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𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼-𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮.
𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗧𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥.
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reclinernotes.bsky.social
In the run-up to the release of SML's excellent new album How You Been, I interviewed the extraordinary Anna Butterss for @aquariumdrunkard.com, discussing their “foundational” role as a bass player, SML’s creative process, being a bandleader, and much more.

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Anna Butterss :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview - Aquarium Drunkard
What does it mean to be a season ticket holder for the music of bass player Anna Butterss? Reserved, front row seats to diverse and experimental music, whether as a founding member of improvisational ...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
intlanthem.bsky.social
𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗪 in full on all streaming platforms:
Tortoise- 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡

Listen to it today
LINK: linktr.ee/intlanthem 🦂✨
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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nonesuch.com
Thanks @cushac.bsky.social for including Tortoise's new album, 'Touch,' among this week's @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Five Albums! www.hearingthings.co/rosalia-lux-...

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November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
intlanthem.bsky.social
See you in a little bit, Chicago !!!
TICKETS: tinyurl.com/46z3xfxr
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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popmatters.com
Tortoise's TOUCH is a cinematic record that is profoundly human and entirely spectral. It’s a world unto itself, filled with beautiful landmarks and perplexing questions.

TOUCH is a #PMPick [9/10] out now via @intlanthem.bsky.social

REVIEW: tinyurl.com/Tortoise25
Post-Rock Icons Tortoise Return with Transportive LP » PopMatters
Tortoise's Touch is a cinematic record that is profoundly human and entirely spectral. It's a world unto itself, filled with beautiful landmarks and perplexing questions.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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meemalee.bsky.social
Just attended an @intlanthem.bsky.social Listening Party on @bandcamp.com for Tortoise’s new album Touch.

Was soooo good and cannot wait for the Barbican gig!

Thank you @johnherndon.bsky.social and the rest of TRTS!
Image is the cover of the new Tortoise album Touch - a black & white illustration of a woman’s face looking downwards, with a scorpion framing the left side of her face and its tail framing the top. Text is as follows: Touch Listening Party November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM GMT You're attending this event Join us in the chat as we listen to TOUCH in its entirety with members of TORTOISE !!
November 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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theothersideoflife.bsky.social
#NowPlaying: Tortoise, "Oganesson Remix EP" (International Anthem, 2025)

@intlanthem.bsky.social

www.discogs.com/release/3471...

#nowlistening #musicsky #vinylsky #tortoise #internationalanthem
The cover of Tortoise, "Oganesson Remix EP" (International Anthem, 2025) sits in a Now Spinning display as the record plays on a Technics 1200 turntable, next to stereo components, a blue lava lamp (off) and other records.
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
intlanthem.bsky.social
𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 join us in the chat as we listen to 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇 in its entirety with members of Tortoise !!!

RSVP: tinyurl.com/45tvd65w
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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microlevitator.bsky.social
Incredible release day
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Happy release day to Anna, Jeremiah, Josh, Booker, and Gregory !!! SML’s 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 is OUT NOW on LP, CD, and digi download (streaming to follow on November 25th), get it today at your favorite record store ..𝙄𝙉 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 !!!
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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tadharsh.bsky.social
Little sleep,so went out to feed the thuggish, aristocratic swans who were entirely ungrateful.

Did listen to the new SML and Mackaya McCraven albums on the ever nuts @intlanthem.bsky.social both of which cheered me up immensely.

I'm going out out this afternoon, so apols JQ.
International Anthem
International Anthem is a Chicago-born recording company that produces and promotes progressive media. Founded in 2014, the IARC label has grown to embody a global community of like-minded artists, m...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
intlanthem.bsky.social
Happy release day to Anna, Jeremiah, Josh, Booker, and Gregory !!! SML’s 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 is OUT NOW on LP, CD, and digi download (streaming to follow on November 25th), get it today at your favorite record store ..𝙄𝙉 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 !!!
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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trumpetdust.bsky.social
Vinyl reckoning: Tortoise “Touch” (@intlanthem.bsky.social), 2025. Deep instrumentals that reward deep listening.
Cover of Touch LP
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
CHICAGO — U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis said Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino admitted to lying about whether a rock hit him before he used tear gas on Chicagoans in Little Village last month.

@wttw.bsky.social #Chicago #ICE
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November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
intlanthem.bsky.social
SML - 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 is available in record stores worldwide this 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳𝘁𝗵, three weeks before the full album hits streaming platforms.
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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nonesuch.com
Join us at Tortoise's 'Touch' signing at Rough Trade NYC on November 17!

RSVP: dice.fm/partner/tick...

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November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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"The shared characteristic that unites all four releases is McCraven’s uncanny ability to alchemize hip-hop from jazz, structure from freedom, a collective effort into a singular vision." — @pitchfork.com review of Makaya McCraven's four new EPs pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

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November 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Tortoise - Touch via @intlanthem.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
intlanthem.bsky.social
Catch the Tortoise 6 Mix with Mary Anne Hobbs this Friday, 7th November at 11pm GMT on BBC 6 Music !! John Herndon is reppin the crew, sharing a smokin mix. You can listen back to the show via BBC Sounds 📻🦂✨
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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monolithcocktail.bsky.social
A review this month of cover star Suntou Susso griot imbued album Jaliya Silokang. Plus the new SML album from @intlanthem.bsky.social, Snorkel, Shoko Nagai, Silver Nun, Yalla Miku and Tanne Delle Pigri.

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The Perusal #73: Yalla Miku, Snorkel, SML, Shoko Nagai, Suntou Susso…
A world of sonic/musical discoveries reviewed by Dominic Valvona. All entries in alphabetical order. Le Grand Couturier ‘S-T’(Un Je-ne-sais-quoi) 7th November 2025 The hula limbo swinging hoop of F…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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treblezine.bsky.social
On his new 4xEP release, Makaya McCraven provides access points for non-jazz fans, hip-hop adjacent heads, and grand on-ramp thoroughfares to abstract soundscapes. @intlanthem.bsky.social

@padlife.bsky.social reviews

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Makaya McCraven : Techno Logic; The People's Mixtape; Hidden Out; PopUp Shop - Treble
The jazz bandleader and drummer's simultaneous four new EPs showcase the breadth of his explorations
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November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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kenixfan.bsky.social
This SML record is one of the best, most invigorating albums I've heard on @intlanthem.bsky.social lately and that's really saying something.
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Stepping In: A Review Of The New Album From SML On International Anthem
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November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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nonesuch.com
"It’s a hands-up, hands-down celebration from one of this generation’s most exploratory jazz composers, with Jeff Parker being close right there with him." — @padlife.bsky.social's @treblezine.bsky.social review of Makaya McCraven's new EPs www.treblezine.com/makaya-mccra...

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November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Tortoise's Jeff Parker & John McEntire were on @npr.org 'Weekend Edition Sunday' to talk with host @ayesharascoe.bsky.social about their new album, 'Touch,' and their upcoming concert with Chicago Philharmonic:
www.npr.org/2025/11/02/n...

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November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
intlanthem.bsky.social
SML in NYT !!! Burning feature written by Grayson Currin, w/ killer photos by Ariel Fisher for The New York Times.
“SML doubled down on their exploratory process for the absorbing “How You Been,” out Friday.
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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theothersideoflife.bsky.social
#NowPlaying: #FirstListen to Tortoise, "Touch" (International Anthem, 2025) LP

@intlanthem.bsky.social

www.discogs.com/release/3545...

#nowlistening #musicsky #vinylsky #nowspinning #tortoise
Tortoise, "Touch" (International Anthem, 2025) LP playing on a Technics 1200 turntable next to a blue lava lamp, along with several other albums and CDs.
November 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM