http://indieblips.dailyradar.com/indie_music/zz_top/ The Web's top ZZ Top news from IndieBlips - find more at http://indieblips.dailyradar.com/indie_music/zz_top/ en IndieBlips http://backend.userland.com/rss http://img.dailyradar.com/media/img/indieblips/logo_120x60.png http://indieblips.dailyradar.com/indie_music/zz_top/ 120 60 http://indieblips.dailyradar.com/article/tortoise-skip-the-zz-top-section-at-amoeba-records/ <p> Filed under: News , Video It's impossible as all heck to try to pin down Tortoise 's sound, so just what the heck do the guys in the band listen to for fun? Bassist Doug McCombs and drummer John Herndon were caught shopping at Amoeba Records lately and bared the contents of their shopping bags for Amoeba's film crew. Interestingly, both band members separately purchased the vinyl edition of Earthless' 'Live at Roadburn.' "I bought this live record because they were on my mind, because we're playing a show with them tomorrow," says McCombs. "Earthless kind of reminds me of Jimi Hendrix playing with the Wipers." Realizing that he didn't have a single Hendrix album, McCombs then added 'Axis: Bold as Love' to his cart. Herndon remained silent about his own Hendrix collection, but in addition to Earthless, he purchased albums by Madlib, Skream and the Plasmatics . </p><p>Find more top indie music news, videos, and blogs on IndieBlips: <a href="http://indieblips.dailyradar.com/indie_music/">Indie Music</a>, <a href="http://indieblips.dailyradar.comhttp://indieblips.dailyradar.com/indie_music/tortoise/">Tortoise</a>, <a href="http://indieblips.dailyradar.comhttp://indieblips.dailyradar.com/indie_music/earthless/">Earthless</a>, <a href="http://indieblips.dailyradar.comhttp://indieblips.dailyradar.com/indie_music/jimi_hendrix/">Jimi Hendrix</a>, <a href="http://indieblips.dailyradar.comhttp://indieblips.dailyradar.com/indie_music/zz_top/">ZZ Top</a>, <a href="http://indieblips.dailyradar.comhttp://indieblips.dailyradar.com/indie_music/larrikin_love/">Larrikin Love</a></p> http://indieblips.dailyradar.com/article/tortoise-skip-the-zz-top-section-at-amoeba-records/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000 Indie Music Tortoise Earthless Jimi Hendrix ZZ Top Larrikin Love