I have a nasty habit of getting into good bands after they break up. Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins… the list goes on. I first heard Portishead‘s Dummy in the late ’90s, several years after its release, at the dawn of a decade of radio silence from these Balboan trip-hoppers. But the wait is over: Third, [...]
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Portishead’s 1994 debut LP Dummy is the seminal album of the genre-bending trip hop movement (AKA the Bristol sound). It is an underground success with rare staying power that has won almost universal acclaim. Dummy is featured on many lists of the greatest albums of all time, and is probably one of the more influential [...]
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