Massive Attack's first album challenges listeners with a unique combination of soul, hip-hop, trance, and reggae. Viewers of the TV drama House know its pulsating theme song-- ???Teardrop??? by Massive Attack. This exposure has gained the band more notoriety, particularly in the United States. But their 1991 debut, Blue Lines, ranks among their finest work. Blending hip-hop, R&B, and electronica,
British group Massive Attack will perform for the first time in Bucharest on August 2, on the Athletics Stadium of the Iolanda Balas Soter Sports Centre, located near the Arch of Triumph, the organizers declared.
Pomp, prog, a little modern rock with a reggae kicker. What else you want? Well this week's or rather last week's column is rather late. I have already gotten emails concerned for my welfare. I was off in DC for a week sniffing around for a possible position there and seeing some friends. Needless to say, I had my various digital music reproduction devices with me and I was listening to a whole
Sam Phillips does more than enough Sam Phillips writes lyrics like a miser spends his money. Her literary equivalent would be, say, Amy Hempel, whose short stories possess the brutal concision of a guilty plea.What makes Sam Phillips' music so rewarding ?? that she places demands on the listener to meet her at least half way ?? is precisely what makes it challenging
The British dance-pop duo the Ting Tings are having the kind of year most musicians dream about: hit singles in the U.K., a buzzed-about showcase at South by Southwest, a song in an iPod commercial (the new must-have calling card), and a sold-out U.S. club tour, which stops Monday at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis.
Only in Beirut does Friday night clubbing come packaged with social activism.The plight of children in war was the theme at Beirut's famous nightspot the Basement on Friday night. "Kids Projecting War," an audio-visual performance by Elyse Tabet, a local graphic designer and, Monique Hourany, a Beirut-based DJ and filmmaker.
UK trip-hop band Massive Attack will hold their first concert in Romania tomorrow, starting at 20:00h, on the Iolanda Balas Soter stadium (near the Arch of Tryumph).
The Faint couldn't be more 2002 if they threatened to put their thing down, flip it, and reverse it. The Omaha quintet combined Saddle Creek earnestness and sardonic dance-punk on 2001's Blank-Wave Arcade ; by the following year's breakthrough, Danse Macabre , there was a name for wha
Bostonist is introducing a new feature: Bostonian of the Week, in which we profile interesting figures seen around town. Know someone we should feature? Email tips at bostonist dot com. Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys have been all over the place lately. They were our Photo of the Day last week, are now our Bostonians of the Week, will be playing the Cantab Lounge soon,
Learning covers for VH1's "Rock Honors" tribute to the Who has been a labor of love for many of the participants, including Pearl Jam, the Flaming Lips and Incubus. The event, which tapes tomorrow (July 12) at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion, will also feature Foo Fighters and Tenacious D, along with a show-closing set by the Who itself.
What began as an idea for Built To Spill, Modest Mouse and Love As Laughter to record a collaborative album covering each other's songs has now morphed into something else entirely.
NEVER IN a million years did we expect rock titan Robert Plant and alt-country singer/fiddler Alison Krauss to be hanging out and working together. One reviewer suggested their creative union was akin to "King Kong and Bambi" - a crack that still gives Krauss the giggles.
PORTISHEAD have said they intend to record a fourth album despite speculation that their recently released album THIRD would be their last.The band have said they
Three years ago, Michael Chorost, who suffered sudden-onset deafness in 2001, wrote about his quest to hear again ?? not just words, but music. Surgeons had installed a cochlear implant in his left ear, and its software broke the acoustic world into 16 channels of blocky but recognizable sound. The story chronicled his brief beta test of 121-channel software. We asked him for an update:
In between performance dates on this summer's Rock the Bells tour, rapper Nas will embark on a 21-date North American tour in support of his new untitled album, due July 15 via Def Jam.
"All-inclusive" is how Plain White T's singer Tom Higgenson describes the band's new studio album, "Big Bad World," due Sept. 23 via Hollywood Records.
In what amounts to an unlikely pop and tropical alliance, Spanish pop star Enrique Iglesias is teaming up with urban/bachata group Aventura for a U.S. arena tour.
As its summer tour with Bryan Adams gets rolling, Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones chats with Billboard about the hit-making rock outfit's past, present and future.
It was the birthday present everybody wanted from the start, as proto grunge band Green River reunited for its first major show in 21 years yesterday (July 13) as part of Sub Pop Records' 20th anniversary party at Seattle's Marymoor Park. "If they were that good back then, they never would have broken up," marveled a fan afterward.
Coldplay's run atop the U.K. album chart with "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Parlophone/EMI) extended into a fifth week yesterday (July 13), while Dizzee Rascal's "Dance Wiv Me" (Dirtee Stank), featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome, began a second week at No. 1 on the singles survey.
British alternative bands Portishead and Verve are to perform their first U.S. show in nearly a decade at California's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.
Out in the California desert, the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is fast becoming an oasis for high-profile reunions. This year, Portishead will relaunch at the event, in support of its first new studio album in more than a decade.
Out in the California desert, the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is fast becoming an oasis for high-profile reunions. The Jesus and Mary Chain, the Pixies, Rage Against the Machine, Gang of Four and Bauhaus are just a handful of the acts who have come back to life at the Indio-based event in recent years.
Lohan picture 'wins' 8 Razzies Radiohead joins N.J. festival lineup Portishead, Verve set for U.S. return Disney finding success with ABC Family News from United Press International.
The British electro-pop duo Goldfrapp radically reinvents itself for "Seventh Tree," its fourth studio album, out today. The makeover isn't just creatively and commercially surprising ?? both 2003's "Black Cherry" and 2005's "Supernature" were glam, libidinous dance-pop affairs that charted in both Britain and America, with the latter earning a 2007 Grammy nod for Best Electronic-Dance Album ??
With the acclaim that Feist's first album, "Let It Die," brought in, the indie crowd started to take her credentials seriously. Now, this humbly-bred Calgary punk-rocker is a four-time Grammy nominee.
Um, what decade is this? New Kids on the Block are set to go on tour, Portishead has a record on the charts, all the kids are wearing headbands, neon yellow and Keds -- Rage Against the Machine is back together?
I feel unusually qualified to write this review. Ordinarily, Herr Schreiber tosses shit towards my desk that only the bands and their parents know exist. And, not one to disturb a happy stasis, I'll generally pen a review that ensures that things remain that way.
Most of you will recognise Alex Zane from Popworld, Channel 4??™s Sunday morning music show. Quite a few of you will recognise him as the quizmaster from Balls of Steel, the comedy show ??“ also on Channel 4.
Hey, if Portishead can come back swinging after nearly a dozen years away, surely Tricky can make up for five, right? Er, hold on answering that one for a second while we discuss Knowle West Boy , the first LP in half a decade from the brooding trip-hop pioneer. The set, produced by Tricky with a little help from dude-of-the-moment Switch , is due July 7 in the UK and
With the annual Pride celebration hitting Toronto this week, I could be controversial and out the sexual orientation of band members who are on the top 50 chart for the week ending June 20. The biggest stumbling block would be that I don't have a clue whether most of the folks on the chart are gay, bisexual, transgendered, straight or abstainers.
Third By Jeff Hahne.The Deal: Brit trip-hop band releases third studio album, first in 10 years. The Good: Portishead hasn't forgotten their past, as the new album falls in line with the others. I always remembered the group as having a sleepy vibe and that continues right from the start with "Silence." "The Rip" starts off slow before kicking in a jumped-up keyboard riff that gets it into
Welcome to a brand new addition to the Pitchfork News Department! It's our seasonal guide to upcoming releases, in which we list notable albums, EPs, singles, DVDs, and other musical goodies due in shops (both brick-and-mortar and otherwise) in the weeks and months ahead.
There's a fine line between falling and flying. The video for "The Rip", one of the softer songs from Portishead 's Best New Music-worthy reunion album Third , shows a pencil-animated cast of grotesque characters who sit on both sides of that line.
I still remember walking into garage No.176 in the infamous Lazy Corner in Sliema. It was Tiara (my first band)??™s first rehearsal room and my best friend Jamie welcomed me with a stiff smile.
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