I might go see them on monday with The Ruby Suns and Oryx and Crake(?) even though I'm not a big fan on any embellished flowery indie/pop music and/or animal collective/grizzly bear trippy stuff.
When I'm drinking I think I could easily like songs from any of these 3 bands. I'm not as uptight as my first sentence^ makes me seem. I'm just saying I don't buy that kind of music.
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 19 March 2010 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
love Lissoms and the title track
interesting (and often frustrating) how many of the acts doing this kind of thing tend to keep the tracks under 3 minutes
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 13 May 2010 13:38 (fourteen years ago) link
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/05/in_concert_toro_y_moi_at_the_r.html
An enthusiastic but balanced live review with photos from a Washington Post freelancer
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 May 2010 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Sounds like a pretty good live show. I might go check them out when they come around.
Bundick (also working on disco/house project under the moniker Les Sins)
I haven't heard any of that. Is it good?
― viborg, Thursday, 13 May 2010 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I haven't heard it either but it looks like there might be Les Sins stuff we can listen to online.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 May 2010 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
shouldda taken acid witchu
― my baby's got the bans (ksh), Thursday, 13 May 2010 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i just saw these dudes open up for caribou. they weren't bad but just sounded so tiny by comparison
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
That guy's Washington Post review was of them opening for Caribou (who they had reviewed previously and featured an interview with instead of a review this time). I wasn't able to make it.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 May 2010 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
so, on November 9 Chaz is going to release a Les Sins single - "Lina" (probably my favourite single of 2009 btw), and that's really sweet news
http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2010/09/15/les-sins-lina/
― V79, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
feeling this: http://www.spin.com/articles/download-new-song-toro-y-moi
― OFQM (gr8080), Monday, 13 December 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
underneath the pine is soundin a lot more "formed" & anthemic than his previous stuff -- liking elise & new beat & still sound the most
― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 February 2011 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
"still sound" def stands out but the whole album is gr8. not very "chillwave" either more like caribou/ dude makin music style
― gr8080, Friday, 4 February 2011 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
'New Beat' sounds like a song written around a cool bass line
Looking forward to the album.
On the last one, 'Thanks Vision' just KILLS it
― blackcoffeeredsun, Saturday, 5 February 2011 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link
'new beat' sounds like mj's 'baby be mine' and it's cool but all album is a little bit boring. 'how i know' is my favourite.
― starsailor, Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Album is streaming at Urban Outfitters:
http://lstn.urbanoutfitters.com/lstnradio.php?auto=on&name=Underneath%20The%20Pine
― monster_xero, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
This shit is funky! Amazing keys and bass, especially
― I just threw some kazoo on this bitch (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 09:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I f/w this this. Big ups to Tyler the Creator for putting me up on this.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Saturday, 26 February 2011 08:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Feel like this dude should f/w Flying Lotus.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Saturday, 26 February 2011 08:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i like this record but the cover seriously creeps me out
― zappi, Saturday, 26 February 2011 09:56 (thirteen years ago) link
he just got booked for a Honolulu show in April. really stoked.
― gr8080, Saturday, 26 February 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
this just in: a brand new track from Chaz! gram it while it's hot: http://pitchfork.com/news/43164-toro-y-moi-is-ifreaking-outi-on-new-ep/
sounds a bit like it's his response to either "Friday I'm In Love", "Friday" or "Sundae Love" (lol)
― V79, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
...it turns out it's actually his kinda response/homage/cover to Sway's "Saturday Night Hustle", I had no idea before.
compare:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAyB7rGyS2w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLHGNeJaTE0
― V79, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
V79 i am about to blow your fucking mindhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deuSgKszlk4
― gr8080, Thursday, 14 July 2011 07:59 (twelve years ago) link
lol, mind blown. shame on me, I guess
― V79, Thursday, 14 July 2011 08:17 (twelve years ago) link
new ep is great
― johnny crunch, Monday, 12 September 2011 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
― johnny crunch, Sunday, September 11, 2011 2:09 PM (1 month ago)
otm: his voice remains the weakest element tho :(
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/advance/6-anything-in-return/
Liking the new album a lot so far. A bit dancier and while I wouldn't say his voice is stronger, he seems to be learning how to work around its limitations better.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 15 January 2013 01:35 (eleven years ago) link
Album cover reminds me of pre-dreads Bobby McFerrin.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
on spotify. like his last full release, couple of good songs and a whole bunch of snoozers.
― Spectrum, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
It's nice but I already forgot about it.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OJy_yud5I8
here's a youtube for anyone interested
― Spectrum, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
i like this record
― tity boi historian (ciderpress), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
live:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0145sjt
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 25 January 2013 11:44 (eleven years ago) link
still my favorite album this year :o
― cunnilingus ah um (The Reverend), Monday, 1 April 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
the new toro y moi is a lot dancier, i love it. this and the my bloody valentine are my favorite albums so far this year.
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Sunday, 21 April 2013 12:15 (eleven years ago) link
This album is the best and I'm loving his straightup house stuff as Les Sins too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkjFHk_9ms
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 April 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
so good
checkin out this album
― flopson, Sunday, 21 April 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
i still really like the sound of this record
― ciderpress, Friday, 26 April 2013 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
The single off this is probably my least favourite song of the year, that glitchy bit at the end is so hamfisted.
― Matt DC, Friday, 26 April 2013 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
which track?
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Friday, 26 April 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
i like that the rev got really into toro y moi. i didn't like anything in return as much as he did, but i was really into underneath the pine . like "still sound": so good! anyway, respect.
― jaymc, Sunday, 21 September 2014 04:48 (nine years ago) link
Anything in Return still(!) hasn't left my regular rotation. It's prob one of my two or three most played albums in the past couple years.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 21 September 2014 06:55 (nine years ago) link
I only really got that into the singles from the Underneath the Pine tho.
His new Les Sins album is on Spotify now and is amazing: http://open.spotify.com/album/16PFsm0wvfvsv2pEE6eies
Some nods to Funkadelic and Nas in there.
― Moka, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
luv this 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ax_q1dcWZw
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 29 November 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
That record is half decent but wtf is with that cover art, it's awful.
― davey, Sunday, 30 November 2014 10:07 (nine years ago) link
New album is streaming:
http://www.npr.org/2015/03/29/395324059/first-listen-toro-y-moi-what-for
Early return: it's split between Royal Scam-ish jazz rock and Big Star power pop. Obviously very 70s sounding. I dig it, but I'm also biased toward anyone who knows their way around a 7th chord.
― klonman, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 13:21 (nine years ago) link
I think this new one is his best since Causers
― calstars, Sunday, 5 April 2015 11:27 (nine years ago) link
no way I haven't heard the new one yet but each of his first three was better than the last
― The Reverend, Sunday, 5 April 2015 22:23 (nine years ago) link
okayyyyyy just gonna have to call a no on this album. It just isn't what I want from him at all, it feels like such a regression from the more interesting direction he was going. I don't fucking need more classic rock in my life.
― The Reverend, Monday, 6 April 2015 06:26 (nine years ago) link
The guitarist is the dude from Unknown Mortal Orchestra
― calstars, Monday, 6 April 2015 11:29 (nine years ago) link
New one out todayIs it just me or does this guy's music get less exciting with every release?
― calstars, Friday, 7 July 2017 10:49 (six years ago) link
Like his vocal melodies mostly seem very similar and almost monotone
― calstars, Friday, 7 July 2017 10:50 (six years ago) link
Is it just me or does this guy's music get less exciting with every release?
Since then it's been zzzzzzzzzzz
― yesca, Saturday, 8 July 2017 03:32 (six years ago) link
no alb out today. enjoying the grooves this time around. "last year" is like diet can (can zero).
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 29 April 2022 15:36 (two years ago) link
*new alb out today lol