Just as everyone has given-up hope on Portishead ever releasing new material for the last ten-years since their last self-titled album, the band has finally scheduled a release date for April of their yet untitled third album. They played a gig last weekend, showcasing a few of the new songs...

I enjoyed José's last LP, 'Veneer', a lot and is one of my favorite albums released in the last five years. That album was essentially stripped-down to just acoustic guitars and insightful lyrics without being pretentious and sappy unlike other folk songs. He also has a knack of covering other...

Simple question. With all the MP3 players with a radio tuner, they all seem to have FM band only. And that's okay for those who still love to listen to crappy Top 40 radio or NPR. Apart from the only FM station I actually listen to (www.kexp.org), it's mostly sports on AM. Does the components...

I haven't seen this latest variation of the Model One in any of the local shops here (at least not yet). The hand-lacquered piano black wood cabinet set this Platinum model apart from the regular Model One and from the picture it looks down right gorgeous. Unless if the different wood cabinet...

Where is the nearest service center within the Seattle area? And the estimated cost for parts/labor? Well I have this D-E301 sitting in front of me that doesn't want to read discs anymore. Disc starts off fine then a few minutes into playback it would skip and dies. Pressed play again and...

With the growing popularity of XM Radio, what are the odds of an XM Walkman be hitting the selves? I love XM programming, but only to turn me off for not having a pocket portable version.

Ms. Badu is listening on a pair of.... ?

I remember on a flight back home to Seattle from San Diego years ago the airline got these stethescope (sp?) - looking headphones with a pastic tube you connect to these little "speaker jacks" on the armrest. My God what POS those things were. At least it also has a proper headphone jack so I...

I have a older Sony D-E301 which I finally got back from my sister now that she just bought a D-F200 AM/FM PCDP. However, I had a problem with the player before giving it to my sister, where at times it suddenly stops during playback when running off of battery power. This does not do that when...

So I have my Sony D-CJ01 for about a few days and enjoyed it (except it lacks the wired remote). I haven't yet try burn any MP3s onto CD yet, and my Roxio Easy CD Creator that came packaged with my CD burner doesn't have MP3 CD Project on there. So can you burn MP3 CDs using Direct CD or...

Looks like Amazon.com bought them out and it clearly shows. Once well organized according to specific artist/title and in order of original date release, and the free RA and WMA samples are now gone in the new site. I don't like this new set-up.

Quote: From CMJ.com: "Massive Attack will finally release the long awaited follow-up to its critically acclaimed 1998 album Mezzanine in early 2003. Through a series of posts on the group’s official Web site, http://www.massiveattack.com, Robert Del Naja, the half of the duo more widely...

It's very late and I'm up searching for something new to listen to. What are, in your opinion, the top jazz releases that have came out recently and dating back five years? Don't matter which kind of jazz it is under, however preferably I like soul-jazz, traditional jazz, blues, and avant-garde...