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Tuesday Nov 3 | Gamasutra

Daniel Silber

I was formerly an Artist/Animator for Handheld Games in Seattle, WA. Now I own and write games for a little company called Interstellar Tortoise.

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Related Topix: Indie

Thu Oct 01, 2009

The Pitch

Photos: Tortoise @ Beaumont

What is music but people and machines making sound? Last night Chicago art-rock band Tortoise played the Beaumont in support of its new album, Beacons of Ancestorship , out now on Thrill Jockey.

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Related Topix: Indie

Mon Sep 28, 2009

Live Music Blog

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 scoffing at a free show.

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Related Topix: Indie, Chicago, IL

Sat Sep 26, 2009

St. Louis Jazz Notes

Jazz this week: Mulgrew Miller, Rasul Siddik, Tortoise, Dave Black, and more

Though this week's schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis isn't quite as jam-packed as last week's, there are still a number of notable performances happening over the next few days that are worthy of your attention.

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Related Topix: Indie, Mulgrew Miller, Jazz

Thu Sep 24, 2009

Pitch Weekly

Tortoise

Tortoise, with Prefuse 73. Wednesday, September 30, at the Beaumont Club. Influential instro-rocker Tortoise dons a moniker fittingly relative to the rabbit-speed attention span of indie rock.

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Related Topix: Indie, Music, Entertainment

Tue Sep 22, 2009

Riverfront Times

Slow and Steady: Post-rock instrumentalists Tortoise look to the future with a new album and tour

Tortoise: ...wins the race, after all. Details: Tortoise 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 29.

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Related Topix: Indie, St. Louis, MO, Pop/Rock, The B-Sides, Music, Entertainment

Sat Sep 19, 2009

St. Louis Jazz Notes

Tortoise to perform at the Firebird on Tuesday, September 29

The Chicago-based instrumental "post-rock" band Tortoise , whose members are also involved in their hometown's sprawling improvised music scene, is coming to St.

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Related Topix: Indie

Thu Aug 27, 2009

Boston Globe

Daily guide for television and radio

Chat at 11 a.m. with Devra First on restaurants. Chat at noon with Tony Massarotti on sports.

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Related Topix: Indie, Martha, Entertainment, Television, New York, Comedy, Clean House, Top Chef

Wed Aug 26, 2009

Boston Globe

Daily guide for television and radio

Chat at 11 a.m. with Devra First on restaurants. Chat at noon with Tony Massarotti on sports.

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Related Topix: Indie, Martha, Entertainment, Television, New York, Comedy, Clean House, Top Chef

Wed Aug 12, 2009

MTV News

Exclusive: John Hughes Opens Up In Unpublished 1997 Interview

When I read that director/screen writer John Hughes died on Thursday, I thought of a lot of things: his seminal 1980s movies "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," "Pretty in Pink" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"; how those movies taught me about love and not worrying about fitting in; and how he didn't worry about fitting in on the Hollywood ...

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Comedy Movies, Sixteen Candles, Indie, Simple Minds, Pop/Rock, The Clash, Punk, Movies, Entertainment

MTV News

Exclusive: John Hughes Opens Up In Unpublished 1997 Interview

When I read that director/screen writer John Hughes died on Thursday, I thought of a lot of things: his seminal 1980s movies "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," "Pretty in Pink" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"; how those movies taught me about love and not worrying about fitting in; and how he didn't worry about fitting in on the Hollywood ...

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Comedy Movies, Sixteen Candles, Indie, Simple Minds, Pop/Rock, The Clash, Punk, Movies, Entertainment

Fri Aug 07, 2009

MTV News

Exclusive: John Hughes Opens Up In Unpublished 1997 Interview

When I read that director/screen writer John Hughes died on Thursday, I thought of a lot of things: his seminal 1980s movies "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," "Pretty in Pink" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"; how those movies taught me about love and not worrying about fitting in; and how he didn't worry about fitting in on the Hollywood ...

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Comedy Movies, Sixteen Candles, Indie, Simple Minds, Pop/Rock, The Clash, Punk, Movies, Entertainment

Tue Jul 28, 2009

San Diego CityBEAT

CD reviews

Beacons of Ancestorship *5.6* Goes well with: Explosions in the Sky, Squarepusher, Slint Avant-jazz playing techno dress-up is nothing new.

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Related Topix: Indie

Mon Jul 20, 2009

Philly.com

In the Mix: Prepare Your Coffin

Chicago post-rock-jazz-ambient-electronic-whatever band Tortoise rock out a whole lot more than usual on "Prepare You Coffin," from the new Beacons Of Ancestorship .

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Related Topix: Indie

WKDU-FM Philadelphia

Tortoise

Tortoise The band that ruined hardcore is back w/ a new album! Remember when Tortoise was one of everyones favorite bands.

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Related Topix: Indie

Sat Jul 18, 2009

Time Out Chicago

Pitchfork Music Festival 2009: The Jesus Lizard + Tortoise

Spare showers blanketed Union Park and early-arriving fans before the kickoff of the latest installment of the Pitchfork Music Festival, premiering its latest gimmick: the ticket holder - "curated Write the Night series - an alternative to the already rote phenomenon of reproducing a seminal album from front to back.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Jesus Lizard, Indie

Nashville Scene

Weekend Round-Up: Who Needs Pitchfork? Style Part 1

Do you really want to be a part of something like that? Yeah, so maybe I procrastinated a bit on getting my shit together in time to make it to Chicago this weekend.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Weekend, Needs, Built to Spill, The Jesus Lizard, Indie, Yo la Tengo

Thu Jul 16, 2009

Decider+Chicago

Pitchfork Music Festivala s recurring themes

Music fans may gripe about snooty online behemoth Pitchfork , but one merit of the site remains constant: Its yearly three-day festival is perhaps the most economical and exciting outdoor destination festival of its kind.

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Related Topix: The Flaming Lips, Pop/Rock, The Jesus Lizard, Indie, The Mae Shi

Wed Jul 15, 2009

KUT-FM Austin

Tortoise Live Friday @ 10pm

Chicago band Tortoise is a band of instrumentalists that have garnered a sturdy cult following over the years.

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Related Topix: Indie

The Austinist

Tortoise Contemplate Ancestorship at the Mohawk Wednesday

The genre-defying instrumental band Tortoise arrives in Austin on the 15th in support of their seventh proper full-length LP, the aptly-titled Beacons of Ancestorship .

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