May 19, 2022 By Joey Arnone

French artist FKJ (aka Vincent Fenton) has shared a new song, “A Moment of Mystery,” featuring Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bear). It is the latest release from Fenton’s upcoming album, V I N C E N T, which will be out on June 10 via Mom + Pop. More

Mar 31, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bear) has shared a video for his new single, “Déjà Vu.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming studio album, Mahal, which will be out on April 29 via Dead Oceans. More

Mar 08, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Pitchfork Music Festival has announced their 2022 lineup. The National, Mitski, and The Roots will be headlining. Other acts include Spiritualized, Parquet Courts, Dawn Richard, Indigo De Souza, SPELLLING, Camp Cope, Wiki, Japanese Breakfast, Lucy Dacus, Low, Magdalena Bay, Dry Cleaning, Toro y Moi, and Cate Le Bon, among others. The festival will take place from July 15–17 at Union Park in Chicago. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (March 11) at 10 a.m. CST. More

Feb 25, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2022. With Russia invading Ukraine on Thursday morning (and the increased threat of invasion earlier in the week), it was a bit hard to pull away from CNN and focus on new music. But nevertheless we were able to come up with a good list of songs we liked this week. More

Feb 22, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bear) has shared a video for his new single “The Loop.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming studio album, Mahal, which will be out on April 29 via Dead Oceans. More

Jan 26, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bear) has announced the release of a new studio album, Mahal, which will be out on April 29 via Dead Oceans. Bear has also shared videos for two new singles from the album, “Postman” and “Magazine,” the latter of which features vocals from Salami Rose Joe Lewis. More

Oct 20, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bear) has announced that he has signed to Secretly Group label Dead Oceans, also confirming the release of a new album, his debut for the label, in 2022. More

Dec 17, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) has just shared a cover of “Breathless,” the 2000 song by Irish pop rock group The Corrs. It will be featured as a bonus track on her upcoming remix LP Standing at the Gate: Remix Collection, which contains remixes of tracks from her most recent album, Pang. Polachek has already shared several remixes from Standing at the Gate, including ones by Toro y Moi, George Clanton, and A.G. Cook. More

Nov 12, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Oakland-based duo Brijean, comprised of percussionist Brijean Murphy and multi-instrumentalist Doug Stuart, have announced a new album, Feelings, and shared a video for its first single, “Day Dreaming” (which features Chaz Bear, aka Toro y Moi, on keyboards and engineering). More

Jun 19, 2020 By Mark Moody

Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bear) has released a previously recorded cover of Joe Bataan’s “Ordinary Guy.” Recorded in 2019 and first aired on radio, the song is now being officially released on Toro y Moi’s Company label. Bataan’s soulful late ’60’s doo-wop single has been fully updated and revamped at the hands of Bear and prior collaborators The Mattson 2. More

Oct 28, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Blood Orange (aka Dev Hynes) released a new mixtape, Angel’s Pulse, back in July via Domino. Now he has shared a self-directed video for the mixtape’s “Dark & Handsome.” The song and video both feature Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bear). More

Apr 19, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bear) released a new album, Outer Peace, back in January via Carpark. Last night he stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to perform the album’s “Freelance.” Watch the performance below. More

Mar 26, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Outside Lands have announced their 2019 lineup. The festival goes down August 9 - 11 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The headliners are Paul Simon, Childish Gambino, and Twenty One Pilots. More

Mar 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bear) released a new album, Outer Peace, back in January via Carpark. Now he has shared a video for the album’s “50-50,” which features Instupendo. More

Jan 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

We haven’t done an Album of the Week since mid November, but this week there was a multitude of strong contenders and so we’re back with a joint Album of the Week: Sharon Van Etten‘s Remind Me Tomorrow and The Twilight Sad‘s It Won/t Be Like This All the Time both get the honor. More

Dec 04, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bear) is releasing a new album, Outer Peace, on out January 19, 2019 via Carpark. Previously he shared its first single, “Freelance,” via a video for the song (it was one of our Songs of the Week). Now he has shared another song from the album, “Ordinary Pleasure.” More

Oct 26, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This week’s Songs of the Week list is a supersized edition, with a Top 12 rather than our regular Top 10. Various new album announcements this week, as well as some excellent albums being released today, resulted in the need to make room for two extra tracks. More

Oct 23, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Toro Y Moi (aka Chaz Bear) has announced a new album, Outer Peace, and shared its first single, “Freelance,” via a video for the song. Outer Peace is due out January 19, 2019 via Carpark. Listen to “Freelance” below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art. He has also announced some new tour dates, which are below too. More

Nov 16, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Toro Y Moi released a new album, Boo Boo, way back in July via Carpark. Previously he shared a retro ‘80s-esque video for its first single, “Girl Like You,” as well as a video for “You and I.” Now many months later he has shared a video for the album’s “No Show.” More

Jul 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Here we highlight four albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. We have also included Amazon links for each album. If you click through those links and buy the album (or anything else on Amazon once you’ve clicked through) then Amazon rewards us with a sales percentage. So buy that album you were likely going to purchase anyway, but also help support one of America’s last truly independent print music magazines. More

Jun 29, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Toro Y Moi is releasing a new album, Boo Boo, on July 7 via Carpark. Previously he shared a retro ‘80s-esque video for its first single, “Girl Like You.” Now he’s shared another song from the album, “You and I,” via its video. Watch it below. More

Jun 09, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Toro Y Moi has announced a new album, Boo Boo, and shared a retro ‘80s-esque video for its first single, “Girl Like You.” Boo Boo is due out July 7 via Carpark. Below is the “Girl Like You” video, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art. More

Mar 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last November Toro Y Moi‘s Chaz Bundick announced a new collaborative album with Southern California instrumental psych-jazz duo The Mattson 2 (identical twin brothers Jared and Jonathan Mattson). More

Feb 15, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last November Toro Y Moi‘s Chaz Bundick announced a new collaborative album with Southern California instrumental psych-jazz duo The Mattson 2 (identical twin brothers Jared and Jonathan Mattson). More

Feb 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

“Our First 100 Days” is a new anti-President Donald Trump project. The good folks behind the “30 Days, 30 Songs” anti-Trump campaign during the election have teamed up with Secretly Group for “Our First 100 Days.” More

Jan 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

During the election many indie rock musicians released anti-Donald Trump songs and likely assumed, like many liberals and Hillary Clinton supporters did, that Trump didn’t have a strong chance of winning. More

Nov 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Toro Y Moi‘s Chaz Bundick has announced a new collaborative album with Southern California instrumental psych-jazz duo The Mattson 2 (identical twin brothers Jared and Jonathan Mattson) More

Jul 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Toro Y Moi (aka Chaz Bundick) has announced a new live album and concert film. The album, Live From Trona, is due out digitally on August 5 and physically on limited edition 2-LP pink vinyl on November 4. More

Jun 02, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The long awaited follow-up to Since I Left You, the acclaimed 2001 debut album by Australia’s The Avalanches, has finally been announced after years of rumors. Wildflower is due out July 8 via Astralwerks/Modular/EMI/XL and features Father John Misty, Toro Y Moi, Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux, Camp Lo, Biz Markie, Mercury Rev’s Jonathan Donahue, and Warren Ellis of the Bad Seeds/Dirty Three. More

Sep 18, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bundick) may have just surprise released a new collection/album entitled Samantha, but now he’s shared a video for “Half Dome,” a song taken from his April-released full-length What For? (released by Carpark). More

Aug 28, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bundick) has kept busy since releasing his latest album, What For?, in April on Carpark and his debut album as his dancier alter-ego Les Sins last November. More

Aug 28, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Last weekend Los Angeles hosted FYF Festival. Check out Robert Redfield’s gallery of images from day two featuring Belle and Sebastian, D’Angelo, FKA twigs, Laura Marling,Lower Dens, Mac DeMarco, Morrissey, Solange, Toro Y Moi, Unknown Mortal Orchestra. More

Jul 09, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Chaz Bundick has been quite a workaholic of late. Despite releasing a new Toro y Moi album, What For?, in April on Carpark and his debut album as his dancier alter-ego Les Sins last November, More

Jun 25, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Despite releasing a new Toro y Moi album, What For?, in April on Carpark and his debut album as his dancier alter-ego Les Sins last November, Chaz Bundick recently released a video for a brand new Toro y Moi song, “room for 1zone.” More

Jun 15, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Toro y Moi has shared a video for “room for 1zone.” It’s a new song and isn’t taken from his recently released new album, What For? (out now on Carpark). More

Apr 30, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Toro y Moi has released a video for “Lilly.” The song is taken from his recently released new album, What For?, out now on Carpark. More

Mar 30, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Next week Toro y Moi, aka Chaz Bundick, returns with his newest studio album, What For?, the follow-up to his 2013 LP Anything In Return. More

Mar 25, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Toro y Moi, aka Chaz Bundick, is due to release his third studio album What For? on April 7. More

Mar 03, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Returning with his newest album What For? next month, Toro y Moi, a.k.a. Chaz Bundick, has offered up a brand new song from the effort titled “Buffalo.” More

Feb 20, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Due to release his new album What For? on this spring, Toro y Moi, a.k.a. Chaz Bundick, has shared a brand new music video featuring the LP’s lead single “Empty Nesters.” More

Jan 26, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Recently announcing the upcoming release of his newest album What For?, Toro y Moi has revealed his plans for a North American and European tour this spring. More

Jan 20, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Yesterday Chaz Bundick, otherwise known as Toro y Moii, announced the upcoming release of his newest album What For?, sharing the record’s included single “Empty Nesters.” More

Jan 19, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Musical artist Chaz Bundick, a.k.a. Toro y Moi, has announced the release of his fourth album, What For? More

Oct 24, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On Nov. 4 Toro Y Moi‘s Chaz Bundick will release Michael, the debut album of his dance-focused moniker Les Sins. More

Oct 01, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

Les Sins is the perpetually dancing alter ego of Chaz Bundick, aka Toro Y Moi. Today he’s released “Why,” a new track from his upcoming album Michael.

Aug 19, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

For those that didn’t know, musical artist Chaz Bundick, a.k.a. Toro y Moi, has occasionally released his own brand of dance music under the moniker Les Sins. More

Jan 31, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

This year electro/funk duo Chromeo will release their brand new album White Women. More

Jan 03, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

While the days of watching music videos on television are long gone, over the past several years the visual art form has certainly found second life (like so many other things) as an excellent online commodity. More

Dec 04, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last night, musical artist Chaz Bundick, aka Toro y Moi, was welcomed as the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! More

Oct 04, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this summer Verve Records has released Verve Remixed: The First Ladies, a new compilation of classic jazz standards reimagined by some the industry’s standout manipulators such as Bassnector, Azari & III, Pretty Lights, and Pontus Winnberg of Miike Snow. More

Sep 30, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Kicking off a new North American tour today, Toro y Moi, a.k.a. Chaz Bundick, has premiered a brand new music video for his latest Anything In Return single “Rose Quartz.” More

Sep 10, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Toro Y Moi has announced plans for a new North American tour. More

Aug 15, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Today in the unexpectedly awesome, Toro y Moi‘s Chaz Bundick has premiered his very own cover of Ricky Gervais’ track “Slough.” More

Jun 14, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

On July 16, Verve Records will release a new installment of its ongoing Verve Remixed series. More

May 28, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

On June 3 brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence, the UK production duo Disclosure, will release their debut full-length Settle. More

May 06, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Still spreading the good word of his sophomore LP Anything in Return, Toro y Moi has announced a series of new tour dates set to take place this fall. More

Mar 25, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Toro y Moi has premiered the newest music video from his sophomore LP Anything in Return. More

Jan 14, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

After a lead-up of several shared tracks and a pair of stylish music videos, Toro y Moi‘s Chaz Bundick has offered up the entirety of his forthcoming new album Anything in Return online to stream. More

Jan 11, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Set to go on tour in a few scant days, Toro Y Moi is bring more with him than songs from forthcoming album, Anything in Return. More

Jan 02, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

In just a few weeks’ time Toro y Moii will release his latest LP Anything In Return. More

Dec 12, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Hitting the ground running in 2013 with his anticipated third album Anything in Return beatmaker/songwriter Chaz Bundick (Toro y Moi) has premiered a luxury lifestyle music video for his lead single “So Many Details.” More

Nov 05, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Anything in Return, the third full-length album by Toro Y Moi, is set for release on Jan. 22 via Carpark Records. More

Oct 22, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Recently announcing the release of his third full-length effort Anything in Return, Toro Y Moi (a.k.a. Chaz Bundick) has scheduled an extensive tour through North America starting at the end of January. More

Oct 15, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Announcing earlier this month the release of his new album Anything in Return, Toro y Moi has unveiled the first bit of material from the forthcoming full-length with the track “So Many Details.” More

Oct 09, 2012 By Laura Studarus

On January 22, lo-fi synth master Toro Y Moi returns with his third album, Anything in Return. More

Aug 03, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Toro y Moi has announced that he will embark on a series of select performances until the month of October. More

Jan 31, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Chillwave poster child Toro y Moi has announced the release a retrospective work collecting 10 songs from his earlier career. More

Oct 28, 2011 By Laura Studarus

In case She & Him’s Christmas project wasn’t enough to get you in the holiday spirit, on December 6, Carpark Records plans to release a free Christmas album. More

Sep 02, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Following his cover of “Saturday Love,” Toro y Moi has released a new track off his forthcoming EP “Freaking Out.” More

Aug 14, 2011 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Check out photos from Day One of the Outside Lands Festival, held in the historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA. The gallery includes photos of The Shins, MGMT, Toro Y Moi, Best Coast,Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Phantogram, and Release the Sunbird. More

Aug 02, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Toro y Moi has released a video for “How I Know,” which taken from Underneath the Pine, released in February via Carpark. More

Jul 13, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Genre-hopping dance-synth-chill-master Chaz Bundick (aka Toro y Moi) is unleashing a new EP. Titled Freaking Out, the disc drops September 13 via Carpark. More

Jul 05, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

With the band’s latest album Zonoscope looking well-suited for a spot on a number of 2011 best-of lists, Australia dance-rockers Cut Copy have unveiled their latest set of tour dates for the coming fall. More

Jun 28, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Pygmalion Music Festival, held in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, will take place September 21-25. More

May 16, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

Issue #36 cover story artist Toro y Moi (a.k.a. Chaz Bundick) announced today that he’ll be hitting the road this fall. We have the dates. More

May 16, 2011 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Under the Radar has a special Music vs. Comedy issue that streets this week. In this issue indie rock musicians and comedians interview each other. Aziz Ansari (NBC’s Parks & Recreation) appears on the cover as David Bowie and for the issue he talked to both Toro Y Moi’s Chaz Bundick and TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek. More

Mar 25, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

The third day of Austin’s infamous SXSW Music Festival included performances by Toro Y Moi, Still Corners, Puro Instinct, and more. More

Feb 11, 2011 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Under the Radar’s Winter 2011 issue is about to hit stands. The cover features Death Cab for Cutie, who gave writer Matt Fink insight into the band’s forthcoming album, Codes and Keys (due out in May). The issue also includes interviews with Bright Eyes, British Sea Power, The Dears, The Decemberists, Destroyer, The Dodos, Duran Duran,Elbow, Iron and Wine, Lykke Li, R.E.M., Telekinesis, Toro Y Moi, The Antlers, The Big Pink, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Jens Lekman, Okkervil River, Panda Bear, Vivian Girls, Anna Calvi, Porcelain Raft, Smith Westerns, Yuck, and more.

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Feb 07, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

The exclusive first-listen of Underneath the Pine is accompanied by an exclusive first-look. We have the details. More

Jan 26, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Toro y Moi released a video today for super-disco cut, “Still Sound” from forthcoming album, Underneath the Pine (due February 22). We have the clip. More

Jan 03, 2011 By Laura Studarus

On February 22, Toro y Moi (Chaz Budnick to his pals) releases sophomore effort Underneath the Pine—a spacey-disco album designed to be played live. With real instruments. Good thing he’s also heading out on tour. We have the dates. More

Dec 13, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Today, Toro y Moi premiered the first preview track from forthcoming album, Underneath the Pine. More

Nov 23, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Hazy-electronics mastermind Toro y Moi (Chaz Bundick to his pals) plotted to release two albums in 2010—one filled with bloops and bleeps (check!) and one featuring real instrumentals (err…no.) Now Toro Y Moi is making up for lost time with the release of his sophomore album, Underneath the Pine (out February 22 via Carpark). More

Sep 16, 2010 By Katrina Yentch

Chaz Bundick is a busy man. First, his solo-project-under-a-band-name Toro y Moi is joining Nosaj Thing, Jogger, and Foals on the road for an extensive tour this coming fall. He also launched a new project. We have info on both.

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Jan 07, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Toro Y Moi (Columbia, South Carolina’s Chaz Bundick) is releasing his debut LP, Causers of This, three weeks early and touring around North America with The Ruby Suns. More

Jan 24, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Anything in Return is a self-assured, adult album. Full of determined beats, it’s worlds away from our first introduction to Toro Y Moi, 2010’s chillwave hallmark-heavy Causers of This, and a quantifiably large step up from early works comp June 2009. The shift is not a surprise. More

Apr 26, 2012 By Laura Studarus

As evidenced by June 2009—a collection of early recordings now finding a proper release—Toro Y Moi’s Chaz Bundick didn’t spring fully formed from the head of Zeus. While his brainwaves would go on to launch a sea of chillwave thought pieces, early songs showed an artist more interested in Ariel Pink-style experimentation than the retro-tinged dance pop he’d come to embrace. More

Mar 21, 2011 By Laura Studarus

As fellow writer Mike Hilleary pointed out, the ratio of sleep to bands at SXSW is somewhat skewed. This is of course, an understatement, as it seems even my dreams (whenever I close my eyes long enough to have them) have been rented out for showcases. While there’s no accounting for my subconscious booking agency (who seem intent on making it an all Twin Shadow bill), the variety of bands available to the waking world of SXSW is pretty dang impressive. After our second successful Under the Radar day party, the magazine crew opted to hop from venue to venue for the remainder of the evening, as no one showcase was strong enough to demand our full attention. More

Aug 07, 2010 By Laura Studarus

The opening night’s observation that I was about to slip down the rabbit hole turned out to be apt. After a restless night of sleep (Hello jetlag!), I was bundled into a car and taken deep into a rain covered forest. I’m from Los Angeles. This setting? Well…welcome to Wonderland. Today’s residents? Potty Umbrella, Tin Pan Alley, Kim Nowak, Something Like Elvis, The Horrors, Art Brut, Lenny Valentino, and Tindersticks. More

Oct 29, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

Toro Y Moi is the alias of the hyped 23-year-old South Carolinian Chaz Bundick. This preview 7-inch gives a nice bifurcated preview of the musician’s two 2010 albums.

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