With more-than-welcome new jams from Tortoise hitting this month, it’s a good time to dig back into the band’s extensive live collection on Archive.org. If you’re looking for somewhere to start, you can’t go wrong with this 1996 gig at Bimbo’s in San Francisco. The David Pajo-era lineup of Tortoise starts out soaring with a gorgeous “Gamera” and pretty much stays at a beautiful elevation for the rest of the show.
Category: Tortoise
Tortoise :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Sitting on a green room couch at the Teragram Ballroom in downtown Los Angeles, Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker and drummer John Herndon nod in sync when it’s ventured that the band’s new […]
Sevens :: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy w/ Tortoise – Thunder Road
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) In January of 2006, Will Oldham, under his working guise of Bonnie ‘Prince’ […]