Portishead producer Geoff Barrow is also the man at the center of Quakers, an indie-rap collective with a new album coming out on Stones Throw in a couple of weeks. We've already heard the Guilty…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

Indie rock's white whale, Jeff Mangum, is playing this year's ATP Festival in Asbury, New Jersey in September. The three-day festival, called I'll Be Your Mirror, is curated by Portishead and will…   Read Story »

Portishead's Third was so much better than you'd expect from a reunion record. In fact, as we mentioned when writing up "The Rip," it's amazing. Such darkness, intensity, beauty, etc. The one-time…   Read Story »

I'm not the only one at Stereogum who goes out to see live music, but I'm the one who goes out to see the most live music. And then I'm the one who sits around anally cataloging and indexing it in…   Read Story »

Portishead's third album Third deserves to chart high on various end of years lists, though only time (and more lists) will tell. If such a category exists, the Bristol trio should also receive…   Read Story »