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The Portola Music Festival Experience

Layla Mahmoud and Carolina Munce
October 3, 2022
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized
On the 24th of September 2022, the Portola Music Festival commenced on Pier 80 at noon sharp. As all the attendees made their way toward the entrance of Portola, a chilling excitement could be felt and seen thr...

The Yolk: The moment a song hits just right 

Jax Samsell
March 18, 2021
Creative Writing, Uncategorized
The 2:02 mark of Lorde’s “Buzzcut Season,” off of  Pure Heroine (2013) fills me with an inexplicable emotion. The way she harmonizes behind the chorus is heavenly. It‘s a combination of euphoria, mela...

UC Theatre celebrates 1 year anniversary since re-opening

Veronica Irwin
April 28, 2017
Columns and Opinions
During the first year since the UC Theatre’s opening, the venue has already gained significant recognition in our community. From attracting hip concert-goers to shows like Deerhunter and Toro y Moi, costume-...

Reflections from a comforting Toro y Moi gig

Matt Sater
November 13, 2016
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews
I can’t recall a single political lyric on any Toro y Moi release. Toro y Moi, formerly the solo project of Chaz Bundick and now the name for his full band, has never been one to protest loudly. A modest Amer...

Toro y Moi to take victory lap at UC Theatre

Matt Sater
October 30, 2016
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News, Previews
1 Comment
Though his heart may always remain in his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina, it’s obvious that Chaz Bundick likes Berkeley a hell of a lot. A local of the East Bay since around 2012, Chaz has set up se...

Toro y Moi exhibits lyrical growth and potential on latest effort, What For?

Linda Choi
April 22, 2015
Album Review
Ex-chillwave artist and fellow Cheese Board enthusiast, Toro y Moi (Chaz Bundick), builds his discography like a coming-of-age story, although it can’t necessarily be determined if the climax of that sto...

Chaz Bundick’s voice will be missed on his debut as Les Sins

Linda Choi
November 3, 2014
Album Review
1 Comment
Chillwave may not be a canonized genre of music, but Toro y Moi is definitely a canonized name in said genre -- more like, his name has been engraved, by lightning, on the stone slab of said genre. Since f...

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