Portishead

Brooklyn Vegan — UK duo Sleaford Mods released Divide & Exit earlier this year and one of its strongest songs, "Tiswas," will be the basis for a new EP released on November 24 via Invada (the label cofounded by Portishead's Geoff Barrow).... more info

NME — 'Meow The Jewels' will be recorded if fans raise enough money online more info

Stereogum — The BBC radio presenter Annie Mac regularly brings in guests to compile Bedtime Mixes, DJ sets of music specifically intended to lull you off to sleep. In certain circles, Grimes is notorious for her DJ sets of giddy, sunny pop music. She’s the typ... more info

Stereogum — The new Perfume Genius album Too Bright is the moment that Mike Hadreas moves away from stark, personal singer-songwriter music to something more grand and playful. Hadreas recorded the album in Bristol with Portishead’s Adrian Utley, and he uses t... more info

Stereogum — Last year, Geoff Barrow accused Abel Tesfaye of sampling Portishead track “Machine Gun” on the Weeknd’s “Belong To The World” (which he denied) and brought it up again in May when he shared a sampling clearance letter that Tesafaye’s labe... more info

Nialler9 — After last year’s GIF marathon, we returned to Stradbally this year with the intention of more GIF action. As captured by Killian Broderick and turned into GIFs by me, this is a selection of what went down at Electric Picnic in moving form featuri... more info

NME — Band's 1994 album will be re-released to celebrate two decades since its release more info

Stereogum — Bristol shoegazers the Fauns released their striking sophomore effort Lights last fall on Invada, the label run by Portishead’s Geoff Barrow. One of the album highlights was “4AM,” a whispery and atmospheric number that moves at a brisk tempo b... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Perfume Genius is set to release his third album, Too Bright, on September 23 via Matador Records. He recorded it with Portishead's Adrian Utley, and PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish contributed to several tracks. From the sound... more info

Core News — “Conductor Charles Hazlewood hosts two shows for 6Music reflecting his passion for musical interconnections. These genre-busting explorations of the musical spectrum feature live studio collaborations with special guests Will Gregory from Goldfrapp... more info