Here we are, six records in and with Beacons of Ancestorship Tortoise have made, by their own esoteric standards, their most straight ahead ‘rock’ record to date. Are Tortoise still relevant? Oh yes. Matt Poacher writes.
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Thrill Jockey is celebrating their 15 years in the music business with a box set release of Thrill Jockey artists covering Thrill Jockey songs. The set will be entirely made up of 7" singles and drops on December 4th. The songs will not be released on CD, and the box set will be pressed in a limited edition. Among the many covers is David Byrne covering the new Fiery Furnaces track "Ex-Guru an...
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Two UK tour dates have been confirmed for Tortoise, both spread sparsely apart and both in support of the bands newest record 'Beacons Of Ancestorship'. Their first dates comes August 25th at the London Garage and then four months later, the legendary collective will play at the Ten Years Of ATP Festival in Minehead on December 11th to 13th.
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My favorite Tortoise track and a staple for many mixed cd's. File under awesome experimental rock.For your Sunday evening pleasure...
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I made it down to seattle for the "Tortoise":http://www.trts.com/site.html show this past tuesday. Definitely worth the trek. I have listened Tortoise for a while now but never seen them live. The heavily percussive element of their music was brought to full force in a live setting. Especially notable for me were the dual drumsets. The drummers (Dan Bitney, John McEntire, & John Herndon) who ...
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Tortoise has announced their early summer schedule! There have been a few updates to the list of cities that Tortoise will stop in, so be sure to look at brainwashed.com for the full schedule. It starts in Ohio, June 14th, the night before their performance at the Bonnaroo Festival in Tenessee on June 15th. They have added Portland and LA to their west coast coverage, as well as Ann Arbor t...
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Tortoise is playing a free show at Reckless Records on Sunday at 5pm. While this is hardly the venue and time to see a band like this play, nobody should be scoffing at a free show. Recession pricing, baby!Influential Chicago group Tortoise has announced that they will be playing an in-store performance this [...]Related posts:Sunday Free Show: Sharon Jones at SummerstageTortoise to Play Earl...
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By that I mean, their rep is not nearly sufficient. When I mention Tortoise, I should get reactions along the line of those usually reserved for acts of daring, or innovation, or renown. I should get the same kind of reaction that I'd get if I said that the Kronos Quartet are performing. But I don't; people don't seem to understand that this post-rockin' (though FAR beyond "post-rock" at this p...
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The first full-length album of new material in five years is nearly here from acclaimed post-rock pioneers Tortoise. The new album - their sixth together - will dock on June 22, 2009. In honour of this news, the band have made a track available from Beacons of Ancestorship for us all to enjoy.
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Five long years has passed since Tortoises' last album 'Its All Around You' hit you in the face with its musical force and finally, news on a new LP has surfaced. The bands latest studio length and sixth album to date has been titled Beacons Of Ancestorship and will hit you in the face with its musical force June 22nd of this very year on the Thrill Jockey label.
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Yeah....not just a clever post. I say Tortoise last night in Ann Arbor...I got some cool video clips, but I am novice enough not to be able to post them on youtube...I'll try. It was a great show...although the median height seemed to be 6'6".....Tall fans those Tortoise Heads. The opener really blew everybody I went with back. "David Daniell":http://www.myspace.com/davidwdaniell. and he wa...
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2009, Thrill Jockey01. High Class Slim Came Floatin' In (Eyeremix); 02. Gigantes Version (Mark Ernestus)"Side A features none other than Eye from Boredoms doing a remix of the album's opening track High Class Slim Came Floatin' In. Side AA features the legendary dub/version master Mark Ernestus of Basic Channel and Rhythm & Sound doing a Version of the track Gigantes."The EP that was released t...
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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 [...]
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NAME : Tortoise PROGRESS REPORT : Recording their sixth studio LP at Soma Electronic Music Studios, Chicago, Illinois.A strange part of every All Tomorrow's Parties festival is its "Don't Look Back" night, where bands play their most beloved album from beginning to end. For some of the bands at New York's ATP festival, like the Meat Puppets, it was a welcome return. But for bands that are still...
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