Beth Gibbons and Geoff Barrow formed the seminal trip-hop band Portishead in 1991, merging torch-song tenderness with James Bond-theme grandeur and hip-hop production. After two wildly influential CDs ...

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 ...

MANCHESTER, England -- As Portishead takes the carefully backlighted stage at the ancient, tatty Manchester Apollo, heavy shadows fall across the band’s members. The concert spotlight has never come ...

INDIO, Calif. -- As Portishead finished its meticulously sparse evening performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the typically reticent Beth Gibbons suddenly leapt off the stage ...

Hello Portishead, welcome back, not that anyone missed you. Don't take that the wrong way. The English trip-hop pioneers are absolutely beloved, and as they embark on its first North American tour in ...

Beak> is a highly experimental Bristol, U.K., band spearheaded by Portishead's Geoff Barrow in partnership with Billy Fuller and Matt Williams. Last year, the trio released its sophomore LP, '>>,' ...

It’s a good time to be a Portishead fan even if the group as a whole has been in deep hibernation for nearly a decade. In May, singer Beth Gibbons released her wonderful solo debut Lives Outgrown, and ...

Portishead‘s Geoff Barrow has revealed that he has only made £1,700 from online streaming. Barrow took to Twitter earlier this week (April 13), claiming that despite his music being streamed ...

Blur have been revealed as the latest headliners for Benicassim 2015, joining the Prodigy, Portishead, and Florence + The Machine. A spokesperson confirmed the band’s appearance at the Spanish ...

The handwritten signs on the doors offer reminders of upcoming exam dates. The lavatories are broken and pungent. The paintings on the walls are colourful splurges expressing teenage angst in a ...