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Toro Y Moi - June 2009

Toro Y Moi - June 2009

Lo-fi pop trinkets and demos from chillwave pioneer

(3 stars)23 Mar 2012

(Carpark) Chillwave pioneer and Carolina native Chazwick Bundick follows up last year’s second release Underneath the Pine with further lo-fi pop trinkets dating back to June 2009 (hence the title), which should be stacked alongside the likes of his…

Clubbers' Decktionary: Chillwave

Clubbers' Decktionary: Chillwave

A guide to the myriad genres of clubbing, from Devil Disco DJ Hobbes

17 Oct 2011

Chillwave aka glo fi, proper noun. Generally down-tempo to mid-tempo (ie 80–120 bpm) danceable American indie/electro-pop style; usually made by solo artists with a laptop or small outfits; predominantly influenced by 80s analogue and electronica…

Laki Mera - The Proximity Effect

Laki Mera - The Proximity Effect

Sleepy chillwave effort from Laura Donnelly and co

(2 stars)24 Aug 2011

(Just Music) While the chillwave likes of Washed Out and Toro Y Moi purvey a fresh brand of electronic pop music that’s both soothing and stimulating, Glasgow quartet Laki Mera’s second album harks back to a time when it made people fall asleep in…

Memory Tapes - The Arches, Glasgow, Fri 8 Jul 2011

Memory Tapes - The Arches, Glasgow, Fri 8 Jul 2011

Blissed out set from the captains of chillwave

(3 stars)21 Jul 2011

Chillwave: an apt descriptor of an entire musical movement? Or a conveniently coined faux genre linked by a few bands with loosely similar influences? Whether you approve of such pigeonholing or not, Memory Tapes are regarded as one of the key purveyors…

Jagjaguwar's Small Black set for UK shows

Jagjaguwar's Small Black set for UK shows

‘Despicable Dogs’ act expand to 4-piece - Josh Kolenik interview

16 Nov 2010

Josh Kolenik has just finished lunch at Voodoo Doughnut in Portland, Oregon, where he and band Small Black are playing later that night. (‘They make these really amazing doughnuts with bacon on them’, he exhales.) In Kolenik’s head, there is a strong…

Pantha du Prince at Sneaky Pete's and Oran Mor

Pantha du Prince at Sneaky Pete's and Oran Mor

Minimal techno joins dots between alpine forest and the dancefloor

5 Aug 2010

‘A girl once crawled onstage behind me, and was constantly holding my trouser,’ shudders Germany’s Hendrik Weber, alias techno forager Pantha du Prince. What fate befell this tactile fan? ‘I explained it would be better for her to leave because I could…

Toro Y Moi brings warped pop to Glasgow

Toro Y Moi brings warped pop to Glasgow

Chaz Bundick brings chillwave to Captains Rest

23 Jul 2010

Almost as enjoyable as the sound of a man tripping out in Yosemite Park at the sight of a double rainbow, (that viral YouTube hit of unbridled ecstasy has been causing no end of delight at The List) is the blissed-out, woozy, warm fuzz of Chaz Bundick’s…

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