Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore described All Tomorrow’s Parties festivals recently as “the ultimate mixtape.” He’s better with words than we are. No, not really. Warp Films has announced today that on September 23rd, they’ll be releasing All Tomorrow’s Parties, a “DIY concert film” that features live ATP footage culled from the festival’s young history, one that includes performances by Daniel Johnston, Battles, Sonic Youth, Patti Smith, Portishead, Belle And Sebastian, Animal Collective, Iggy and the Stooges, Mogwai, Grinderman, Slint, Grizzly Bear, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Gossip and The Boredoms. Directed by includes contributions from Jonathan Caouette, the film also features contributions from cinematographer Vincent Moon of Take Away Shows webfame.

While the Coldplay crew might be hopping aboard the free-music train this summer, fellow U.K. musicians Portishead will be too busy heating their swimming pools to give away their new album.
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As previously mentioned, the criteria for our best of 2008 is the accumulated average of our writers and contributors picks. And few chose Third as their absolute favorite, it showed up on more lists than any other record of 2008.
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As if we needed another reason to look forward to 2009, Portishead’s Geoff Barrow told BBC Radio’s 6 Music DJ Nemone this week that the band is on track to record a new album in the new year.
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