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  See Strangers Dance to Toro Y Moi's 'Never Matter' at a South Carolina Flea Market

  March 25, 2013 – As he recently told SPIN, Toro y Moi's Chaz Bundick couldn't have made a record as pop-forward as Anything in Return if he hadn't relocated to California. But that doesn't mean the J Dilla disciple can't sojourn home to Columbia, South Carolina, to reconnect with the scene that raised him. The new video for "Never Matter," first shared by Gorilla vs. …
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  Hear Toro Y Moi Offshoot Les Sins' Dance Gems 'Grind' and 'Prelims'

  March 7, 2013 – Even as Chaz Bundick continues to push his Toro y Moi moniker into deeper house-dipped R&B (via Anything in Return), the now Berkeley-based chillwave O.G. presses onward with his dance-oriented Les Sins project. Jiaolong, the label run by Dan Snaith (Caribou, Daphni), will release a digital and 12-inch single from Bundick on March 18 featuring two new rhythmically rich songs. …
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  Camp Bisco 2013 Lineup: Animal Collective, Passion Pit, Bassnectar, and More

  February 21, 2013 – You know winter is on its way out when the days are getting a little longer, the weather is getting warmer, and the festival lineup announcements keep on coming.We can't help you with the weather, but we've got you covered on the lineup front: We're happy to announce the initial slate of performers for this summer's Camp Bisco Festival. The 2013 edition of dance and jam-centric shindig will run from July 11 to 13 at the Indian Look …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five: Lil Wayne, the Rap Game David Cronenberg?

  February 15, 2013 – So, Fox News hired Herman Cain. This will be fun. More importantly though, it is a chance to resurrect my dream remix project: Jamie xx & Herman Cain's We're New Here. Come on bored DJs. The instrumentals for Jamie xx & Gil Scott Heron's remix record are readily available. By the end of week one, Cain will have delivered enough legendary nonsense to flesh this thing out. …
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  Toro Y Moi: Our Finest J. Dilla Disciple

  February 1, 2013 – When will the picking of J. Dilla's bones stop? …
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  Toro y Moi Is 'Not Just a Kid Behind a Laptop': Chaz Bundick Sets the Record Straight

  January 21, 2013 – With his new album Anything In Return (Carpark), out January 22, Toro y Moi's Chazwick Bundick proves once again that he's pigeonhole proof. Back in 2009, he and University of South Carolina classmate Ernest Greene, a.k.a. Washed Out, were credited with reinventing the nostalgic sound of summer via the oft-chuckled about, haze-happy chillwave genre. …
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  Toro y Moi, 'Anything in Return' (Carpark)

  January 21, 2013 – If, a couple years back, you expected the word "chillwave" to be long gone by 2013, well, some people in 1983 thought rap was a passing fad, too. You know what happened instead? A$AP Rocky signed a three-million-dollar deal for tracks he cut with hip-hop's most chillwave-y, Loveless-jacking producer, Clams Casino. R&B got stretched and taffy-pulled into dark, dubby corridors that led to albums that topped charts and critics' polls. …
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  Nosaj Thing and Toro Y Moi Construct Laid-Back 'Home' Album Closer 'Try'

  January 18, 2013 – Los Angeles producer Nosaj Thing takes a break from handing out beats to Kendrick Lamar and Kid Cudi next week when he releases his second solo album Home, the follow-up to 2009's Drift. …
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  10 Albums You Can Hear Now: Toro y Moi, Christopher Owens, Camper Van Beethoven, More

  January 15, 2013 – It's Tuesday, which means it's time to hole up with some headphones and sample the 10 new albums below.1) Camper Van Beethoven, La Costa Perdida. "For 30 years and counting, Camper Van Beethoven have existed in a parallel-universe borderland, coming across like a punk band perpetually on a Balkan bluegrass bender. But they finally bring it all back home to their native California on their 10th album... …
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  Toro y Moi and Dog Bite Swap Post-Dilla Beats and Gooey Guitars on Split 7-Inch

  January 11, 2013 – Fans of gooey psychedelic electro-pop now have another reason to mark their calendars for Toro y Moi's upcoming tour with Dog Bite. Toro y Moi, masterminded by shape-shifting South Carolina songwriter-producer Chaz Bundick, and Dog Bite, the project of former Washed Out live keyboardist Phil Jones, have pressed a tour-only split single that speaks to each artist's strengths. …
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