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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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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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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Tortoise’s first album in over five years, Beacons of Ancestorship, is out June 23rd on Thrill Jockey. The band had previously announced some shows around the time of Pitchfork Music Fest, and now they’ve added a some midwest dates to their fall schedule. They’ll also be playing a few shows in Europe and one in [...]
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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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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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According to Billboard.com, Chicago post-rock instrumentalists Tortoise are poised to release their new album. The reported street date for the yet to be titled record is April 21st. For well over a decade Tortoise have been at the forefront of experimental instrumental music and have helped pave the way for bands like RATATAT and Holy Fuck. Tortoise's website
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Last time we talked to Tortoise they pretended they didn't know who Daniel Lanois was despite booking a future tour with him. Tortoise kick off tanother tour tonight, June 14th in Colombus, Ohio, and are bringing a truckload of openers. Among those joining the neo-experimental jazz band are the likes Hot Chip, Lichens, Make Believe, and Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) with Steve Reid. Tortoise will al...
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I was listening to the iPod Shuffle right now on my way to clean out the cat box, before being waylaid by the inspiration to write about my listening, and one of the tracks from the Tortoise compilation A Lazarus Taxon came on. Tortoise can get on my nerves in high doses. The "songs" blur together. But I really like to listen to them when I'm writing and need a steady groove. And I especially e...
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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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