Tag: Toro Y Moi

Toro Y Moi Reaches Out To Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Over Twitter

Photo by Aaron Richter

[Exclaim] And the Twitter-borne collaborations continue…This time around: Toro Y Moi courting his old hero Rivers Cuomo with the hopeful message, “I’ll do a song with you. I’m your biggest fan.” To which the Weezer frontman swiftly responded, “That’s funny I was just listening to you. Yeah, let’s do something!”

Whether this’ll lead to something like Cuomo’s rather random Best Coast collab remains to be seen. Either way, we’re pretty sure a young Chaz Bundick—the one who “would draw the Weezer ‘W’ all over everything”—is really giddy right about now.

If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out Toro’s thoughts on life, death, and Arthur Russell lyrics from our current magazine issue below…

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SXSW Shots By The Black Lips, Toro Y Moi & the Megaphonic Thrift

The Black Lips & Gwar

Since most SXSW packages—ours included—rely on a similar realm of live photos and party previews, self-titled thought we’d do something a little different this year: drop disposable cameras in the hands of our favorite bands, along with a few simple instructions:

1. Don’t worry about capturing shows. ‘Professional photographers’ already have them covered.
2. The more candid and random the roll, the better.
3. Don’t forget a dick shot, okay?

While a few cameras went missing, just about everyone delivered the goods, including one artist who took No. 3 literally and shall remain nameless…

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DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Solar Bears’ No Conclusion Mix

Solar Bears shared a seamless entry in our Needle Exchange series last summer and the following No Conclusion mix is just as spot-on, weaving M83, Deerhunter, Lone, the Kinks and more into a heady living room listen…

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Presenting Self-Titled’s Eleventh Issue, Featuring Cut Copy, Kode9, Earth, Panda Bear, Yuck, Kurt Vile, Anika and More

Photo by Marley Kate

As you may have noticed on our Twitter feed, the iPad edition of our new issue landed on Zinio’s newsstand tonight. You can grab it here, or order a discounted subscription that starts today by clicking this.

Here’s what’s inside:

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TEST PRESSING: Stream Toro Y Moi’s “New Beat”

Keep up with all things Toro Y Moi here, or pre-order Underneath the Pine by clicking this.

VIDEO: Toro Y Moi, “Still Sound”

Toro Y Moi‘s Underneath the Pine LP drops on February 22 through Carpark. Grab “Still Sound” in MP3 form after the jump…

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DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Daedelus’ ‘We All Have Magical Properties’ Mixtape

[International Tapes]

Toro Y Moi and Cloud Nothings Announce Split 7”, Tour

The Tour:
1/19 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
3/11 Athens, GA – 40 Watt
3/12 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
3/13 New Orleans, LA – Circle Bar
3/14 Houston, TX – Fitzgeralds
3/15 McAllen, TX – M.P.M. Fest
3/16-18 Austin, TX – SXSW
3/19 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
3/21 Tempe, AZ – Sail Inn
3/22 Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar
3/23 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
3/24 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
3/25 Portland, OR – Doug Fir
3/26 Kennewick, WA – The Red Room
3/27 Seattle, WA – Crocodile

The Single (available March 29 through Carpark):
A: Toro Y Moi, “I Will Talk To You”
B: Cloud Nothings, “For No Reason”

2010 IN REVIEW: Washed Out’s Favorite Songs

Photo by Shawn Brackbill

Sample and scan Washed Out‘s picks below, alongside his exclusive interview with Small Black‘s Josh Kolenik. If you’re on an iPad, you can check out our latest issue here.

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2010 IN REVIEW: A-Trak Reviews 25 of the Year’s Top Songs

Photos by Elizabeth Weinberg

When we sent Apache Beat singer Ilirjana Alushaj over to A-Trak‘s Brooklyn apartment to talk about the year’s top singles, we expected the discerning ear of a world class DJ. And we got just that. What he liked and loathed from self-titled‘s carefully curated playlist might surprise you, though…

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