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

Guardian Music — Rapper Doom is back in London, the city where he was born, with Key to the Kuffs, an album that references rhyming slang and My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding"It's really hot but it's got air-conditioning," says Doom, when asked if his mask might make things ... more info

Big Stereo — Beak> has a new album out, pretentiously named ‘>>’ but for good reason due to the fact that the first brilliant album was named ‘>’. The genius behind Portishead Geoff Barrow is part of the band and I couldn’t have been more excited about ... more info

Guardian Music — Queen of Denmark singer John Grant on his love for (and jealousy of) the great female voices The former Czars frontman plays Meltdown with Hercules & Love Affair. He released his solo debut, Queen of Denmark, in 2010 to great acclaim.What does Antony... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis " width="480" /> While we haven't heard from Portishead since 2011's "Chase the Tear" single, Geoff Barrow has been staying busy. His postpunk/Krautrock trio BEAK> just released their second album, LP >>, on the Invada label that... more info