Archive for Tortoise

On Tyranny: Tortoise Wasn’t ‘Sure Any Business Would Survive Donald Trump’s Ineptitude and Destruction’

Posted in Features, Interviews, On Tyranny, On Tyranny with tags , , , , on 12/13/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

The newest print edition of The Big Takeover – for which its publisher, editor, and perhaps the best person on earth, Jack Rabid, has graciously allowed me to contribute for 23 years – is now available for purchase. If you believe in punk rock and for which it stands, buy it. Among my 10 contributions is a challenging interview with Tortoise. I’ll note my other submissions in the coming days but won’t be reproducing them here. Buy the damn mag; it’s 170 pages long, a work of art in its own right and only costs seven bucks.

Go to the On Tyranny archive for more installments in the series.

Meet And Greet: Cougar

Posted in Features, Interviews, Meet And Greet with tags , , , , , , , , , , on 01/03/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

Cougar want to be clear: In choosing their moniker, the last thing the Midwestern instrumentalists wanted was for people to think of older divorcées hunting for young men. Continue reading

Cover Me: Cougar

Posted in Cover Me, Features, Interviews with tags , , , , , , , on 12/31/2009 by Kurt Orzeck

An ongoing series in which musicians reveal the artists they’d most like to hear covering their songs. If you’re not familiar with Cougar, meet them right here. Continue reading