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- Both McEntire and Parker live on the West Coast these days, but Tortoise remains a band with deep Chicago roots. So, it’s fitting to close out with their 2019 set at the Art Institute of Chicago's Midwinter festival (co-presented by Pitchfork), which saw Tortoise performing TNT in its entirety.
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Tortoise is an American post-rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1990. [1] The band incorporates krautrock , dub , minimal music , electronica and jazz into their music, and their eclectic style has left a great influence on the post-rock genre.
Jan 29, 2021 · Both McEntire and Parker live on the West Coast these days, but Tortoise remains a band with deep Chicago roots.
- Tyler Wilcox
Feb 7, 2019 · Though a few members still reside in Chicago, the rest are now spread throughout the country, making it even more rare for the band to record or perform—and this is a group that took seven years...
Aug 16, 2022 · The band was formed in Chicago in 1990 and is currently comprised of McCombs, Dan Bitney, John Herndon, John McEntire, and Jeff Parker, all of whom share a variety of instrumental duties.
- Maria Barrios
Feb 13, 2019 · When Chicago instrumental rockers Tortoise began recording their third album in 1996, the group was riding high on the success of its sophomore release, Millions Now Living Will Never...
- Zach Long
Chicago, Illinois. Simply put, Tortoise has spent nearly 25 years making music that defies description. While the Chicago-based instrumental quintet has nodded to dub, rock, jazz, electronica and minimalism throughout its revered and influential six-album discography, the resulting sounds have always been distinctly, even stubbornly, their own.
Jan 19, 2016 · Tortoise, the Chicago-based instrumental post-rock quintet, have spent the past 25 years and seven albums fusing dub, jazz, prog, and indie into an instantly recognizable and much-loved...
