Tortoise – LIVE music blog

#HEADY LINKS: Wil Blades, Stanton Moore, LCD Soundsystem live album, Pizza Underground & more

One of the B-3 masters in the Bay Area and a musician I am fortunate enough to see a ton of whenever I frequent the jazz/blues clubs in the area, Wil Blades...

DOWNLOAD: Lotus does Post-Rock

Our buddies in Lotus just put up a free recording for you to download from a pretty cool set the band did a few years back. I had always known that the band wa...

Photos: Tortoise, Das Boton @ Great American Music Hall, SF 6/11/10

I caught an amazing show on Friday night and brought my camera along for the ride. While Phish was opening their tour in Chicago, I opted to stay here in S...

Tour Dates: Tortoise with Das Boton (ex-Heroic Doses) in San Francisco!

Decisions, decisions... We're two weeks and a day away from the start of the Phish summer tour, and I'm realizing that Tortoise is going to be in town pl...

Hopscotch Music Festival Announced for Raleigh, NC 9/9-9/11/10

The inaugural Hopscotch Music Festival was just announced for the weekend of September 9th-11th in downtown Raleigh, NC, and the lineup is heavy on bands th...

Tour Dates: Tortoise Hit West Coast in June, East Coast in September

Tortoise is heading back out on the road this summer for dates all cross the country. First they're hitting the West Coast in June and then they head East ...

Tortoise Playing FREE Reckless Records Show This Sunday

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 sc...

Tour Dates: Wilco @ UIC Pavilion with Tortoise

I was a little out of pocket this week so I originally missed that Wilco had updated their fall tour dates to include two shows at the UIC Pavilion in Chica...

Photos: Tortoise, Pit Er Pat @ Great American Music Hall, San Francisco 7/13/09

Tortoise came through San Francisco last night clearly practicing for their Friday night set at Pitchfork Music Festival coming up this weekend. Given that the...

Tortoise Announces More 2009 Tour Dates

Tortoise just announced a bunch of new tour dates, including a stop in Japan, Belgium, and then a tour through the Midwest in the Fall....

Tortoise – New MP3, 2009 Tour Dates

Tortoise has put out a new mp3 from their upcoming album, Beacons of Ancestership, and Stereogum has the exclusive first-listen from the album. I'm definit...

Pitchfork Music Festival | 2009 Lineup

The lineup for the Pitchfork Music Festival got a few additions the other day, with Matt and Kim, Fucked Up, M83, Black Lips, and a few others added to the ...

Tortoise Announce New Album, 2009 Tour Dates

Tortoise recently announced a June 23rd release date for Beacons of Ancestorship, their first album in five years. I can't wait to hear it. They're playin...