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Monday, October 06, 2025

By Michael Schuerman


Toro Y Moi
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Toro Y Moi turns a new leaf with Anything in Return

Chazwick Bundick’s name fits his look. His appearance and lifestyle embody almost every stereotype of the, dare I say, stereotypical American hipster. Bundick is usually pictured with thick-rimmed glasses while sporting a lackadaisical look in his eyes. It all screams arrogance. But the man behind the moniker, Toro y Moi, single-handedly brought the chillwave genre to relevance. Perhaps his image is justifiable.

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No no no... more remaking holiday classics

William Hung has a Christmas album. Yes, you read that correctly. American Idol’s most ignominious failure made famous by his ridiculous flailing arm motions to Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” has a nine-track record of classic holiday hits. Entitled Hung for the Holidays, this record is 20 minutes of Hung butchering your favorite Christmas songs. Yet, people actually bought this abomination and a talentless hack made money. This is why I hate Christmas music.

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A familiar take on new 'lullabies'

In the 21st century, most artists already have a perfectly designed genre to describe their band’s music. Adding the suffix “core” and the prefix “post” can instantly place any obscure or underground act into a pre-determined niche. Post-hardcore, grindcore, post-punk, post-punk revival and even the hilariously named post-blues (this is a real thing, I am not making this up) are among the myriad of ridiculous examples of sound identification today. This brings the discussion to another baffling style: slowcore.

Lonerism
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'Lonerism' full of psychadelic sounds

Tame Impala is not Pink Floyd, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Zombies, or any other typical 60s psychedelic rock group. Unfortunately for them, this is their ill-fated future, as many first time listeners will come to relate them to these early pioneers due to Tame Impala’s characteristically influenced sound. Even lead vocalist Kevin Parker’s voice vaguely resembles that of Paul McCartney.

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