Portishead's Geoff Barrow, Phantogram Clash Over Theft Accusation — rollingstone.com

Portishead drummer Geoff Barrow has accused electro-rock duo Phantogram of stealing the drumbeat he played on a the song "Charlie's Theme" by the Jimi Entley Sound for their track "When I'm Small," which came out in 2010. Linking to the user-generated sample site WhoSampled, the drummer tweeted earlier this week at the group, "Just wondering why I'm playing the drums on one of your tracks? Any thoughts?" When they did not reply to him in two days' time, he tweeted, "must be busy."

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