tortoise kick off north american tour this week in...
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March7,2016ForImmediateRelease
TORTOISEKICKOFFNORTHAMERICANTOURTHISWEEKINSUPPORTOFTHECATASTROPHIST
PRESENTLIVEVIDEOFOR“SHAKEHANDSWITHDANGER”h9ps://youtu.be/_qxLTZ6TOps
NEWALBUMOUTNOWONTHRILLJOCKEY
“ItseemstowanttobeindisJnct,toliebeyondtrackablesenJmentoremoJonorevenclearhistoricalmarkers.Butitcan’tbe:It’spartofamuchgreater,nearly50-yearlongstoryofrockbandswigglingawayfromrock.”
—TheNewYorkTimes
“…theTortoisemixofpelvictrancegroovesandjazzychangesremainsdisJncJve.”—RollingStone
“…somanydisparateelementsandinfluencesmightsoundlikeacrazymess,butTheCatastrophisthasthesamekindofmeasured,sanguinequalitythathasbeenthehallmarkofalmosteveryTortoisealbum.Noneofthisshould
makesense,butforsomereasonallofitdoes.”—Stereogum
“Chicago’sTortoiseisagenreuntoitself:citedasaprogenitorofpost-rock,andclearlyindebtedtoitshometown’shistoryofimprovisersandfusionists,TortoiseisanAmericanundergroundinsJtuJon.”—BostonGlobe
“TheCatastrophistbristleswithle_turnsandtrapdoors.”—ChicagoTribune
FollowinganextensiveEuropeantourandtwosoldoutreleaseshowsintheband’shometownofChicago,reveredinstrumentalgroupTortoisearesettoembarkontheirfirstmajorNorthAmericantourinsupportoftheirnewalbum,TheCatastrophist,justoutonThrillJockeyRecords.InanJcipaJonofthetourkick-off,Tortoisearesharingaspeciallivevideoofthebandperforming“ShakeHandsWithDanger,”ahypnoJc,bass-and-beatalbumhighlight,filmedattheband’sin-the-roundalbumreleaseshowsatThaliaHallinChicagothispastJanuary.Thevideooffers
uparareandspecialexperiencetowatchTortoisere-createthesonictexturesrepresentedthroughouttheiralbumsinalivesebng.
ComprisedofmulJ-instrumentalistsDanBitney,JohnHerndon,DougMcCombs,JohnMcEnWreandJeffParker,TortoisewillkickoffthefirstlegoftheirextensiveNorthAmericantourthisWednesdayinMinneapolisattheCedarCulturalCenter,takingthemallacrossMidwest,Northeast,andSouthwest.They’llheadbackoutinlateApriltotheWestCoastandsouthernUS,beforeheadingbacktoEuropethissummer.Afulllistoftourdatesisbelow.
WatchTortoisePerform“ShakeHandsWithDanger”LiveAtThaliaHallInChicago—h9ps://youtu.be/_qxLTZ6TOps
Watch/Listen/Share:“YonderBlue”video—hdps://youtu.be/y6tpg_FmsiU“Gesceap”stream—hdps://youtu.be/7ArKJ5k1Vnc
TortoiseTourDates:Wed.March9-Minneapolis,MN@TheCedarCulturalCenter#[Tix]
Thu.March10-Madison,[email protected],MI@TheBlindPig#[Tix]
Sat.March12-Toronto,ON@Lee’sPalace#—SOLDOUT Sun.March13-Montreal,QC@Fairmount#—SOLDOUT Mon.March14-Northampton,MA@IronHorse#[Tix]
Tue.March15-Cambridge,MA@TheSinclair#—SOLDOUTWed.March16-NewYork,NY@(Le)PoissonRouge#—SOLDOUT
Thu.March17-Brooklyn,NY@Lidlefield#—SOLDOUT Fri.March18-Philadelphia,PA@UndergroundArts#[Tix]
Sat.March19-Washington,DC@BlackCat#[Tix]Sun.March20–Charlodesville,VA@TheSouthern#[Tix]Mon.March21–Asheville,NC@TheOrangePeel#[Tix]
Tue.March22-Louisville,KY@HeadlinersMusicHall#[Tix]Wed.March23-Newport,KY@SouthgateHouseRevival#[Tix]
Thu.March24-Indianapolis,IN@RadioRadio#[Tix]Tue.April26-Boise,ID@RadioBoiseTuesday[Tix]Wed.April27-Seadle,WA@TheCrocodile[Tix]Thu.April28-Vancouver,BC@Imperial[Tix]
Fri.April29-Portland,OR@RevoluJonHall[Tix]Sat.April30-Sonoma,CA@SonomaWinery/RedwoodBarn[Tix]Sun.May1-SanFrancisco,CA@GreatAmericanMusicHall[Tix]
Mon.May2-LosAngeles,CA@TeragramBallroom[Tix]Tue.May3-SolanaBeach@BellyUp[Tix]
Wed.May4–[email protected],TX@Mohawk[Tix]Sun.May8-Dallas,TX@Dada[Tix]
Mon.May9-St.Louis,MO@TheReadyRoom[Tix]Tue.May10-Chicago,IL@Metro[Tix]
Wed.May11-Lawrence,KS@GranadaTheater[Tix]Thu.May12-Denver,CO@Bluebird[Tix]
Fri.May13-SaltLakeCity,UT@UrbanLounge[Tix]Sat.May14-Albuquerque,[email protected],AZ@Form:AcrosanJ
Fri.May27-Torino,[email protected],IT@LaderiaMolloy Sun.May29-Munich,DE@Feierwerk[Tix]Mon.May30-Frankfurt,DE@DasBed[Tix]
Tue.May31-Paris,FR@TBA Wed.June1-Koln,[email protected],FR@LaRodia
Sun.June5-Nimes,[email protected],FR-MetronumWed.June8-Metz,[email protected],FR@LeGrandMix
Fri.July3-Keflavik,IS@Asbru(ATPIceland)[Tix]Tue.July5-Berlin,DE@ColumbiaTheater
#w/MindOverMirrors
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