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...