Undercover, Australia — Geoff Barrow, multi-instrumentalist from the band Portishead is about to release an album with his new band, Beak>. (That > wasn’t a type-o!) more info

NME — Portishead's Geoff Barrow will also make an appearance at the event more info

Altsounds — *Wax Tailor*'s first album *“Tales of the Forgotten Melodies”* drew comparisons to the likes of RJD2, Portishead and DJ Shadow, while his second *“Hope & Sorrow”* (80,000 sold worldwide) landed him a nomination at ... more info

Soul Sides — The Herbaliser Band: Geddim!From Session 2 (K7, 2009)Nearly a decade after first delivering on the idea of making live band versions of their sample-based songs, The Herbaliser are back again. The live band thing, slowly but surely making its way ba... more info

Culture Bully — White Lies perform "The Rip" on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. more info

This Scene Is Dead — A long weekend retrospective write-up and related post from me today, and I’ve gone with a bit of a well known Trip-Hop classic, as not only did we visit the spiritual home of that particular music movement - Bristol - but we actually capped off on... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Levin said...Levellers - Hello Pig (2000)Rick Moore & Mr. Lucky - Satisfied (2000)Trashmen - Surfin' Bird (1964)Jon Lord with The Hoochie Coochie Men - Live at the Basement CD2 (2003)V.A. - 100% Tarantino hits (2000)Deep Purple - Stormbringer - 35th ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Papshmir said...UPDATEMusichole Compilation # 17Portuguese Music:Blasted Mechanism - Battle of tribesColdfinger - SupafacialDeolinda - Ai rapazAmalia Hoje - GaivotaMárcia - A MentiraOs Pontos Negros - Conto de fadas de Sintra a LisboaSlimmy - You ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Oracle said...Portal of Groove just posted:Leroy Holmes - Once Upon A Time In The WestUnited Artists - UAS 6710Stereo - Vinyl - 1969 Ripped @ 320http://portalofgroove.blogspot.com treblekickr said...Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent ThingsOasis - Wembley... more info

Guardian Music — Florence and the Machine, Kasabian and Bat for Lashes are favourites to win the £20,000 prize, while La Roux and Glasvegas are also hotly tippedThe Mercury prize nominations for 2009's best album have been announced, and the list features the ecle... more info