Band / Tortoise

Tortoise

12 releases·7 members·5 line-ups

Mosquito
1993 · A
Lonesome Sound
1993 · A
s/t
1994 · B
Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters
1995 · B
Gamera
1995 · B
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
1996 · C
TNT
1998 · D
In The Fishtank
1999 · E
Standards
2001 · E
It's All Around You
2004 · E
The Brave And The Bold
2006 · E
Beacons Of Ancestorship
2009 · E

Family Tree

2 degrees of separation for Tortoise comprise 695 bands:
Tortoise
5ive Style
Billy Dolan
Euphone
Heroic Doses
The Lonesome Organist
War On The Saints
Wilco
Aerial M
Bastro
David Grubbs
Squirrel Bait
The Unspeakable Practices
Wingdale Community Singers
Bauder / Parker / Ajemian
Bauder / Ramsdell / Bryerton
Born Heller
Dragons 1976
Edward Ricart Quartet
Explosion:Cerebral
Mandarin Movie
Memorize The Sky
Triage
Bird Show Band
Caffeine
Central Falls
Dave Rempis Quartet
David Boykin Expanse
David Boykin Outet
Everyoned
Fred Anderson Quartet
Galactic Unity Ensemble
Jason Stein Quartet
Jeff Albert's Instigation Quartet
Joan Of Arc
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society
Joshua Abrams Quartet
Mike Reed's Loose Assembly
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings
Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal
Pillow
Pipeline
Rosenberg / Baker / Hatwich / Daisy
Singer
Soft Circle
Steam
Sticks And Stones
Terminal 4
Territory Band
The Come Sunday Ensemble
The Lightbox Orchestra
The Roots
Town And Country
Witches & Devils
Boxhead Ensemble
Amalgamated Sons Of Rest
Aram Shelton's Fast Citizens
Audio One
Barrage Double Trio
Bevel
Birddog
Bonnie Prince Billy
Bonnie Stillwatter
Bonny / Sweeney
Bonny Billy & The Picket Line
Bridge 61
Brise-Glace
Califone
Chestnut Station
Chicago Reed Quartet
Cinghiale
Corbett · Gustafsson · Kapsalis · Lonberg-Holm
Crime + The City Solution
DEK Trio
DK3
DKV Trio
Dafeldecker · Kurzmann · Fennesz · O'Rourke · Drumm · Siewert
Dawn McCarthy & Bonny Billy
Delivery Health
Dirty Three
Diskaholics Anonymous Trio
Double Tandem
Edith Frost
El Infierno Musical
Ethnic Drivers
FJF
FME
Fenn O'Berg
Fire Room
Fred Lonberg-Holm Quartet
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Fast Citizens
Free Fall
Free Music Ensemble
Friend / Enemy
Friends Of Betty
Fungus Brains
Glenn Kotche
Good Stuff House
Hoxha
Illusion Of Safety
Indicate
Jim O'Rourke
Jon Vanderlander Trio
Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens
Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark's Sound In Action Trio
Lean Left
Lionhead Bunny
Loose Fur
Made To Break
Manishevitz
Marker
Mats Gustafsson & Nu-Ensemblen
Matt Sweeney · Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Michael Krassner
Mimir
Miss High Heel
Moodists
NRG Ensemble
Nina Nastasia & Jim White
On Fillmore
Organum
Original Silence
Osorezan
Palace
Palace Brothers
Palace Contribution
Palace Music
Palace Songs
Paul K And The Weathermen
People With Chairs Up Their Noses
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Pinetop Seven
Platform 1
Pretenders
Rara Avis
Red Red Meat
Reed Trio
Rick Rizzo · Tara Key
Savage Republic
Scenic
School Days
Seval
Sick Things
Side A
Sinister Luck Ensemble
Sonic Youth
Sonore
Souled American
Sound In Action Trio
Spaceways Incorporated
Steelwool Trio
Summit Quartet
The Blackeyed Susans
The Crown Royals
The Curious Digit
The Double
The Ex & Brass Unbound
The Exciting Trio
The Feral Dinosaurs
The Flatlands Collective
The Flying Luttenbachers
The Frame Quartet
The Horse's Ha
The Lofty Pillars
The Margots
The Pavkovic Band
The Resonance Ensemble
The Styrenes
The Sundowners
The Supreme Indifference
The Vandermark Quartet
The Waste Kings
This Immortal Coil
Tony Malaby Cello Trio
Tren Brothers
Tripleplay
Ugly Casanova
Vandermark 5
Venom P. Stinger
Will Oldham
Xylouris White
Yona-Kit
Brokeback
Elevate
Exit Verse
Flacco Rivera
Hanalei
Pinebender
Regulatorwatts
Rollo Tomasi
Sin Ropas
Sophia
The May Queens
The Zincs
Watts Systems Ltd.
Bumps
Chicago Underground Quartet
Active Ingredients
Chicago Underground Duo
Ekundayo
Rob Brown Quartet
Rob Mazurek
Spiritual Unity
São Paulo Underground
Tigersmilk
Chicago Underground Trio
Dead Child
Crain
King's Daughters & Sons
Parlour
Shipping News
Spot
Directions In Music
40k
Blktop Project
Codeine
Enablers
June Of 44
Out Of Worship
Rex
Vineland
Eleventh Dream Day
Freakwater
Jeff & Janet
The Coctails
Evila
Exploding Star Orchestra
Alexander Von Schlippenbach · Globe Unity Orchestra
Evan Parker · Transatlantic Art Ensemble
Indigo Trio
Jeb Bishop Trio
Keefe Jackson Quartet
Keefe Jackson's Project Project
Metal Pitcher
Mike Reed's People, Places & Things
Nicole Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell & The Note Factory
Stillborn Christians
Tiger Trio
Watershed
Wheelhouse
Gastr Del Sol
Gray Market Goods
Hamid Drake & Bindu
'Kidd' Jordan Quartet
Agustí Fernández Celebration Ensemble
Agustí Fernández Trio
Billy Bang Sextet
Brötzmann Clarinet Project
By Any Means
Cecil Taylor European Orchestra
Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra Of Two Continents)
Charged
Charles Gayle Quartet
Circulasione Totale Orchestra
Collective 4Tet
Cosmosamatics
Daniel Levin Quartet
David S. Ware Quartet
David S. Ware String Ensemble
David S. Ware Trio
Declared Enemy
Dennis Gonzalez's Inspiration Band
Die Like A Dog Quartet
Dopolarians
Drake/Gahnold/Parker
Ellen Christi With Menage
Ensemble Muntu
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Flow Trio
Frank Lowe Quartet
Fred Anderson Trio
Frode Gjerstad Trio
Georg Gräwe Quartet
George Steeltoe Ensemble
Hession Wilkinson Fell + Morris
Intermission
Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu
Jemeel Moondoc Quintet
Jemeel Moondoc Sextet
Jemeel Moondoc Trio
Jimmy Lyons Quintet
Joe Morris
Joe Morris Ensemble
Joe Morris Quartet
Joe Morris Rob Brown Quartet
Joe Morris Trio
John Blum Astrogeny Quartet
Jungle
Maneri · Morris · Maneri
Marc Edwards Trio
Mark Whitecage's Other Other Quartet
Mark Whitecage's Other Quartet
Matthew Shipp Horn Quartet
Matthew Shipp Quartet
Matthew Shipp String Trio
Matthew Shipp Trio
Michael Marcus Trio
Noah Kaplan Quartet
Other Dimensions In Music
Other Dimensions In Music · Special Quintet
Pain Killer
Peter Brötzmann Trio
Prima Materia
Pyramid Trio
Ramón López Freedom Now Sextet
Raphé Malik Quartet
Rob Brown Trio
Roy Campbell Pyramid
Steve Lantner Trio
Steve Swell's Slammin' The Infinite
Stone House
Test
The Cool Runnings Orchestra
The Gunter Hampel European-New York 7-Tet
The Peter Brötzmann Tentet
Thollem Parker Cline
Trio Hurricane
William Parker
William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
William Parker Double Quartet
William Parker Quartet
William Parker Violin Trio
Yoko Ono · Plastic Ono Band
Havanarama
Warmer Milks
Him
1.6 Band
Abilene
Alarms & Controls
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan
Bablicon
Beauty Pill
Boondoggle
Canyon
Deathfix
Everlasting The Way
Faraquet
Golden
Hoover
Jack O'Fire
James Kochalka Superstar
Just A Fire
Loomis Slovak
Lungfish
M. Timony Band
Medications
No Things
Ocampo, Ocampo + Watt
One Day As A Lion
Porn (The Men Of)
Queens Of The Stone Age
Rachel's
Ragnar Kjartansson & The All Star Band
Rain Like The Sound Of Trains
Sea Tiger
Sevens
Smart Went Crazy
Socially Incorrect
Swans
Swirlies
Telegraph Melts
The Boom
The Crownhate Ruin
The Dylan Group
The Fucking Am
The Gena Rowlands Band
The Letter E
The Mars Volta
The Philistines Jr.
The Sonora Pine
The Sorts
Touched By A Janitor
múm
Household Gods
Conan Neutron And The Secret Friends
Long Hind Legs
Palo Verde
Unwound
Isotope 217
Janet Bean And The Concertina Wire
Kelly Hogan
The Fareed Haque Group
The Love Hall Tryst
King Kong
Beef People
Evergreen
Rising Shotgun
The Breeders
Watter
Loftus
Margot & The Nuclear So And So's
M
Maurice
Kinghorse
Mecht Mensch
Poopshovel
My Dad Is Dead
Bambi Kino
Children's Crusade
Clockhammer
Cobra Verde
Cruel, Cruel Moon
Death Of Samantha
Doug Gillard
ESP Ohio
Gem
Guided By Voices
Lambchop
Lifeguards
Uva Ursi
Papa M
Poster Children
Bully Pulpit
Gazelle
Honcho Overload
Hum
National Skyline
Powerhouse Sound
AALY Trio
Atomic
Cheap Suit
Close Erase
Crimetime Orchestra
DEL
Daniel Levin Trio
Dull Thud Trio
Fredrik Nordström Quintet
Geoff Farina · Luther Gray · Nate McBride
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
Jazzkammer
Konk
Marvargr
Mi3
Nash Kontroll
New Fracture Quartet
No Spaghetti Edition
Offonoff
Paal Nilssen-Love
Pandelis Karayorgis Trio
Pocket Corner
Riot Trio
Samsa'ra
Scorch Trio
Sten Sandell Trio
Testicle Hazard
The Godforgottens
The Rempis Percussion Quartet
The Sleazy Listeners
The Source
The Thing
The Trio
Townhouse Orchestra
Trinity
Precious Wax Drippings
Predella Group
Anteloper
Jaimie Branch
Jason Roebke's Rapid Croche
Kyle Bruckmann's Wrack
Scott Rosenberg's Red
The Matt Young Group
Tim Daisy
Tim Daisy Trio
Pullman
7 Or 8 Worm Hearts
Chris Brokaw
Come
Consonant
Dirtmusic
Molasses
Silver Jews
Sunset To The Sea
The Essex Green
The Hand To Man Band
The Martha's Vineyard Ferries
The New Year
Risil
A Cloud Mireya
Battles
Bygones
Crime In Choir
Damsel
Death Grips
Diamond Watch Wrists
El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Flössin
Goon Moon
Hella
Holy Smokes
Nervous Cop
On!Air!Library!
Pivot
Prefuse 73
Roam The Hello Clouds
Savath + Savalas
School Of Seven Bells
Secret Machines
Sons Of The Morning
Szun Waves
Team Sleep
The I.L.Y's
The Ladies
Triosk
Tripping Daisy
Weiss | Cameron | Hill
Rob Mazurek Octet
Hurtmold
Rob Mazurek Quintet
Rob Mazurek · Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble
Super E.S.P.
The Eternals
Trenchmouth
Robert Mazurek · Chicago Underground Orchestra
Scott Amendola Band
Acoustic Guitar Trio
Adam Rudolph · Go: Organic Guitar Orchestra
Banyan
Big Walnuts Yonder
Bloc
Brother's Sister's Daughter
Charlie Hunter & Pound For Pound
Charlie Hunter Quartet
Charming Hostess
Crater
Cup
Eddie Vedder & The Million Dollar Bashers
Floored By Four
Gregg Bendian's Interzone
Gustavo Aguilar Get Libre Collective
Jeff Gauthier Goatette
Jenny Scheinman Quartet
Karen O & The Million Dollar Bashers
L. Stinkbug
Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core
Mike Watt + The Black Gang
Mike Watt And The Crew Of The Flying Saucer
Nels Cline
Nels Cline Trio
Oranj Symphonette
Pablo Ablanedo Octet
Paul Plimley Trio
Phillip Greenlief And Covered Pages
Phillip Greenlief Scott Amendola Duo
Quartet Music
Ranaldo/Giffoni/Moore/Cline
Red Pocket
Ross Hammond's Teakayo Mission
Scarnella
Scot Ray Quintet
Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers
T.J. Kirk
Taylor Eigsti Trio
Teakayo Mission
The Black Gang
The Geraldine Fibbers
The Inkling
The Nels Cline 4
The Nels Cline Singers
The Plain Jane Trio
The Vinny Golia Quintet
Todd Sickafoose Group
Tom Verlaine & The Million Dollar Bashers
Wayne Peet Quartet
Will Bernard 4-Tet
Scott Fields Ensemble
6ix
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Brad Turner Quartet
Bright Moments
Chadlehn
Chicago Sound Map
Chris Gestrin Trio
Debris
E-Rax
East-West Collective
Equal Interest
Eric Roth Trio
François Houle
Fred Hess Quartet
Gratkowski · Schubert · Reijseger · Manderscheid · Krämer
James Choice Orchestra
Joel Futterman Quartet
John Butcher Group
Konk Pack
LaConnor
MIMEO
Matthias Schubert Quartet
Michael Zerang
Myra Melford Extended Ensemble
Myra Melford Trio
Myra Melford · Be Bread
Myra Melford's Be Bread
Myra Melford's Crush
NOW Orchestra
Talking Pictures
The Cortet
The Peggy Lee Band
The Unexpected
Thomas Lehn
Tom & Gerry
Trio M
Vario 34-2
Seam
Bitch Magnet
Bottomless Pit
Bricks
Circus Lupus
Ee
Go Back Snowball
Mac McCaughan
Portastatic
Superchunk
Wwax
Slint
Solution Unknown
Tar Babies
Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls
Hazy Malaze
Juli Wood Quartet
Marlene Rosenberg Quartet
Scott Hesse Trio
Steve Earle And The Dukes
The Spin Quartet
The Continental Op
The For Carnation
Best Coast
Crappy Nightmareville
Goliath Bird Eater
Imaad Wasif With Two Part Beast
Negative Step
Radar Bros.
Rodan
Sunspring
The Softs
The Red Krayola
Bootstrappers
David Thomas & The Pedestrians
Euphrat Und Tigris
Fragile Gang
Hey Taxi!!
Jean Baudrillard · The Chance Band
Lou Barlow + Missingmen
Mayo Thompson
Mike Watt + The Bobblymen
Mike Watt + The Missingmen
Mike Watt + The Pair Of Pliers
Minuteflag
Minutemen
Overpass
Pere Ubu
Slovenly
Stephen Prina
The Reactionaries
The Red Crayola
Unknown Instructors
Vicious Fence
Vida
fIREHOSE
The Sea And Cake
Archer Prewitt
Sam Prekop
Shrimp Boat
Toe
Cap'n Jazz
Design Flaw
Four Charms
Good Fuck
Make Believe
Nick Curran And The Lowlifes
Owls
The Knick'd Rakes
The Sky Corvair
The Treehouse Project
Tuba Skinny
Toe 2000
Tricolor
Power Trio
Zwan
A Perfect Circle
Billy Corgan
Billy Gibbons & Co.
Chavez
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex
Pixies
Skunk
Skysaw
Smashing Pumpkins
Soldiers Of Fortune
Starchildren
The Entrance Band
The Last Hard Men
WPC
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