If we learn anything from this eclectic collection of covers, it is that the combined powers of Bonnie "Prince" Billy (Will Oldham) and Tortoise can add a spacey sort of malaise to absolutely anything, from tropicalia (on Milton Nascimento and o Borges' "Cravo e Canela") to hardcore (the Minutemen's...
2006 RS:
The instrumental Chicago band Tortoise didn't set out to create a genre, or a scene; it just happened to the band after the fact. Its debut is an experiment in low-end theory -- emphasis on the theory. Almost all basses, drums, marimbas, and mixology (this last courtesy of drummer John McEntire), it doesn't have much in the way of tunes, but it's got some splendidly throbbing textures and tricks,...
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