Pasta Primavera — It’s been a while for Chicago’s Tortoise, but they’re back with a new album after a five year break from the land of recording.  It’s hard to believe Tortoise have been playing music for 20 years and Beacons Of Ancestorship is their 6th al... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Some new and good things on sale now. After listening to the new Tortoise album, Beacons of Ancestorship, I definitely recommend checking them out in July if you will miss their May 30 show at The Bell House this weekend: June 19: Lisa Hannigan at G... more info

All About Jazz — Tortoise Announce Tour In Support Of New Album Beacons of Ancestorship Tortoise Tortoise, the world-renowned Chicago music pioneers, announce first summer dates hitting several major American cities and a few festivals far and wide. Beacons of Anc... more info

JamBase — Tortoise Announce Tour In Support Of New Album Beacons of Ancestorship Tortoise Tortoise, the world-renowned Chicago music pioneers, announce first summer dates hitting several major American cities and a few festivals far and wide. Beacons of A... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Suckers - "Easy Chairs"; A surreal video for a surreal song works pretty well. Of course we've seen the technique used a thousand times before, which dampens it a little but doesn't completely take away the charm of it all. Overall it's a damn solid ... more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "Prepare Your Coffin" by Tortoise from the album "Beacons Of Ancestorship." more info

Stereogum — Our first taste of Tortoise's forthcoming Beacons Of Ancestorship was the oddball 8-minute opener "High Class Slim Came Floatin' In." It would've been interesting to see what kind of video they created for it, but we'll have to wait: They've opted... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Post-rock veterans Tortoise [ tickets ] have lined up spring and summer headlining dates to support the group's first album of all-new studio material in five years.... continued more info

Perfect Porridge — I’m so very thrilled about the new Tortoise album, Beacons of Ancestorship, coming out June 23 on Thrill Jockey Records. It’s the Chicago experimental post-rock band’s first album in six years, and it was worth the wait. For example, the lead ... more info

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