Portishead news

When Doldrums' Airick Woodhead isn't making ephemeral, drummy collages of noise and video, he's at home in Montreal YouTubing James Brown videos. "There's this one of him giving dance instructions but he's really just high out of his mind," Woodhead, the former lead for Toronto-band Spiral Beach, tells Spinner. The Doldrums' sound -- spastic, otherworldly, and proudly textural, like on the ...

PORTISHEAD Town Council has reduced its precept to householders for the third year running.

Photo by Bill Ebbesen "Why the fuk would anyone want to buy a photo book a diplo traveling the world.. Hope mayans were right..let's end it now." -- Portishead 's Geoff Barrow will not be buying Diplo 's new book . ( via Twitter )

A GALA ball in Clevedon will raise money for the town’s Curzon cinema and the Portishead and Bristol Lifeboat Trust.

The duo known as the Peach Kings dubbed their debut EP “Trip Wop,” and the influence of sultry down-tempo acts such as Portishead and Zero 7 certainly leaves a mark on some Peach Kings tracks.

A LAUNCH party on December 8 will see the opening of a new beauty salon in Portishead.

THE 10th anniversary of Portishead’s marina will be celebrated during the town’s annual Jazz on the Quay music event on Saturday.

Misery sure loves company. The sellout crowd lining the embankments of the Belvoir Amphitheatre were testament to the evergreen moody beat-isms of Bristol's Portishead and the tortured musings of vocalist Beth Gibbons.

By Chris Clark Portishead :: 10.21.11 :: Greek Theatre :: Berkeley, CA There are some acts that come through town that become absolutely imperative to catch live. Maybe they're not your favorite group ever, but the sheer fact of being at their concert, knowing that you experienced them in the flesh and will be able to hold that encounter for the foreseeable future makes those couple hours ...

Portishead are releasing a single called "Chase the Tear", with all earnings going towards Amnesty International's human rights work and all rights given to the organisation.

We talk to Geoff Barrow about about his time living in Australia, the band’s new found desire to play live, and why we may be waiting some time for the next Portishead record.