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Hildur Guðnadóttir is scrolling through her phone. Whereas most people use the device to collect photographs and notes alongside contact numbers, the Icelandic composer records snippets of music. Thes

For 35 years, the sonic scientists of TORTOISE have toiled to redefine the scope and possibilities of indie music. Their influence has been pervasive, but their methods and results remain unique. So don’t call them ‘post-rock’, OK? “Our genre is that there isn’t a genre,” they tell GRAYSON HAVER CURRIN .

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