KEXP Seattle — While they do have some excellent competition, smart money is on Alt-J for the Mercury Prize win. Past winners have been respected veterans (PJ Harvey, Portishead, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, etc.), but these relative upstarts from Leeds have undoubtedly m... more info

Music is Art — In the past few weeks, Music Is Art has shared PJ Harvey, and Interpol as two fall essentials to listen to during the autumn season. Portishead is simply another. Their albums Dummy, Portishead II, Live at Roseland, and Third, as well as singer Beth ... more info

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular storiesPortishead's Geoff Barrow: "Amy Winehouse had a fake voice"Producer claims Winehouse affected her vocal style, saying "by the end … she had become just a comic c... more info

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Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular stories1. Chris Brown's albums sabotaged with protest stickersIn the wake of the outcry over the singer's tattoo, protesters are putting warning stickers on his CDs that ... more info

Guardian Music — Producer claims Winehouse affected her vocal style, saying 'by the end … she had become just a comic character of herself'Amy Winehouse had a "fake voice", according to Portishead's Geoff Barrow, who also called the singer "Whiney Shitehouse". Barr... more info

Discobelle.net — Jimmy Edgar goes in with an edit and beefs up Portishead to sound like something played at The Boiler Room, oh wait that’s just what he did. “MY EDIT FOR PORTISHEAD “MACHINEGUN” DONE A FEW HOURS BEFORE ME AND SCUBA DID B2B DJ ON BOILER ROOM. ... more info

Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectRobin Seamer blogs at Breaking More Waves.What was the first song you ever bought?Puff the Magic Dragon – Peter, Paul & MaryThis song was adopted by t... more info

Prefix —   Remember Portishead's Third and how it haunted your soul with its sharp, angular beats and fragile, lilting vocals? ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/media/portishead/machinegun-jimmy-edgar-edit/68503/ more info

Totally Fuzzy — JJ DOOM, the collaboration between DOOM (formerly MF DOOM) and producer/rapper Jneiro Jarel, released their full-length, Key to the Kuffs, August 20 through Lex Records. Now, you can hear finally hear what the Damon Albarn collaboration "Bite the ... more info