Music is Art — Today Portishead released a brand new track called “Chase the Tear” and signed to Amnesty International. It is available as an exclusive download single from 7 digital and all earnings are going towards Amnesty’s human rights work and the... more info

Rolling Stone — Sonic Youth will return to the studio in 2010 to put their 17th studio album to tape. Guitarist Lee Ranaldo tells the BBC they’re also working on a DVD of footage from their recent Daydream Nation tour mixed with vintage clips of the band playing t... more info

NME — Band mark International Human Rights Day with 'Chase The Tear' more info

BBC 6 Music — Band donate Chasing the Tear to human rights charity more info

Tastes Like Caramel — The wait is over! As reported over two months ago, Portishead announced that they were in the studio and planning a fourth studio album for 2010. However, on Wednesday music fans went crazy for the news that the band were releasing a brand new song t... more info

Undercover, Australia — Portishead have released a new song for the benefit of human rights group Amnesty International. more info

BBC News - UK — Influential Bristol band Portishead donate a brand new track to Amnesty International, the band announce. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Awesomeness below...... more info

8/1 — Portishead have released a brand new track - Chase The Tear for Amnesty InternationalMP3: Portishead - Chase The Tear more info

NME - Radar — Did anyone else used to get serious willies from The Teddy Bear's Picnic? What's with making songs for tiny children with creepy rumpy-dumpy minor chord progressions about loitering around woods? I mean, look at the dude that wrote it Henry Hall u... more info