Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM
The Broad, Los Angeles
**TORTOISE RECORD RELEASE EVENT CONCERT UNDER THE STARS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS** **Tortoise**, the stalwart five-piece *Pitchfork* described as “weirdly beautiful and impossible to pin down,” kick off a series of special concerts in support of *Touch*, their first new LP in nine years. Originally formed in Chicago, IL, the birthplace of “post-rock,” bandmembers John Herndon and Jeff Parker are now firmly embedded in the Los Angeles music scene and consistent contributors to the music community, fostering new partnerships and collaborations at the crossroads of jazz, rock, punk, and thoughtful experimentation – while Dan Bitney and Douglas McCombs live in Chicago and John McEntire resides in Portland, OR. Be the first to hear *Touch *performed live on our outdoor East West Bank Plaza and purchase physical copies of the record before they are officially released Sunday, October 19. The Broad collection includes work by nearly 50 Los Angeles artists. Among them are [**Mark Bradford**](https://www.thebroad.org/art/mark-bradford), whose works can recall the energetic and often frenzied topology of a city map; [**Ed Ruscha**](https://www.thebroad.org/art/ed-ruscha), whose painted words and phrases have a vernacular, familiar tone, but an unfamiliar reference; and [**Doug Aitken**](https://www.thebroad.org/art/doug-aitken) who attempts, in his own words, to register “a twilight of perception where ideas and iconography flicker and reinvent themselves.” These threads and more are reflected in the architectural repetition, structured improvisation, and non-linear narrative of Tortoise. **Alejandro (Ale) Cohen**, Music Director at KCRW, will be spinning vinyl from the station’s library of Los Angeles bands to open the event. Photo by Todd Weaver