Tortoise Stories

Tomorrow Never Knows: Free Form Jazz Radio

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the December 6th show.After offering two themes in the previous week's broadcast, NFTJU host Paul Abella returns to free form no-rules jazz programming. No theme at all. Not even a little bit.Hightlights include new(ish) stuff from Trombone Shorty and...

Setlist / Stream / Download: Tortoise @ Empty Bottle 7/14/13

Does listening to certain music ever make you feel smarter? That's how I feel whenever I listen to Tortoise. They fill a certain intellectual space that other bands don't -- coupling instinctive listening and responding with something that requires a bit more brain power. Is it jazz? Rock? Something else? Why does this grab me...

Five Bands That Should Be Bigger Than They Are

Last month's Live Music Blog feature, the five part What Bands Should Be Bigger Than They Are was one of the most enjoyable reads of November. Equal parts validation of some of my favorite under-the-radar acts, controversial picks that make you think, and short list of new bands to check out, I eagerly awaited...