Fall

Before I start, a couple of caveats. First, I must admit that I haven’t played either of the first two Portishead albums for a shamefully long time, so I’m going to be struggling a little to put “Third” into context. Second, we’ve been listening to “Third” on a fairly capricious secure stream, which seems to skip a couple of tracks and be a little unpredictable; consequently, if I get titles wrong and can’t give a complete picture of the album, apologies in advance.

The Hollywood star's album includes one of her own too

Improbably, they find a way to get better than ever

The actress asked the Thin White Duke to sing on her record

Intensely beautiful interpretation of acclaimed book

Plus, new releases by Earth, Laura Marling and Baby Dee - find out what to buy next week

First artists announced for this year's Big Chill

Watch a clip here -- what do you think?

Emerging from the REM binge today, we’ve had a go at the excellent debut album from Fuck Buttons, which I’ll write something about soon. And also, from a quixotic stream on a distant computer, I caught some of the Portishead record.

Intimate drama of shattered widow and junkie burns brightly, starring Benicio Del Torro and Halle Berry