I caught an amazing show on Friday night and brought my camera along for the ride. While Phish was opening their tour in Chicago, I opted to stay here in San Fran and catch Tortoise and Das Boton at the Great American Music Hall. Here were some of the better photos I managed to walk away with…
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Decisions, decisions…
We’re two weeks and a day away from the start of the Phish summer tour, and I’m realizing that Tortoise is going to be in town playing at Great American Music Hall on the same night. I caught the last time they rolled through town and it was an amazing show, but I was also hoping to host a Phish stream party to watch the festivities from Chicago in the comfort of my living room with my other friends that wanted nothing more from their Friday night. For a second I was torn, but now I think the decision has been made. Das Boton, a trio from Chicago comprised of two thirds of my favorite one-album band known as Heroic Doses (they had a Sub Pop release in like ’97), will be opening the show along with a few other dates along the West Coast. For those that don’t know anything about either project, it’s perfectly summed up in this one video clip that features a recently written Das Boton song with a fast transition into a Heroic Doses classic, “Crystals.”
Das Boton – The Library – April 2009 [YouTube]
On a whim, I’m just going to put it out there that I want to jam with Ryan Rapsys when he gets into town. Ryan, get in touch, brutha! Lunch is on me if you show me how to do this…
The inaugural Hopscotch Music Festival was just announced for the weekend of September 9th-11th in downtown Raleigh, NC, and the lineup is heavy on bands that we love around here like Tortoise, Atlas Sound, Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene and more…
Tickets are now on sale and $85 will get you a wristband allowing access to all of the shows, so follow their Twitter account for the latest updates straight from the source. I may actually try to go to this as one of my best friends lives in Raleigh, so I could easily swing a spot on the floor to crash and enjoy a weekend full of my favorite music. READ MORE
Tortoise is heading back out on the road this summer for dates all cross the country. First they’re hitting the West Coast in June and then they head East for the dates in September. Surprisingly, no dates were announced for their hometown slots in Chicago but I’m sure we’ll see a show or two get added to support the home base. Read on for the dates. READ MORE
Tortoise is playing a free show at Reckless Records on Sunday at 5pm. While this is hardly the venue and time to see a band like this play, nobody should be scoffing at a free show. Recession pricing, baby!
Influential Chicago group Tortoise has announced that they will be playing an in-store performance this Sunday at Reckless Records in Wicker Park in support of their new album Beacons of Ancestorship. The album is their first in five years and this will be only their third in-store appearance. They play at 5pm sharp, but since it’s FREE, we recommend arriving early as they are sure to draw a big crowd to the small shop. 1532 N. Milwaukee.
I was a little out of pocket this week so I originally missed that Wilco had updated their fall tour dates to include two shows at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago with Tortoise opening up. That is a solid one-two punch of Chicago musical greatness and I really wish I could be in attendance for those. Read on for the dates. READ MORE
Tortoise came through San Francisco last night clearly practicing for their Friday night set at Pitchfork Music Festival coming up this weekend. Given that the “Write the Night” setlist would likely include many of the older fan favorites, I heard the band do a bunch of songs that I’ve never seen them perform live. They opened the show with “TNT” and proceeded to mix the set with some of the songs off their latest album, Beacons Of Ancestorship
Pit Er Pat opened the show as a duo, which I’ve never seen from that band before. Normally they had two up front singing and playing with their haunting-pop melodies, but this was usually over a drummer in the background that would play frantic yet light-to-the-touch grooves as he rolled around the drumset. This was severely lacking as a set without a full drummer working with the band. Instead it was dub and space rock, which generally sounded cool, but it still left a little to be desired for me having them a few years back.
Tortoise just announced a bunch of new tour dates, including a stop in Japan, Belgium, and then a tour through the Midwest in the Fall.
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