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Portishead asks fans for music distribution advice
In one simple word, the world of music distribution changed 10 years ago: Napster. Although the free download service only lasted two years (the Napster that currently exists is a pay service, Roxio, that bought the name and logo), it forever altered the way we buy and listen to music. Since then, numerous bands have, perhaps at times against the wishes of their record companies, stepped forward and offered unique ways to distribute music. Radiohead, of course, comes to mind. The Raveonettes released a bunch of digital-only EPs last year. Irish pop-rock trio Ash announced it would no longer produce... read more
Found in: Music, News2008 Mercury Prize nominees announced
[Above: Perennial nominee Alex Turner (here representing the 2006-winning, 2007-nominated Arctic Monkeys) accepts a Mercury. His project The Last Shadow Puppets is up for nomination this year.]For many award events, the fervency of surrounding discussion seems as influential as the actual bestowing of accolades. The Mercury Prize, given to the best album by a British or Irish artist made in the previous year, is no exception.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPortishead already working on fourth album
Don't call it a comeback, indeed—call it an impending world takeover. Less than six months after the release of Third, Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPortishead: Don't Call it a Comeback
Unleashing a new record and refining its musical approach, the British trip-hop outfit that beat out Oasis for the coveted Mercury Prize in 1995 breaks more than a decade of silence weaving its hypnotic grooves for 21st-century music fans. Looks like the soundtrack to existential dread... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesPortishead: Third
In the music industry’s accelerated calculus, 10 years... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsPortishead nears completion of new album, curates ATP
As a musical movement, trip-hop was definitely limited to a specific time and place. Nowadays, once people hear those dusty breakbeats, the light jazz melodies and the diva warbling, they can more or less pin a typical trip-hop track to its mid-'90s U.K. home. On the flipside, however, the music of Portishead has proved remarkably durable in the decade-plus since the band graced the world with its staggering debut, Dummy. From the lurching, martial rhythm of "Mysterons" to the final bow of "Western Eyes," Portishead's two albums of original material effectively wrote and then closed the book on an entire... read more
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