Idolator — Over the weekend, the latest leak from Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak emerged, in anticipation of its release on Nov. 25. "Robocop" has a beat that sounds like it's the result of Kanye listening to Nine Inch Nails and Portishead's 2008 releases, a ... more info

JamBase — Coachella Moves Dates Up Two Weeks to April 17-19 Portishead :: Coachella 2008 by Dave Vann Goldenvoice has confirmed the dates for this year's COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL will be moved up two weeks to Friday, April 17, Saturday, Apr... more info

Idolator — Hi! So. Having spent half the year in a "no blog" zone, I've kind of lost track of that beast known as (semi-)popular music. (Seriously, I think the last new album I bought in a real live record store was the Portishead CD.) (Also I'm broke, like eve... more info

The Late Greats — (design by Joe)So the big news around these parts: Coconut Joe is taking early retirement from his 9-5, packing up his Weber mando and moving from Princeton to Minnesota. In honor of that, I have compiled a punch of songs with “over” in ... more info

JamBase — By: Jim Welte Tricky :: 09.14.08 :: The Independent :: San Francisco, CA Tricky Tricky's first show in the Bay Area in six years was an exercise in how little an artist could be involved in his own show - and still have that show not turn out ha... more info

XLR8R — Sure, we're always curious to know about an artist's upcoming release, most recent tour, or arsenal of analog gear, but XLR8R's also got a curiosity for quirk. Thus, each week, we email a different artist and find out what makes them t... more info

Silent Uproar — Prefix recently interviewed Geoff Barrow of Portishead. When asked about the proposition of another album, Barrow replied "[there] definitely will be a fourth album." Barrow went to state he's shooting for a 2010 release. more info

Pitchfork — Thurston Moore and Portishead are good curators, but not exactly the stuff of nightmares. This year, however, ATP has chosen experimental vocalist/Ipecac figurehead Mike Patton and stoner metal titans Melvins as co-curators of its Nightmare Before Ch... more info

Obscure Sound — It is by no coincidence that two recently featured artists who dwell in the style of experimental electronica have early roots in classical music. Last week, I spoke about how Max Tundra (who received a strikingly varied reception via the comments) h... more info

The Music Slut — Ringtones + Portishead = HellRead the full piece here.Visit CWL at his official site.MP3: Cassettes Won't Listen - Freeze & Explode more info