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Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury, ‘Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega-City One’ (Invada)

7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: May 01, 2012Label: InvadaMinimalist ode to Judge Dredd's 2000 AD is ultimately reverent homage to John Carpenter's 1981.

Christopher R. Weingarten / May 7, 2012

Features

Portishead’s Geoff Barrow Spills on Quakers Rap Project

If you're anxiously waiting for the next Portishead album… then keep waiting. Producer and spokesperson Geoff Barrow is too distracted working on about a million…

Mosi Reeves / April 5, 2012

New Music

Welcome to SPIN’s First Ever Electronic Dance Music Blog

Welcome to CONTROL VOLTAGE, SPIN's new blog dedicated to electronic music (for dancing and otherwise). Hopefully, you will have figured out the subject from the…

Philip Sherburne / February 25, 2012

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Portishead’s Barrow Drops 2012 Invada Label Sampler

Today, Portishead's Geoff Barrow's kindly tweet-dropped a new streaming sampler featuring recent and upcoming releases from his eclectic Invada Records roster, including two new tracks…

Alyssa Noel / January 25, 2012

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Portishead, Goldfrapp Members Premiere Hypnotic ‘Joan of Arc’ Soundtrack

On Saturday night, Portishead's Adrian Utley, Goldfrapp's Will Gregory, and a small orchestra performed the duo's haunting soundtrack to Carl Theodore Dreyer's harrowing 1928 film…

christopherschultz / October 31, 2011

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Mastodon, Portishead, J. Cole Hit Late Night

Late-night TV played host to a wide range of musical acts on Wednesday night. Metal giants Mastodon rocked The Late Show With David Letterman. Trip-hop…

Marc Hogan / October 6, 2011

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10 Best Sets at All Tomorrow’s Parties

Ken Bachor / October 3, 2011

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Portishead’s Geoff Barrow Picks ATP Faves

This Friday, when the three-day American version of the eclectic All Tomorrow's Parties festival kicks off in Asbury Park, New Jersey, British downtempo pioneers Portishead…

Peter Gaston / September 28, 2011

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Portishead Map First U.S. Tour in 13 Years

Portishead fans in North America are all too familiar with the gaps in the UK trip-hop trio's 17-year career, especially when it comes to seeing…

Nate Brennan / July 11, 2011

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Portishead, Mangum Set for All Tomorrow’s Parties

All Tomorrow's Parties -- the annual festival where renowned artists curate a weekend of music, often resulting in rare performances by reclusive acts -- will…

Kevin O'Donnell / January 26, 2011

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Hot Band: Malachai

"In the fall of 2008, after signing with, making an album for, then getting dropped by Island Records, Malachai found out they were really screwed.

Ellen Carpenter / March 3, 2010

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Portishead Release Stunning New Song

Since they broke through in 1994 with Dummy (No. 74 on SPIN's list of 100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005), pioneering trip-hop act Portishead has been notoriously…

Peter Gaston / December 10, 2009

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The 40 Best Albums of 2008

Change! Crisis! Hope! Meltdown! You betcha! The past 366 days (happy belated leap year!) have been such a roller-coaster ride of apocalyptic dread and yes-we-can…

SPIN Staff / December 31, 2008

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