Best New Bands » Toro Y Moi http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Best New Bands Does Desert Daze http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/best-new-bands-does-desert-daze/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/best-new-bands-does-desert-daze/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2016 23:12:56 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=33450 Joshua Tree, California – “Pretty much everything about this festival is unprofessional.” That was the easiest way to reflect upon Desert Daze 2016, as we walked back to our camp Sunday night following the Brian Jonestown Massacre’s closing set. This is in no way meant as a criticism either. Desert Daze was described as the “no rules

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  1. New Bands to See at Desert Daze 2016 New York – This weekend ushers in California’s 5th annual Desert Daze in Joshua Tree, where for three days, from October 14-16, festivalgoers from around the world will experience “what music festivals once were, while illuminating the future of what music...
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  1. Toro y Moi ’s Chaz Bundick Introduces Side Project: Les Sins San Francisco – This week Chaz Bundick (of Toro y Moi fame) embarks on a month-long tour across North America as Les Sins, Bundick’s dance music side project.  The tour, supporting his recent debut release as Les Sins, Michael (on...
  2. Toro y Moi Gets Seattle Dancing Seattle – Toro Y Moi played Showbox at the Market to a very dance-happy crowd. When we caught Toro y Moi in Brooklyn this summer, our New York writer, Kelly Knapp, astutely summed up his sound as “A voice like...
  3. The Capitol Hill Block Party is Back! Seattle – Capitol Hill Block Party (CHBP) has just announced the first group of artists confirmed to be part of this year’s installment of the iconic music festival. The festivities are scheduled to take place over July 24-26 in the Evergreen state....
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/toro-y-moi-s-now/feed/ 1 Toro y Moi ’s Chaz Bundick Introduces Side Project: Les Sins http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/toro-y-mois-chaz-bundick-introduces-side-project-les-sins/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/toro-y-mois-chaz-bundick-introduces-side-project-les-sins/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2014 23:19:55 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=20270 San Francisco – This week Chaz Bundick (of Toro y Moi fame) embarks on a month-long tour across North America as Les Sins, Bundick’s dance music side project.  The tour, supporting his recent debut release as Les Sins, Michael (on Company Record Label), starts in Vancouver and ends in Austin, with stops in major cities

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  1. Toro y Moi Gets Seattle Dancing Seattle – Toro Y Moi played Showbox at the Market to a very dance-happy crowd. When we caught Toro y Moi in Brooklyn this summer, our New York writer, Kelly Knapp, astutely summed up his sound as “A voice like...
  2. Poliça Brings Dark Side of Electronica to The Parish in Austin Austin—Another weekend of ACL brings another weekend of Late Night sets. This time I wound up on 6th Street west of I-35 to see Poliça, the Minneapolis electronic group that has been releasing music for two years, starting with 2012’s...
  3. Toro Y Moi is For Lovers Toro y Moi in a nutshell: A voice like velvet with beats that make you dance hard. Look up any live video of a Toro y Moi performance, and it’s a crowd of people dancing with hands in the air....
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/toro-y-mois-chaz-bundick-introduces-side-project-les-sins/feed/ 1 Toro y Moi Gets Seattle Dancing http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/toro-y-moi-gets-seattle-dancing/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/toro-y-moi-gets-seattle-dancing/#comments Sat, 16 Nov 2013 11:27:48 +0000 Seattle – Toro Y Moi played Showbox at the Market to a very dance-happy crowd. When we caught Toro y Moi in Brooklyn this summer, our New York writer, Kelly Knapp, astutely summed up his sound as “A voice like velvet with beats that make you dance hard” and, yes, dance hard is what people

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  1. Toro Y Moi is For Lovers Toro y Moi in a nutshell: A voice like velvet with beats that make you dance hard. Look up any live video of a Toro y Moi performance, and it’s a crowd of people dancing with hands in the air....
  2. Toro Y Moi shares video for new song, ‘Say That’ The product of a move from South Carolina to Berkeley, CA and the subsequent extended separation from loved ones, Toro Y Moi’s third full-length, Anything in Return, puts Chaz Bundick right in the middle of the producer/songwriter dichotomy that his first two albums...
  3. Cloud Nothings, BRAIDS, & Toro y Moi at the Doug Fir, Portland cloud nothings Friday night’s show at the Doug Fir Lounge in South East Portland was all about variety, as three bands with completely different sounds took the stage one after another. First on was Cloud Nothings, who appeared promptly at...
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  1. Foxygen Awes The Echo Foxygen was a name I heard floating around in the blogosphere, but something I (shamefully) never took the time to research. When I heard that the duo was playing with Moonface at The Echo, I figured I’d check them out....
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  3. Toro Y Moi is For Lovers Toro y Moi in a nutshell: A voice like velvet with beats that make you dance hard. Look up any live video of a Toro y Moi performance, and it’s a crowd of people dancing with hands in the air....
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  1. Cloud Nothings, BRAIDS, & Toro y Moi at the Doug Fir, Portland cloud nothings Friday night’s show at the Doug Fir Lounge in South East Portland was all about variety, as three bands with completely different sounds took the stage one after another. First on was Cloud Nothings, who appeared promptly at...
  2. Toro Y Moi shares video for new song, ‘Say That’ The product of a move from South Carolina to Berkeley, CA and the subsequent extended separation from loved ones, Toro Y Moi’s third full-length, Anything in Return, puts Chaz Bundick right in the middle of the producer/songwriter dichotomy that his first two albums...
  3. Easy Star All Stars: Reggae for Reggae Lovers and Haters Last night I traveled to beautiful downtown Santa Barbara to see the Easy Star All Stars perform with Cas Haley at the Soho Restauarant and Music Club (check out my review of Cas live at The Roxy here). Easy Star...
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  2. Hangout Festival 2012 I don’t know about anybody else, but I never really thought “beach and music destination” when I thought of Gulf Shores, Alabama. As the name of the city implies, it’s on the gulf, where it’s highly unlikely you’ll ever get...
  3. Festival Preview: Bonnaroo What Bonnaroo does better than any other North American festival is purvey that communal atmosphere of Woodstock. As great as the festival’s atmosphere is, let’s talk about some of the bands we’re most excited to see. They’re not exactly a...
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