Any time Tortoise is on tour, the show becomes the destination. With their acclaimed album Touch hitting the scene in late ...

In the 1990s, Chicago band Tortoise sat near the center of one of the more interesting music scenes in the United States. The group is an instrumental outfit that operates between categories—not quite ...

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Broken Social Scene plays Raleigh City Plaza Friday, Sept. 10, with Panda Bear and The Rosebuds. Tickets are $30 and are still available. Tortoise plays Lincoln Theatre Saturday, Sept. 11, with Bear ...

Experimental music veterans Tortoise are teasing their first new album since 2016’s The Catastrophist with the single “Oganesson,” which is out now. The gently chugging song includes Jeff Parker on ...

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Simply put, Tortoise has spent nearly 30 years making music that defies description. While the Chicago-based instrumental quintet has nodded to dub, rock, jazz, electronica and minimalism throughout ...

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