My Top Ten Tracks of 2008 #5: “Machine Gun,” Portishead.

2 Comments | Posted: December 29th, 2008 | Filed under: Music, Video | Tags: ,




Over a decade after their eponymous second album and the butt of many jokes about their productivity, Portishead confidently strode back into the spotlight with an abrasive, mechanical single that declared that their interest in trip hop, a genre they kick-started with Dummy, was well and truly dead. “Machine Gun” owes more to Can and early Kraftwerk than Isaac Hayes and Lalo Schifrin, mining Krautrock’s interesting bits effectively and fusing it with the strong structure and songwriting that set Portishead far apart from wannabes like Ruby and Sneaker Pimps.

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2 Comments on “My Top Ten Tracks of 2008 #5: “Machine Gun,” Portishead.”

  1. 1 Pj Perez said at 6:08 pm on December 29th, 2008:

    Nah.

  2. 2 Kevin Church said at 7:33 pm on December 29th, 2008:

    Yeah.