Showing All "Toro Y Moi" Posts
Mar 29th 4 Comments
I still haven't done the thing I talked about doing last week, opening this column up to late-night peformances or fan-taped camera-phone concert vids. I might still eventually do that, but this…   Read Story »
Mar 25th 1 Comment
Toro Y Moi's excellently slinky new album Anything In Return has already yielded two unexpectedly badass videos, for "So Many Details" and "Say That," which depicted mastermind Chaz Bundick as a…   Read Story »
Mar 7th Comment
Later this month, Les Sins, the dance music project of Chaz Bundick bka Toro Y Moi, will release a 12" of brand new material that hinges on more of the synth influence of his work. "Grind" and…   Read Story »
Feb 12th Comment
If there is anyone who should be laying his hand to Toro Y Moi's latest efforts, it is absolutely DaM-FunK and his brand of updated Prince aesthetics. On this remix -- or "re-freak," if you will --…   Read Story »
Jan 28th Comment
Toro Y Moi's excellent new album Anything In Return is a total studio record, all layered synths and drum-machine ripples. But in a recent session for the French radio station Le Mouv', Toro…   Read Story »
Jan 22nd 39 Comments
Toro Y Moi was once associated with the electronic pop subgenre and short cultural moment known as chillwave. There. That's done. As far as I'm concerned -- and I seem to be the only critic who…   Read Story »
Jan 18th 1 Comment
It's been nearly four years since the Los Angeles bass music producer Nosaj Thing released his debut album Drift, and next week, he'll finally follow it up with sophomore effort Home. We've already…   Read Story »
Jan 14th 2 Comments
For his third album Anything In Return, third-generation chillwaver Chaz Bundick, known to most of us as Toro Y Moi, has left the offbeat murk of his early work behind completely, reinventing himself…   Read Story »
Jan 11th 1 Comment
Later this month, Toro Y Moi will release the excellent new album Anything In Return, and he's also about to head out on tour with Atlanta's Dog Bite. And with the tour looming, he and Dog Bite are…   Read Story »
Jan 7th 6 Comments
On Friday, an asteroid struck Stereogum's bank of computer servers, or something, and we were out of commission for the day. This was, of course, tragic, since it sent all of you home for the weekend…   Read Story »






























