, only to inch its way back into the public consciousness nearly 20 years later. Centered in the British harbor town of Bristol and revolving around these three artists, trip-hop was known for cinematic soundscapes, paranoid moods, scratchy rapping... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesMassive Attack Announces May Tour Dates
Trip-hop trailblazers Massive Attack just announced the details of their first North American tour in four years... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDownload Massive Attack's "Paradise Circus (feat. Hope Sandoval) (Gui Boratto Remix)"
Download Massive Attack's "Paradise Circus (ft. Hope Sandoval) (Gui Boratto Remix)" here.Massive Attack's Heligoland is out now.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Free MP3Massive Attack: Heligoland
New, hushed direction speaks volumes Heligoland—like its 2003 predecessor, 100th Window—steers far from what Massive Attack first pioneered as trip-hop. “Pray for Rain” only catches a glimpse of light, with TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe harmonizing before sinking back into its melancholic contemplation. Brass notes resound throughout, as mournful as a Dixieland funeral. And even the handclaps on “Paradise Circus” relinquish their volume to a hushed message: “The devil makes us sin / But we like it when we’re spinning in his grin.” Instead of reintroducing the genre’s founding dub steps and club sensibilities, contributions from Massive Attack’s musical... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsTen February 2010 Albums Worth Checking Out
Welcome to February, everyone... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayListen to Massive Attack's Heligoland
Heligoland, Massive Attack’s follow-up to 2003’s 100th Window, brings more of the duo’s pulsating trip-hop to ears near (or attached to) you next week. Until then, you can sink your teeth into their chewy basslines over at NPR Music, where Heligoland is currently streaming in its entirety.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLet's Get (Meta) Physical: Top 5 Top 5 Lists in John Cusack film High Fidelity
Us music geeks love making Top 5 lists. It helps us deal with and understand this big scary world. Writer Nick Hornby understood this when he wrote the novel High Fidelity. As did John Cusack and director Stephen Frears when they made the movie version. Today, in Paste's List of the Day, we divulge our Desert-Island All-Time Top 5 Most-Memorable Top 5 Lists from the film version of High Fidelity. ... read more
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