Prefuse 73’s Scott Herren has posted a sweet treat for all of us freeloadin’ and downloadin’ folks via the band’s blog. A mix of over 30 songs, produced and compiled from Prefuse’s 2003 tour, are now available to right-click and save. The one-of-a-kind artwork that accompanied the mix CDs, however, are not available for download.
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[Tortoise in 1994, Photo by James Warden]

After a five year hiatus we’re finally going to get a chance to grace our eardrums with the post-rock sounds of Tortoise once more. That’s right, the band has finally announced the release date of their sixth studio album, Beacons of Ancestorship.
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Ironically, not reported first by Pitchfork, but instead by respected Chicago Sun Times music critic Jim DeRogatis [via The Daily Swarm], the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival will be dropping their “Don’t Look Back” classic-album theme, and instead will allow fans the chance to come up with the set lists as part of a new series called “Write The Night: Set Lists By Request.”
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