Features Tagged Tortoise
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Among the thousands of under-appreciated or under-publicized albums that were released in 2010, hundreds became our favorites and were presented in ALARM and on AlarmPress.com. Of those, we pared down to 100 outstanding releases, leaving no genre unexplored in our list of this year's overlooked gems.
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Dimmu Borgir: Abrahadabra
Sufjan Stevens: The Age of Adz
Atmosphere: To All My Friends, Blood Makes the Blade Holy
Circle of Animals: Destroy the Light
White Moth: s/t
Yann Tiersen: Dust Lane
The Gaslamp Killer: Death Gate EP
The Black Heart Procession: Blood Bunny / Black Rabbit -
Tera Melos: Patagonian Rats
Kurt Rosenwinkel & OJM: Our Secret World
Sam Prekop: Old Punch Card -
For nearly 20 years, the members of Tortoise have exhibited a synergistic effect on each other, enriching their assorted personal contributions to yield an amorphous, anomalous instrumental quintet.
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It’s a pretty safe bet that whoever coined the phrase “post-punk” didn't envision Nathan Bell's music. Likewise, it’s unlikely that the average banjo picker ever envisioned the instrument being manipulated to produce the array of sounds that Bell wrings from his instrument.
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Mike Patton: Mondo Cane
Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma
The Austerity Program: Backsliders and Apostates...
Rudi Zygadlo: Great Western Laymen
Broken Social Scene: Forgiveness Rock Record -
Cleric: Regressions
My Education: Sunrise
Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble / Terry Riley: In C
Devastations: s/t
Bushman's Revenge: Jitterbug -
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee: Into the Wind
Algernon: Ghost Surveillance
Chicago Underground Duo: Boca Negra
Noah Creshevsky: The Twilight of the Gods
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ALARM leaves no genre unloved in our round-up of 50 albums that didn't receive enough attention in 2009.
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The Slew: 100%
Jaga Jazzist: One-Armed Banditsingle
David Sardy: Zombieland soundtrack -
Squarepusher: Solo Electric Bass 1
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble: Eternal Interlude
Keelhaul: Keelhaul's Triumphant Return To Obscurity
David Daniell & Douglas McCombs: Sycamore
Pissed Jeans: King of Jeans
The Waitiki 7: Adventures in Paradise
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Tortoise: Beacons of Ancestorship
Serengeti & Polyphonic: Terradactyl
The Mars Volta: Octahedron
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John Zorn: Film Works XXIII: El General
Mountains: Choral
Rob Mazurek Quintet: Sound Is
Steven Wilson: Insurgentes
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Russian Circles discusses Chicago's influence on their music as they experiment across several genres and collaborate with the likes of These Arms Are Snakes' Brian Cook.
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With their raw energy and simple melodies, Explosions in the Sky brings us tantalizing live shows.
Blog Posts Tagged Tortoise
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Concert Photos: Andrew Bird @ Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago)
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Pre-order the cross-continental, improvised jazz of the Chicago Odense Ensemble
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What We're Seeing This Weekend: Themselves, Wil Blades Organ Trio
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What We're Seeing This Weekend: Watchmen, Irepress, Trail of Dead
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What We're Seeing This Weekend: Fucked Up, Monotonix, Cheer-Accident, D. Rider
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What We're Seeing This Weekend: Tortoise, TyK Pinups, Mi Ami, onYou
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What We're Seeing Saturday: Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble
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