Blog: Direct Current

For two decades, Chicago's trailblazing band Tortoise have been consistently redefining the parameters and expectations of bold, instrumental contemporary music with an amalgam of rock, jazz, techno and, for lack of a better term, progressive elements jumbled together. Long-awaited new album Beacons of Ancestorship, streeting June 23, is their first studio outing since 2004's It's All Around You and again represents the forefront of brave, challenging and, for those ready for the unexpected, completely rewarding journey. Though brilliantly exploratory and in [...]