Which of the bands, Portishead or The Pillows, is named for a nearby town?
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The Pillows The Pillows (ザ・ピロウズ , stylized as the pillows) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in 1989. As of 2016, the group has released 20 original studio albums, several EPs and compilations, and over 30 singles. Outside Japan, they are best known as the group responsible for the soundtrack to the "FLCL" OVA series.
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Portishead (band) Portishead are an English band formed in 1991 in Bristol. They are often considered one of the pioneers of trip hop music. The band are named after the nearby town of the same name, eight miles west of Bristol, along the coast. Portishead consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley, while sometimes citing a fourth member, Dave McDonald, an engineer on their first records.
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Porth, Cornwall Porth or St Columb Porth is a sea-side village and cove in the civil parish of St Columb Minor near Newquay Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was formerly a small shipbuilding port, importing coal from south Wales. The village is to the east of a 1 km sandy inlet with the Iron Age promontory fort of Trevelgue Head, on the northern side. A promontory fort is a coastal headland, isolated from the mainland by a stone, turf or earthen rampart(s).
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Port Alfred Port Alfred is a small town with a population of just under 26,000 in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the eastern seaboard of the country at the mouth of the Kowie River, almost exactly halfway between the larger cities of Port Elizabeth and East London and 30 km West of Cannon Rocks.
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Garmouth, Moray Garmouth (Scottish Gaelic: "Geàrr Magh" ["narrow plain"]; spurious Scottish Gaelic: "" ; Scots: "Germouth, Gairmou′" ), is a village in Moray, north east Scotland. It is situated close to the mouth of the River Spey and the coast of the Moray Firth at nearby Kingston (originally called the Port of Garmouth, it was renamed after a number of shipbuilders from Kingston-Upon-Hull found success there).
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Nairn Nairn ( ; Gaelic: "Inbhir Narann") is a town and former burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around 16 mi east of Inverness. It was the county town of the wider county of Nairn also known as Nairnshire.
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Southsea Southsea is a seaside resort and geographic area, located in Portsmouth at the southern end of Portsea Island, Hampshire, England. Southsea is located to the south of Portsmouth city centre and to the east of Old Portsmouth. It originally developed as a Victorian seaside resort in the 19th century and grew into a dense residential suburb and large distinct commercial and entertainment area, separate from Portsmouth city centre itself. The name of the area originates from Southsea Castle; a fort, located on the seafront and constructed in 1544 to help defend the Solent and approaches to Portsmouth Harbour.
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Church of St Peter, Portishead The Norman Church of St Peter in Portishead, Somerset, England, was built in 1320, on the site of a previous church, and rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries in the Perpendicular Gothic style. In 1952 it was made a Grade I listed building.
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Aberfeldy (band) Aberfeldy are a music group formed by the singer-songwriter Riley Briggs in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2002. The band is named after the Scottish town where Riley's granddad had a caravan.
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Priest Cove Priest Cove (Cornish: Porth Ust , meaning "St Just's Cove") or Priest’s Cove is a small cove one mile (1.6 km) west of St Just, Cornwall, UK. The name is from the Cornish "Porth Ust", the port or cove of St Just, which was shortened to "Por’ Ust". The cove lies next to Cape Cornwall which was also linked to St Just, being called "Kilgoodh Ust", meaning "goose-back of St Just", in the Cornish language. "Priest’s" is a spelling mistake on the Ordnance Survey and there is no connection with the clergy. The cove and surrounding area is designated as part of the Aire Point To Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The South West Coast Path, which follows the coast of south west England from Somerset to Dorset passes by on the cliffs above the cove.
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Town of Bassendean The Town of Bassendean is a local government area in the northeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, 6 km west of the industrial centre of Midland and about 12 km northeast of Perth's central business district. The Town covers an area of 10.4 km2 , maintains 97 km of roads and has an estimated population of 14,404 (2011). The Town of Bassendean is a member of the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council.
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Enniscrone Enniscrone – also spelt Inniscrone and officially named Inishcrone (Irish: "Inis Crabhann" ) – is a small seaside town in County Sligo, Ireland. Its sandy beach, tourist campsite, and golf course all attract a large number of visitors. The Enniscrone area includes the localities of Muckduff, Lacken, Lacknaslevia, Frankford, Carrowhubbock South and Carrowhubbock North. Recently, local David McGowan has begun construction of a "glamping" village, with the main focus being the Boeing 767 he bought to convert into accommodation.
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Athenry Athenry ( ; Irish: "Baile Átha an Rí" , meaning "Town of the Ford of the King" ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland, which lies 25 km east of Galway city. Some of the attractions of the medieval town are its town wall, Athenry Castle, its priory and its 13th century Anglo-Norman street-plan. The town is also well known by virtue of the song "The Fields of Athenry".
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Five or Six Five or Six was a UK post-punk band, originally signed to Cherry Red Records by A&R head Mike Alway, who deemed them to be the act with the most potential from the scene he had helped create around the Snoopies club in south-west London. The line-up was fluid, and apart from their key contribution to the best-selling compilation album "Pillows & Prayers", they are perhaps most notable for the various activities of most former members.
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Port St Mary Port St Mary (Manx: "Purt le Moirrey" or "Purt-noo-Moirrey") is a village district in the south-west of the Isle of Man. The village takes its name from the former Chapel of St Mary (Manx: "Keeill Moirrey" ) which is thought to have overlooked Chapel Bay in the village. Its population is 1,953 according to the 2011 census. In the 19th century it was sometimes called Port-le-Murray.
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Burghead Burghead (Scots: "Burgheid" or "The Broch", Scottish Gaelic: "Am Broch" ) is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about 8 mi north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, meaning that most of the town has sea on 3 sides.
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Porthoustock Porthoustock is a hamlet near St Keverne in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the east coast of Lizard Peninsula. Aggregates are quarried nearby and Porthoustock beach is dominated by a large concrete stone mill. The mill was once used to crush stone but is now disused. Coastal trading ships of up to 82 m can dock alongside the wharf along the southern edge of the beach to be loaded with stone. Fishing boats operate from the shingle beach, with lobster and crab potting, net fishing and long lining as the principal fishing methods. The South West Coast Path passes through Porthoustock.
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Donegal Donegal or Donegal Town ( or ; Irish: "Dún na nGall" , meaning "fort of the foreigners" ) is a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. The name was historically written in English as 'Dunnagall' or 'Dunagall'. Donegal gave its name to County Donegal, although Lifford is now the county town. From the 1470s until the very early 17th century, Donegal was the 'capital' of Tyrconnell (Irish: "Tír Chonaill" ), a Gaelic kingdom controlled by the O'Donnell dynasty of the Northern Uí Néill. Donegal sits at the mouth of the River Eske and Donegal Bay, which is overshadowed by the Blue Stack Mountains ('the Croaghs'). The town is bypassed by the N15 and N56 roads. The centre of the town, known as The Diamond, is a hub for music, poetic and cultural gatherings in the area.
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Radiohead live performances Radiohead, an alternative rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, have had concerts and other live performances in Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and South America. The band's line-up has been constant since its founding, consisting of Thom Yorke (vocals and guitar), Jonny Greenwood (guitar), Ed O'Brien (guitar), Colin Greenwood (bass guitar), and Phil Selway (drums). The role that each band member plays during performances has changed dramatically throughout the band's history.
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Newlyn Newlyn (Cornish: Lulyn : Lu 'fleet', Lynn/Lydn 'pool') is a seaside town and fishing port in south-west Cornwall, UK.
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Portnancon Portnancon is a small remote crofting township, and former fishing station, on the west shore of Loch Eriboll in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands in the Scottish council area of Highland. The township is in the parish of Durness and Durness village lies 8 mi west along the A838 road. The village of Laid is located 1 mi south-west from Portnancon along the A838.
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Port FM Port FM is a local radio station based in Timaru, New Zealand broadcasting throughout South Canterbury and the MacKenzie Country. It also operates as a network with sister-stations in Ashburton and Oamaru known as 'Port FM Local'. Port FM's music genre is contemporary rock and pop, with the bulk of the weekday playlist made up of music from the mid eighties through the early nineties. The main (Timaru based) station is used as a network feed for Port FM Local in Ashburton and Oamaru during breakfast, nights and weekends.