Portishead and Doldrums Collaborate On New Single For Charity

As of the time of this posting, Bristol UK's Portishead are in the midst of their first show of a two-night stint at Sound Academy in Toronto. I'm super excited to see the group live tomorrow night, and even scored a photo pass for the show! And for Canadian Thanksgiving tomorrow, that photo pass will be one of those things I give thanks for, along with of course the important things like family and health.

Portishead stopped in recently with "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" to perform a few songs including their new Amnesty International benefit track "Chase the Tear" for television broadcast as well as their classic "Mysterons" as a web exclusive:

"Chase The Tear"


"Mysterons"


In recent news from XL Recordings, it was announced that "Chase the Tear" will be released on vinyl for the first time through XL on November 14. And if you thought there wasn't any Canadian content in this post well then you're wrong as the b-side of the vinyl will be a remix of "Chase The Tear" done by Toronto experimentalist eccentric Doldrums.

Check out Doldrums' cover of the Portishead track below. Doldrums posted this on YouTube back in December 2009 and it's definitely a cover. At this point I'm not sure of the track below will actually be the b-side of the new Portishead vinyl as the info from XL lists Doldrums' contribution to the vinyl as a remix. I guess we'll have to wait and hear:

Doldrums - "Chase The Tear" (Portishead Cover)

Mode Moderne, Doldrums, Guards, Wild Nothing, Twin Shadow, Memoryhouse @ NXNE in Toronto (Saturday June 18, 2011)

  Twin Shadow: photo by Michael Ligon

Review to come.

Photos: Mode Moderne, Doldrums, Guards, Wild Nothing, Twin Shadow, Memoryhouse @ NXNE in Toronto (Saturday June 18, 2011)
MySpace: Mode Moderne
MySpace: Doldrums
Bandcamp: Guards
MySpace: Wild Nothing
MySpace: Twin Shadow
MySpace: Memoryhouse