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Tortoise / Tuesday, June 8

Tortoise's do-no-wrong credibility looms monolithically in the indie-rock pantheon like a Giza pyramid. In the early '90s, the band began playing instrumental music that simultaneously established and shattered the paradigm we've come to recognize as "indie rock." With unorthodox, percussion-heavy instrumentation and modernist focus on production, Tortoise manages to convey a sense of intellectual grandiosity and distance without uttering a single word. And the lack of vocals doesn't mean their live shows aren't worth seeing. On the contrary, that Tortoise remains so heavily anchored in a particular aesthetic only adds to their strangely timeless appeal. With Das Boton. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $15. All ages. SABY REYES-KULKARNI