fluffhead77 Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Thanks for this Fluffhead77Where's Werchter anyone?Would we put Tortoise in a Prog category?Sounds like it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted April 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 kinda prog...more ambient though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted April 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 i believe the term is shoegazer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 (edited) I thought they were post-rock?Edit to add: they are. According tohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-rockThe band Tortoise was among the founders of the movement. After the second Tortoise LP Millions Now Living Will Never Die, the band became a post-rock icon. After many bands (e.g., Do Make Say Think) began to record music inspired by the "Tortoise-sound", and were often described as post-rock.Aloha,Brad Edited April 13, 2006 by Guest Add confirmation via Wiki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 How's about facking cool?I would love to be in a band where I could switch around like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted April 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 yeah they're so talented...I saw them perfom in Chicago in the fall opening for Daniel Lanois, and then they came out as his backing band. awesome.nice to know they've pioneered a sound...I personally like MNLWND album the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 haven't watched the footage cuz i'm at work, but yeah, my allegiance to tortoise is without question.saw them at the embassy in london back in the day, sometime from 96-98, that was pretty sweet. and then at bonnaroo and capital music hall in ottawa, but the ottawa show was during the hockey playoffs and i got so drunk at the dom watching the sens before the show that i don't remember much. i remember tungsten wearing my sunglasses. it was april 16 2004. Eric's birthday. (coughcoughSundaycoughcough)ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 hehehe yeah that was a messy eve AD. I remember ice cream and ice wine sundaes back at the Bouchetables. And the band members rotating through instruments like crazy. and Porn. and my brain rotating through whirlpools when I closed my eyes.I think it was a 2 show weekend, damn cannot remember the other show.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 (edited) I think it was a 2 show weekend, damn cannot remember the other show....Assuming you're not being ironic, the other show that weekend was nero + Grand Theft Bus at Babylon.Edit to add: IIRC, that was the Ottawa CD release party for "Zedonk".GTB 2004-04-17nero 2004-04-17Aloha,Brad Edited April 14, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhodes Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Seeing them live at the Phoenix up in Toronto changed my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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