Enjoy ‘Chase The Tear’ below. Learn all about the sensational track here.

MP3: Portishead - Deep Water

Portishead - The Rip (Hidden Cat Mix)

Portishead did well on this year’s Modern Rock 500.

Visit Hidden Cat on MySpace.

MP3: Portishead - The Rip (Hidden Cat Mix)

Yesterday’s MySpace bulletin reads: *we spent the day discussing the future of the P as we are free… well, free of a deal and free of commitment… for now! with the world being the way it is, there are lots of options open… but if you have any bright ideas on how we should sell our music in the future let us know, why not! i don’t think that were into giving out music away for free to be honest… it takes ages to write & we have to heat our swimming pools…*

Portishead recently chatted with BBC.

MP3: Portishead - Deep Water

Hopefully the wait will be less than 11 years this time around! Geoff Barrow tells BBC: *When everyone’s had a bit of a break, I think we’re just going to plough onto it. I think we’re kind of there now. We’ve sat down and we’ve talked about the direction and stuff like that. Everyone seems really positive about it. And I think everybody at some point wants to get back out on the road, because we didn’t really do an awful lot of live stuff. What’s really interesting is that we’re in this lucky position now. We haven’t got a record company; our deal ended and so did our publishing deal. So we pretty much own all of our own rights now, which is scary as well as exciting really, so we’re thinking of loads of different ways of doing things.*

Portishead was recently interviewed by Shockhound.

MP3: Portishead - Wandering Star (Live)

Enjoy Third’s ‘Magic Doors’ at Portishead’s official site.

Visit Portishead on MySpace.

Photo courtesy of The Telegraph.

MP3: Portishead - Deep Water

Enjoy the rare Q&A session below. Download a Portishead track at bottom.

MP3: Portishead - Deep Water

Learn all about one of this year’s finest releases in the clip below. MP3 at bottom.

MP3: Portishead - We Carry On (Elucid Mix)

Watch the Q&A session below. Enjoy their performance on Jools Holland here.

MP3: Portishead - Wandering Star (Live)

Portishead - Machine Gun (Noise/Floor Crew Mix)

Enjoy Portishead’s recent DJ stint on NPR here.

Visit the band at their MySpace page.

MP3: Portishead - Machine Gun (Noise/Floor Crew Mix)

Adrian Utley tells BBC6: *Colin Greenwood e-mailed me to say they had been playing it and that they’d put it up on their site playing it in the dressing room. Thom sounds beautiful singing it, it was amazing, such a buzz.* Download a Portishead tune at bottom.

Watch Radiohead’s take on ‘The Rip’ here.

MP3: Portishead - Roads