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Anyone who can give a description of what they sound like would be great. I have heard the name dropped here and there but never heard them myself. I might have to check them out.
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ranting in e-minor wrote:
Anyone who can give a description of what they sound like would be great. I have heard the name dropped here and there but never heard them myself. I might have to check them out.
Have you heard Slint? Dave Pajo is the guitarist in both bands, so they have some great riffs throughout the songs, but it's a little more expiremental, with some odd instruments and passages of strange sounds and such. Nothing that hard to get into though, although their most well known song ("Djed") is about 20 mintues. Try that song "Glass Museum," it's very pretty and has an excellent guitar part.
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Joined: Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:18 am Posts: 3920 Location: Philadelphia
Orpheus wrote:
ranting in e-minor wrote:
Anyone who can give a description of what they sound like would be great. I have heard the name dropped here and there but never heard them myself. I might have to check them out.
Have you heard Slint? Dave Pajo is the guitarist in both bands, so they have some great riffs throughout the songs, but it's a little more expiremental, with some odd instruments and passages of strange sounds and such. Nothing that hard to get into though, although their most well known song ("Djed") is about 20 mintues. Try that song "Glass Museum," it's very pretty and has an excellent guitar part.
Thanks, I'll check it out.
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And the night Jeff Buckley died
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Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:45 am Posts: 1836 Location: Up Yer Maw
Great band. Have their roots in krautrock and but the material is more precise and less jammy. Instumental with varied instumentation, acoustic, electronic and amplified. Millions Now Living Will Never Die and TNT are both excellent. The new compilation of outtakes and rarities "Lazarus Taxon" is also excellent. Get on it!
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:15 pm Posts: 25452 Location: Under my wing like Sanford & Son Gender: Male
Has anyone heard this? It's very cheap for a 3CD/DVD compilation.
A Lazarus Taxon
"After twelve years of expanding the definition of rock music, Tortoise will release a highly anticipated box set, including the long out of print 1995 album "Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters", rare singles from foreign releases and tour EPs, compilation tracks, and previously unreleased material such as remixes by band members and other artists, including Jim O'Rourke, Brad Wood, Rick Brown, Steve Albini, and Mike Watt. The set's title comes from the paleontological term for a reappearing species, and the release is comprised of three CDs and one DVD, the latter of which contains two hours of footage, several extended live performances, and videos and short films. Packaging is a hard card stock box containing four sleeves and a 20-page booklet with archival photos and liner notes about each track's origins."
Worth getting?
Anyways, Tortoise is awesome. I think I might try to see them next week if tickets aren't to expensive. I can't wait to listen to Standards, I just got it and it seems really nice.
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i haven't listened to these guys in a while... i think that needs to be remedied
I finally got my ass around to really checking these guys out, and I'm damn impressed. I had IAAY, and thought it was ok. TNT is kicking my ass so far. Millions Now Living...is downloading now. And Spiderland by Slint is also on its way.
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