Anyone familiar with the music of Chaz Bundick (Toro y Moi) is also familiar with his eclectic range and genre traversing. 2013’s Anything In Return demonstrated a departure from previous Toro material, ushering in an electronic, pop-centric palette. Last years’ Les Sins Michael LP stretched those sounds even further, charting into house territory. This year’s What For? largely […]
Earlier this summer, Chaz Bundick announced a new album for his project Les Sins. Bundick, the Toro y Moi mastermind, will release the Michael LP on November 4. If the first album track “Bother” was any indication, Michael is gonna be a banger. Chaz enlisted fellow East Bay musician Nate Salman for the vocals on another album track. Nate […]
Toro y Moi’s 2013 album Anything In Return still stands as one of my favorites of the year. And I’d also argue Chaz Bundick’s side project Les Sins also crafted one of the year’s best grooves with “Grind“. So it comes as excellent news that Les Sins has a new full length coming down the pipe. Michael, tracklist […]
Oakland’s Trails and Ways delivered a homecoming show of sorts last Friday at New Parish. The Berkeley grads played several Bay Area shows this spring and summer before embarking on an extensive national tour and dropping their new Trilingual EP this fall. Friday’s show marked their first Oakland show since Trilingual and it didn’t take long to prove those […]
Portland’s Parenthetical Girls and San Francisco’s Social Studies dropped by Starry Plough in Berkeley, CA last night, as the two bands make way to SXSW next week. Parenthetical Girls will actually be playing our own official Cascadia SXSW Showcase on March 16. Social Studies has been very busy on the road since releasing their new Developer LP […]