Standing at the Gate: Remix Collection Will Be Out April 16, 2021 on Perpetual Novice
Dec 17, 2020By 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
Feelings Due Out February 26, 2021 via Ghostly International
Nov 12, 2020By 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
Causers of This (Instrumentals) Due Out June 27 via Company
Jun 19, 2020By 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
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
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
Plus Better Oblivion Community Center, Leon Bridges, Phosphorescent, Toro y Moi, and More
Mar 26, 2019By 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
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
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
Plus The Good, The Bad, & The Queen; boygenius; Beirut; Beach House; and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 26, 2018By 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"Our First 100 Days" Will Include a New Song Every Day for the First 100 Days of Donald Trump's Presidency
Feb 01, 2017By 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
"Our First 100 Days" Will Include a New Song Every Day for the First 100 Days of Trump's Presidency
Jan 13, 2017By 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
Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2 Due Out March 31, 2017 via Company Records
Nov 03, 2016By 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
Live From Trona Album Due Out August 5 via Carpark
Jul 06, 2016By 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
Wildflower Due Out July 8, Features Father John Misty, Toro Y Moi, Mercury Rev's Jonathan Donahue, Danny Brown, and More
Jun 02, 2016By 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
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
Includes the New Songs He's Been Sharing of Late, As Well as a Collaboration with Washed Out
Aug 28, 2015By 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
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
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
Clip for Brand New Song Shot Outside Texas Sculpture
Jun 15, 2015By 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
After a lead-up of several sharedtracks and a pair of stylish musicvideos, Toro y Moi's Chaz Bundick has offered up the entirety of his forthcoming new album Anything in Return online to stream. More
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
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
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
Featuring: Memory Tapes, Toro Y Moi, Class Actress and more.
Oct 28, 2011By 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
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
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
Features David Cross, Ed Helms, Patton Oswalt, Reggie Watts, Donald Glover, Ty Burrell, Nick Offerman, TV on the Radio, The Flaming Lips, St. Vincent, and more
May 16, 2011By 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
Issue Includes Interviews with R.E.M., Bright Eyes, The Decemberists, Cut Copy, Jens Lekman, Okkervil River, Panda Bear, Lykke Li, Iron and Wine, Elbow, Duran Duran, Destroyer, and more
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
SXSW Recap Day 3: Toro Y Moi, Revolver, Still Corners
Mar 21, 2011By 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
Off Festival 2010 Day One Recap: The Horrors, Toro y Moi, Art Brut, Tindersticks
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
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.