Pitchfork - Forkcast — If you have a hankering for sad-eyed trip-hop recalling Dummy-era Portishead, this tune by Sacramento trio Dusty Brown should certainly feed that need. They're offering their new EP, The City Is Killing Me, for free download over at their official si... more info

KEXP Seattle — From Bristol, England, the birthplace of trip-hop, the band Massive Attack grew up among other electronic greats from the same town like Portishead and Tricky. Tricky was part of the band at the beginning, when they were called “The Wild Bunch”... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — From Radiohead, Damon Albarn to Portishead, the chief exports from the era of Labor ascendancy continue to enjoy a commercial and critical acclaim that their domestic contemporaries lack. ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — While Billy Corgan, Scott Weiland, Chris Cornell, and the rest of the American “Alternative Nation,” alumni form super-groups and chase reunion money, their British peers have sustained a chemical longevity. From Radiohead, Damon Albarn to Portis... more info

Guardian Music — Colston Hall, BristolPlenty of pop artists have written and performed soundtracks for silent films recently, but few are as fit for the job as Portishead's Adrian Utley and Goldfrapp's Will Gregory. Their groups have always made ambitious, cinematic ... more info

Guardian Music — The Passion Of Joan Of Arc, BristolTwo musicians who know all about limelight-stealing leading ladies – Portishead's Adrian Utley and Will Gregory of Goldfrapp – have found a new frontwoman, and she could teach Beth and Alison a thing o... more info

Music is Art — Last night (April 15th) at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, CA, Thom Yorke and his super-group Atoms For Peace including Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea, producer Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco, surprised their audience with a cover ... more info

The Playlist — You've hopefully been made aware by now that one of our favorite films of the year so far is "Exit Through The Gift Shop" the street art documentary ostensibly made by Thierry Guettabut finished by U.K. guerrilla artist Banksy.It's a bit of a long st... more info

Guardian Music — Gorillaz hit London (29-30 Apr, Roundhouse, NW1, livenation.co.uk) with guests including Bashy, De La Soul, Kano and Little Dragon and Mos Def …Air, Florence + The Machine, Mystery Jets, Noah And The Whale, the Temper Trap and the xx are among ... more info

Pitchfork — Back in 1999, twee-pop heroes Belle and Sebastian curated an intimate British festival that they called the Bowlie Weekender. The lineup for that first fest, heavy on Scottish bands, was a cross-section of the circa-99 underground elite: Sleater-Kinn... more info