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"It was dark and cool, really different. Beth Gibbons was one of my greatest vocal and musical inspirations." The story behind Portishead's Dummy, the album that change everything for Evanescence's Amy Lee

When Portishead released their debut album Dummy on August 22, 1994, it sounded like a transmission from the future. For Evanescence's Amy Lee, it was life-changing

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Amy Lee of Evanescence: ‘I could happily do an entire album of nothing but Portishead covers’

As her band hits the road, the metal trailblazer answers your questions on sexualisation in show business, finding inspiration in dreams and Spinal Tap moments on tour

The Guardian - UK

From Dylan to disco, Beyoncé to Bob Marley: the 30 best live albums ever – ranked!

Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive!, one of the bestselling live albums of all time, is turning 50. You won’t find that on this list, however: instead there’s metal, soul, and an ‘indecently exciting’ No 1 …

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“I hated it. Absolutely hated it. And I still do. Trip-hop had nothing to do with me”: Portishead’s Geoff Barrow on pigeonholing, production and beating imposter syndrome to become a film soundtrack composer

“I sat back and thought, 'What are you playing at? You can’t write a movie score! You’re not even a real musician'"

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"It was pretty surreal. All of our families, friends and haters saw that live on TV!" The surprise smash hit 90s single that saw an underground punk band beat Alanis Morissette, Weezer and Portishead in one of the biggest award upsets ever

No one saw this coming in 1995!

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"One day everyone will have always been against this": Brian Eno, Eric Cantona, Damon Albarn, Neneh Cherry and many others come together for Palestine

Evening includes moving performances by Portishead and Annie Lennox

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The new movie from Portishead’s Geoff Barrow features an unhinged turn from Sleaford Mod Jason Williamson

Game, the first film to be released through Barrow’s new Invada Films imprint, is out in November

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Amelia Dimoldenberg and Louis Theroux added to Together for Palestine lineup

Actor and activist Jameela Jamil said event will mark ‘a moment in history that we look back on and say we stood on the side of humanity

The Independent UK

Green Man Festival 2025 round-up: An eclectic weekend in the Welsh countryside

As the summer festival season winds down, the UK’s biggest independent festival has staked its claim as one of the country’s best offerings...

Euronews

8 tracks we've been using to test in the What Hi-Fi? listening rooms this month

This month's edition features early 2000s nostalgia, a nu-metal masterpiece, Lorde's latest banger and an Arcane-inspired tale of vengeance.

What Hi-Fi?

“Feat. Thom Yorke…”: the ten best songs featuring guest vocals from the Radiohead frontman

From PJ Harvey to Burial to Portishead to Sparklehorse, the singer has been a keen collaborator over the years. Here’s ten must-hear songs he's leant his voice to.

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“The core thing to remember is that your beats are slow - 90 bpm maximum - and they are filthy”: Unpacking the dark, sample-based sound of trip-hop

It's this genre that set a blueprint for today's down-tempo sounds

MusicRadar

Beak> review – cosmic rockers’ noisy, glorious send-off for Geoff Barrow

Ahead of ex-Portishead man Barrow leaving the trio, there’s time for one last tour – and it’s a triumph of musical freedom and fraternity

The Guardian - UK

Mercury Prize 2024 announces winner reveal date and ceremony details

Charli XCX, Ghetts, Barry Can’t Swim and Corinne Bailey Rae are behind some of this year’s shortlisted albums

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10 iconic albums celebrating their 30th anniversary this year

1994 was a sublime twelve months for music, and we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of some of the year's finest releases.

The Guardian - UK

CDs sales are growing. How I wish I hadn’t given my beloved collection away

Compact discs provided the soundtrack to his life. Then came streaming and he couldn’t get rid of them fast enough. As CDs enjoy a renaissance, our writer looks back at what he lost

Evening Standard

Mercury Prize 2024 nominees: The shoo-ins, surprises, and shock omissions

This year’s nominees include The Last Dinner Party, Charli XCX, Ghetts, and Barry Can’t Swim

The Independent UK

Mercury Prize 2024: Brat Summer continues as Charli XCX among shortlisted artists

Pop star receives her second nomination alongside artists including The Last Dinner Party, singer Cat Burns, rapper Ghetts and producer Nia Archives

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“There’s a virtuosic methodology you might associate with King Crimson, even if the results are very different”: Why Portishead’s Dummy qualifies as a prog album

Many progressive musicians would recognise and admire the attention to detail in the band’s 1994 debut

The Guardian - UK

Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown review – the Portishead singer’s solo debut elegantly contemplates mortality

‘We all know what’s coming,’ sings Gibbons on an elegiac, folk-imbued record that’s been 10 years in the making

The Guardian - UK

Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown review – long-awaited solo debut is a gripping study of ageing and loss

In the Portishead singer’s singular, astonishing soundworld, these songs sit in autumnal gloom but are occasionally dappled with warmth and light

Metal Hammer

"You can hear Aphex Twin homages all over Hybrid Theory." Mike Shinoda: 10 songs that changed my life

From Public Enemy and Dr. Dre to Nine Inch Nails and Rage Against The Machine, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda guides us through the songs that helped make him a nu metal star

MusicRadar

"I heard Portishead’s Dummy on the radio and thought to myself: ‘I can make that'": Air's Moon Safari is 25 years old, but still sounds like it will be made in 25 years' time. Here's the story of the greatest chillout album ever

And why you should see them play the whole album live this year…

The Independent UK

The 22 greatest Glastonbury performances ever, from Beyoncé to Paul McCartney

Ahead of the festival’s return to Worthy Farm, Mark Beaumont picks some of Glastonbury’s greatest ever music moments

The Independent UK

The 22 greatest Glastonbury performances ever, from Beyoncé to Paul McCartney

Ahead of the festival’s return to Worthy Farm, Mark Beaumont picks some of Glastonbury’s greatest ever music moments

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