If you're anywhere remotely close to Chicago, you should be happy to know that Tortoise is doing a free (free!) in-store performance at Reckless Records, at 5 P.M., Sunday, October 4th. I suppose there's a 3% chance they just saw Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and are going to do a bait-and-switch with some obnoxious man named Randy, but I'm 97% sure that it is a blessing from the music god...
Tortoise has a new album, Beacons of Ancestorship, coming out June 23! Here are a couple of the new songs I stumbled on today. One is compared to a rave/dance track, and the other sounds like Tortoise making a nu-metal jam:“High Class Slim Came Floatin’In”(mp3 via stereogum)“Prepare Your Coffin”(mp3 via pitchfork)Tortoise is playing the Troubadour [...]
Tortoise's brand new record Beacons Of Ancestorship is set for release on June 22nd via Thrill Jockey and marks their first long-player in five years. This track, Prepare Your Coffin is taken from the upcoming record and the accompanying video compliments it's atmosphere rather well.