Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher DOWNLOAD: Doldrums - "I'm Homesick Sittin' Up Here In My Satellite" (MP3) Doldrums is the moniker of Montreal artist Alrick Woodhead. His Empire Sound EP came out on October 31 via No Pain In Pop with six... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin To avoid any more Portishead overload after posting about both ATP shows and the first night at Hammerstein Ballroom (and the Chicago show), we never put up the pictures from Portishead's 2nd NYC show at... more info

KEXP Seattle — Our current KEXP Documentary series is Electronic Innovators, featuring profiles of acts like Portishead, Amon Tobin, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk and more. This week we look at an artist who is the quintessential example of the inventor-musician.  The “G... more info

KEXP Seattle — We bought our tickets to Portishead months ago, even though I was concerned that the venue was going to be bad. But when we got into the WAMU Theater it was a big hall boxed off with curtains. A blank palette. There were seats in the back on risers b... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Space was a bountiful commodity for Portishead at the Shrine Expo Center in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Space was a bountiful commodity for Portishead at the Shrine Expo Center in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Portishead focuses on space, echo and depth in a show Tuesday night at the Shrine Expo Center: Times pop music critic Randall Roberts reviews the return of the U.K. band. more info

Stereogum — In case you missed their Progress Report, a critically acclaimed slot at ATP and their appearance on Jimmy Fallon, Portishead are back. Mesmerizing, enchanting and haunting are just some of multiple adjectives that could be used to describe Portis... more info

Guardian Music — The band are also planning a tour in 2012, while Thom Yorke aims to finish his next solo album Atoms for PeaceRadiohead will return to the studio later this year to record the follow-up to The King of Limbs. After a handful of gigs in America, the ba... more info

KEXP Seattle — The city of Bristol in England, 1991.  Two unemployed musicians met in a job retraining program offered by the city. Geoff Barrow was a producer and keyboardist and Beth Gibbons was a singer who had played in lots of local bands. They started making... more info

Guardian Music — Prince and the Rolling Stones love her, but Ana Moura almost didn't find fado at allAna Moura sits in a restaurant in downtown Lisbon explaining how she was always destined to be a fado singer, she just hadn't always realised it. "We have this saying... more info