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Album Review: Tortoise – Beacons of Ancestorship

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Articles about Tortoise

Tortoise, Lichens enchant Chicago’s Lincoln Hall (2/20)

By Adam Kivel on February 22nd, 2010

After all, it is their hometown!

Interview: John McEntire (of Tortoise)

By Adam Kivel on February 8th, 2010

Adam Kivel sits down to have a nice chat with the Chicago hero, discussing everything from the band’s latest album to last year’s performance at Pitchfork Music Festival.

Broken Social Scene details super guest-heavy new LP

By Alex Young on February 1st, 2010

This thing is insane!

Album Review: Tortoise – Beacons of Ancestorship

By Adam Kivel on June 24th, 2009

Tracking Tortoise’s ironically ramshackle history from jazzy post-rock forebears to Chicago music scene godfathers is often difficult to follow. Past and present members of the group have been involved in countless other acts, including (but definitely not limited to) Slint, The Sea and Cake, Chicago Underground, Zwan and Isotope 217. Guitarist/bassist Jeff Parker and drummer/electronics-er [...]

Tortoise preps new album, reveals summer tour

By Allison Franks on May 29th, 2009

Chicago’s own jazz n’ funky jambase group Tortoise has arranged for an extremely busy summer this year. Over the last few months, they’ve been dutifully working on their latest opus, Beacons of Ancestorship– their first record in over five years! And now with its release approaching on June 22/23 (depending on which country you reside) [...]

Tortoise returns with Beacons of Ancestorship

By Alex Young on March 25th, 2009

Since the release of its latest studio album, It’s All Around You, in 2004, Tortoise has been splitting its time between box sets (2006’s A Lazarus Taxon), hanging with Will Oldham (2006’s The Brave and the Bold), and various side-projects (Exploding Star Orchestra, Bumps, Fflashlights, and Powerhouse Sound). By the looks of the recently issued [...]