Tortoise

Pitchfork and The Art Institute of Chicago threw their inaugural three-night Midwinter Fest throughout the museum on February 15-17.

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...

Tortoise @ Empty Bottle in January (more by Chase Turner)

Chicago mainstays Tortoise, who just recently played the Empty Bottle, have announced two back-to-back shows at the venue set for April 28th (at 7 & 10PM)...

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...

Tortoise are playing the Empty Bottle on January 24th.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow (12/2), at 10AM CST.

Mucca Pazza are playing the Double Door on January 28th...

Deerhoof @ (le) Poisson Rouge 10/13/2010 (more by Chris Gersbeck)

today in Chicago
* Jeff Parker @ Rodan
* Killer Moon, Czar, Angel Eyes @ Empty Bottle
* Fences, The Pear Traps, Great Grey Buildings @ Beat Kitchen
* Deerhoof, Ben Butler & Mousepad, Nervous Cop @ Bottom Lounge
* Hemmingbirds, Pinto and…