Rap has always had a tremendous impact on the production of Portishead sound-mastermind Geoff Barrow, but it’s been a long time since he’s tried making any of it himself. But Barrow, working under the name Fuzzface, is the man at the center of the new project Quakers, a crew that has 35 contributing members and [...]

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 Portishead’s kick off of a two night sold out stand at the Shrine Auditorium. Thought Forms w...

Name: Portishead Progress Report: English trip-hop pioneers embark on a long-overdue North American tour and will maybe make a record sometime. The band will release a 12″ of “Chase The Tear,” which they performed on Fallon last night, via XL on 11/14. As a long time fan of Portishead I was really excited for the [...]

Last night was a big one for ’90s beat-music types on late-night TV. First, there was the Black Star reunion on The Colbert Report. And a bit later in the night, Portishead, fresh off of a pair of brain-wrecking performances at ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror festival, showed up on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. [...]

The original idea behind Public Enemy’s set in the Asbury Park convention hall was that they’d play their landmark 1990 album Fear Of A Black Planet in full, for the first time ever. Well, they did that. But because of Mogwai’s last-minute cancellation of their entire North American tour, P.E. ended up having to do ...