- Features: * Independents Day 2008: three labels on what it means to be indie
- Features: * Presetting the agenda: Aussie duo on becoming a festival fixture
- Reviews: * Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game In Town
- Reviews: * Underworld at Swansea Singleton Park, Sat 14 Jun
- Reviews: * The Cure at New York Radio City Music Hall, Sat 21 Jun
- Reviews: * The Bug - London Zoo
- Features: * Setting Sail with El Perro Del Mar
- Features: * Ratatat: frequency bad-a*ses on LP3
- Reviews: * Nicole Atkins - Neptune City
- Reviews: * Tape - Luminarium
- Reviews: * Biffy Clyro - Singles 2001-2005
- Features: * The Weekly DiScussion: the best of 2008's forthcoming albums
- Reviews: * Gemma Ray - The Leader
- Features: * Mixtape #11: Gabriella Cilmi
- Features: * Icelandic Gloat: competition winner's photos
Drowned in Sound Event sponsored tours and events.
- * Her Name Is Calla, Glissando @ Newcastle upon Tyne Head of Steam, 7/07
- * White Denim @ Nottingham Bodega Social Club, 7/07
- * Ladytron, Interpol @ Manchester Apollo, 8/07
- * Jaguar Love @ London 100 Club, 8/07
- * The National @ Belfast Mandela Hall at Belfast University, 8/07
- * Her Name Is Calla, Glissando @ London The Enterprise, 8/07
- * Cryptacize @ Nottingham Bunkers Hill Inn, 8/07
- * Frightened Rabbit @ London Madame Jo Jo's, 8/07
- * Her Name Is Calla, Glissando @ Cardiff 10 Feet Tall, 9/07
- * Ladytron, Interpol @ Sheffield Academy, 9/07
- * The Magnetic Fields @ London Cadogan Hall, 10/07
- * Sonic Cathedral @ London Heavenly Social, 10/07
- * Asva, Gravetemple @ London Camden Underworld, 10/07
- * My Morning Jacket @ Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, 11/07
- * The Gutter Twins @ Oxford Zodiac / Academy 2, 11/07
Portishead
Signed to label: Island
From: Bristol, Avon
Portishead are one of the founders, if you will, of trip-hop; a merging of hip-hop and ambient beats associated with an assortment of Bristol-area musicians (see also: Massive Attack, Tricky, Alpha). The trio - Geoff Barrow, Adrian Utley and Beth Gibbons - formed in 1991 and to date (March 2008) have released two studio albums and a live LP; their third album, Third, is released in April 2008.
Album discography:
Dummy (Mercury Music Prize winner), 1994
Portishead, 1997
Roseland NYC Live, 1998
Third, 2008
Releases
Past events
- Thu 17 Apr at London Brixton Academy. (post review)
- Sun 13 Apr at Wolverhampton Civic Hall. (post review)
- Fri 11 Apr at Edinburgh Corn Exchange. (post review)
- Thu 10 Apr at London Hammersmith Apollo. 1 review (read/post)
- Wed 09 Apr at Manchester Apollo. (post review)
News
- 11/06/2008: Portishead on their Public Enemy Primavera collaboration
- 11/06/2008: Watch: Radiohead's cover of Portishead's 'The Rip'
- 19/05/2008: Chart round-up: karaoke nightmares
- 05/05/2008: Chart round-up: "Where do I stand for a corner kick?"
- 30/04/2008: Was Third your last album, Portishead? ‘Perhaps, but I hope not’
- 28/04/2008: Chart round-up: grime, Madge, Chris de Burgh
- 25/04/2008: Purple rain, total pain: Portishead annoyed that Prince is playing Coachella
- 23/04/2008: In Photos double bill: Portishead, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
- 14/04/2008: Portishead's new album, streaming for free a week before release at Last.fm
- 04/04/2008: Portishead to preview new album live on TV
Features
- 26/06/2008: 2008 to date: our favourites on their favourites
- 23/06/2008: An Essential Dozen: 2008's best albums so far
- 19/06/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: 2008's greatest albums, so far
- 08/06/2008: Primavera Sound 2008: DiS's festival highlights
- 02/05/2008: DiS @ Coachella: Prince, Portishead and The Verve? Pigs might fly...
- 01/05/2008: A Month In Records: April 2008
- 14/04/2008: Singles Round-up (14/04/2008)
- 03/04/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: no more (local) heroes anymore?
- 02/04/2008: Third and foremost: Portishead on their belated comeback
- 02/04/2008: Third and foremost: Portishead on their belated comeback (pt 2)
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Relevant
- Features: * 2008 to date: our favourites on their favourites
- Features: * An Essential Dozen: 2008's best albums so far
- Features: * The Weekly DiScussion: 2008's greatest albums, so far
- News: * Portishead on their Public Enemy Primavera collaboration
- News: * Watch: Radiohead's cover of Portishead's 'The Rip'
- Features: * Primavera Sound 2008: DiS's festival highlights
- News: * Chart round-up: karaoke nightmares
- News: * Chart round-up: "Where do I stand for a corner kick?"
- Features: * DiS @ Coachella: Prince, Portishead and The Verve? Pigs might fly...
- Features: * A Month In Records: April 2008
- Board_threads: * Last.fm (best thead on the music board-centric)
- Board_threads: * Worst Lyrics Ever
- Board_threads: * Bloc Party
- Board_threads: * gardening log
- Board_threads: * What is the single most recognisable piece of music
- Board_threads: * Anyone seeing Ladyton / Interpol this week?
- Board_threads: * What's your most prized record? (bragging-centric)
- Board_threads: * sleep by marion
- Board_threads: * can we have a new BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR SO FAR thread please?
- Board_threads: * EXTRAS FOR CHOPS VIDEO - SUNDAY AUGUST 3RD @12pm - CAKE DANCE ADDED
- Board_threads: * Predict the next festival to cancel
- Board_threads: * should i go and see devil sold his soul?
- Board_threads: * Polly Scattergood
- Board_threads: * searching the word "F * * K" in your music library
- Board_threads: * Morrisey is dead!
