Lineup includes Tortoise, Title Fight, JEFF the Brotherhood, BADBADNOTGOOD, Pile, Ceremony, Big Thief, Ezra Furman, Into It. Over It, Open Mike Eagle, and Weaves.
The band's current activity remains centered on challenging, uncategorizable instrumental music that draws from jazz, rock, reggae, hip-hop, electronica and new wave...
As mentioned, Chicago label Thrill Jockey Records have reached the ripe age of 20-years old this year. They've already announced 20th anniversary shows in Baltimore, NYC, and Portland, and their Chicago show will take place on December 20 at the Empty Bottle...
Last night (1/24), Tortoise played a sold out hometown show at the Empty Bottle. Dent-de-Lion (aka French musician/artist Aymeric Hainaux) played an interesting opening set which consisted of beat-boxing, harmonic bells, and featured a mini accordion rig...
Chicago-based independent record label Thrill Jockey are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a bunch of reissues from seminal artists, plus some new releases too...
Spectralina is the audio-visual collaboration of Selina Trepp and Dan Bitney (of Tortoise). Trepp is an award-winning multimedia artist, whose exhibits mainly consist of live video and sound performances...