Portishead are reissuing their landmark debut LP, 1994’s Dummy, on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl to honor the trip-hop classic’s 20th anniversary. The trio announced the news on Monday via Twitter and ...

The old proverb ‘mighty oaks from little acorns grow’ was never truer than when Beth Gibbons and Geoff Barrow met on an Enterprise Allowance Scheme in Bristol in 1991. Tapes were exchanged on their ...

On August 22, 1994, the album that would make Portishead a name in music was released to the world. “Dummy,” a moody, brooding mix of songs using hip-hop techniques like sampling, announced the ...

Portishead’s “Dummy” was released in 1884. Photo courtesy of @portisheadofficial/Instagram Welcome to Ear 2 Da Sky! Each week, I will be going over topics within music culture and reviewing albums and ...

The post Torres Shares Haunting Cover of Portishead’s “Wandering Star”: Stream appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Taken from Portishead’s 1994 debut, Dummy, the original “Wandering Star” is a ...

Rhiannon Giddens and Amanda Palmer team up for a cover of “It’s a Fire,” a track from the British trip-hop band Portishead‘s 1994 album Dummy. Giddens and Palmer recorded the song remotely from their ...

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 reclusive, dropping just two more studio ...