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“I hated it. Absolutely hated it. And I still do. Trip-hop had nothing to do with me”: Portishead’s Geoff Barrow on pigeonholing, production and beating imposter syndrome to become a film soundtrack composer

“I sat back and thought, 'What are you playing at? You can’t write a movie score! You’re not even a real musician'"

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Green Man Festival 2025 round-up: An eclectic weekend in the Welsh countryside

As the summer festival season winds down, the UK’s biggest independent festival has staked its claim as one of the country’s best offerings...

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The Guide #197: Your front-row pass to who the performers will be watching at Glastonbury

From punk trios to folk icons, performers share their Glastonbury picks – and it’s not who you might expect

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Nuits de Fourvière 2025: The must-see acts of one of Europe's best festivals

Tickets go on sale today at midday CET for one of Europe's best pluridisciplinary festivals. Here are our recommendations for this year's stellar line-up.

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Rotel A8 vs Marantz PM6007: which budget stereo amplifier is best for you?

We pit the Rotel A8 against the long-running Marantz PM6007 to determine the best budget amp for you.

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English Teacher on winning the Mercury: ‘We are proof that arts funding works’

The Leeds-based band – and first non-London act to win the prize for a decade – were quick to highlight the part that regional funding played and lamented recent cuts

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Mercury Prize 2024 announces winner reveal date and ceremony details

Charli XCX, Ghetts, Barry Can’t Swim and Corinne Bailey Rae are behind some of this year’s shortlisted albums

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“Really great surprise to be part of the 12 Mercury albums of the year, something I never expected”: Beth Gibbons, Corinne Bailey Rae, Last Dinner Party all nominated for the Mercury Prize

The Mercury Prize nominations are announced

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The Mercury Prize nominees for 2024 have been revealed

Charli XCX, The Last Dinner Party and Beth Gibbons are amongst this year's nominees

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Mercury Prize: Beth Gibbons in female-dominated shortlist almost 30 years after Portishead win

The winner from the 12-strong shortlist will be announced later this year

Evening Standard

Mercury Prize 2024: Brat Summer continues as Charli XCX among shortlisted artists

Pop star receives her second nomination alongside artists including The Last Dinner Party, singer Cat Burns, rapper Ghetts and producer Nia Archives

The Independent UK

Mercury prize 2024: Charli xcx, the Last Dinner Party and Beth Gibbons among nominees

The British music industry’s award for outstanding albums features eight debuts, from the likes of Nia Archives and Barry Can’t Swim, as the prize fails to find a sponsor

The Guardian - UK

Beth Gibbons review – an unapologetically intense triumph

Folk, classical and jazz textures from a quietly stellar band back the singer’s elegant, swooping voice on an almighty debut tour

The Guardian - UK

Beth Gibbons review – otherworldly presence transcends light and dark

The singer’s voice remains almighty in an intense and sometimes thunderous set, but ultimately what steps out of the tumult is her unswerving humanity

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“There’s a virtuosic methodology you might associate with King Crimson, even if the results are very different”: Why Portishead’s Dummy qualifies as a prog album

Many progressive musicians would recognise and admire the attention to detail in the band’s 1994 debut

The Guardian - UK

From If to Billie Eilish: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds go family-friendly in their new imaginary-friends comedy, while the singer swaps introspection for lust on her long-awaited new album

The Guardian - UK

Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown review – the Portishead singer’s solo debut elegantly contemplates mortality

‘We all know what’s coming,’ sings Gibbons on an elegiac, folk-imbued record that’s been 10 years in the making

The Guardian - UK

Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown review – long-awaited solo debut is a gripping study of ageing and loss

In the Portishead singer’s singular, astonishing soundworld, these songs sit in autumnal gloom but are occasionally dappled with warmth and light

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Music show: French electronic DJ and producer Agoria on 'feeling good' about AI

Sébastien Devaud, aka Agoria, is a French electronic DJ and producer whose career has spanned over two decades and branched out into mixed media. He recently exhibited a digital art show at Paris's world-famous Musée d'Orsay and is enthusiastic about what artificial intelligence can bring to the creative game. He…

Bristol Post

Portishead's first live show for eight years was only 27 minutes long but left a memorable impression

The five-hour Help concert at 02 Academy was streamed live around the world and raised over £100,000 for children in Ukraine

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Scott Fowler: Michael Jordan asked him how to get better at basketball. At 82, Bob Gibbons’ legacy remains.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Before all of the high school recruiting websites, before social media, before the biggest high school basketball stars had their college commitments live-streamed around the world, there was Bob Gibbons.

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