I’ve been rather sketchy as of late, lots of thoughts on my mind, but very few committed to keyboard (but that’s the beauty of Twitter – the micro part of it). Anyway, to make up for it, here is a listing of albums I’ve been listening to. Up until a few months ago, I wasn’t [...]
New Portishead tracks
As expressed previously, Portishead is one of my top bands. Certainly, of that whole electronica craze of the Nineties, they stood out from everybody else. Next week, they will be releasing their first studio album in 11 years. I have been listening to that album, titled Third, for the last few weeks and I am [...]
The Return of Portishead
Speaking of musical acts that I love unreservedly, I totally missed the news that trip-hop act Portishead is back: According to CMJ: Fresh off their announcement that they will be headlining this year’s Coachella, Bristol based genre-spanners Portishead, after months of speculation and a full 11 years since their last album, have finally announced the [...]
“Your eyes, they shine like the pants of a blue serge suit.”
There are very few musical performers that I revere so much that I would buy their next album sight unseen and music unheard. Portishead is one. In fact, I would buy their next album even if I heard it sucked. So, imagine how excited I am to learn that Portishead has emerged after eight years [...]
Final registration
I swear, this is the last time I’m going to talk about Kanye West’s new album Late Registration — at least this week. I already posted two tracks — you want any more, go out and buy the damn album already. Of note is the song “Roses,” a track about Kanye’s sick grandmother and another [...]