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Posts Tagged ‘portishead

Review: Portishead @ Brixton Academy

Posted by: minifigpootles on: 18 April, 2008

Back in what I guess would have been 1995, I watched, on TV, a live performance of the band at Glastonbury, and ever since then I’ve always wanted to see them in person. Fate, however, was not on my side. First geography was my enemy as they rarely performed outside of the capital or Bristol [...]

Review: Third - Portishead

Posted by: minifigpootles on: 2 April, 2008

When bands go away for 10 years, they may as well not bother coming back. Apart from maybe a reunion gig where lots of now slightly-too-old people can gather round them and realise (probably falsely) that they didn’t miss out on much first time around.
Normally this is the case, anyway. Which is why it was [...]

Machine Gun - Portishead

Posted by: minifigpootles on: 20 March, 2008

Normally, when a band disappears for ten years, when they come back the result tends to be less like the Sistine Chapel and more like them breaking into your house and pooping on your bed. Twice. And yes, Stone Roses, we’re all looking at you.
Not Portishead though. Their new album, ingeniusly titled ‘Third’ is probably [...]


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