Tortoise
- Type
- Band
- Styles
- post-rock, art rock
- Fans
- 16.2k
Tortoise is an American post-rock and art rock group formed in Chicago in 1990 that releases its music on the Thrill Jockey label.
No date announced in London for now.
Tortoise has played London before. Last time: Hackney Church, November 2026.
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Profile
- Latest album
- Touch (2025)
- Formed
- 1990 · Chicago
- Label
- Thrill Jockey
About — The artist
Tortoise is a post-rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1990. The group incorporates krautrock, dub, minimalist music, electronica and jazz into its music, a combination that is sometimes called "post-rock". Tortoise is credited with the rise of the post-rock movement in the 1990s.
Discography
- Tortoise 1994
- Millions Now Living Will Never Die 1996
- TNT 1998
- Standards 2001
- It’s All Around You 2004
- The Brave and the Bold 2006
- Beacons of Ancestorship 2009
- The Catastrophist 2016
- Touch 2025