Tortoise has done a lot in their 30+ years as a band. In the ‘90s, they became standard-bearers of the Chicago scene, their unusual instrumentation (three percussionists, two bassists) and eclectic ...

BBC Sounds has launched Tortoise Investigates, a new feed which will become the home of three new investigative podcast series from Tortoise Media. The boxsets will be released consecutively on BBC ...

Turtles make a wide variety of sounds. Researcher Gabriel Jorgewich-Cohen recorded surprising vocalizations from 50 turtle species. Listen to 13 of these seldom-heard turtle sounds, from croaking and ...

Chicago’s post-everything masters reassert their powers at first London show in nine years, while LA quintet SML show how much they’ve learned from them.

Last month Chicago's questing instrumental-rock elder statesmen Tortoise returned with their first full-length album since 2004, in the form of Beacons of Ancestorship, which netted itself a tasty ...