Toro y Moi's Chill Waves Wash Over Electric Pickle

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Electric Pickle

2826 N. Miami Ave.
Miami, FL 33127

Category: Bars and Clubs

Region: Out of Town

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Toro y Moi, 10 p.m. Saturday, September 18, at the Electric Pickle, 2826 N. Miami Ave., Miami. Tickets cost $10 to $20. Call 305-456-5613, or click here.

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Toro Y Moi

In contrast to Washed Out's idyllic, well-manicured Life of Leisure, Causers of This, the first full-length from Toro y Moi, AKA Chaz Bundick, is an intentionally chaotic affair. But it turns out that the subgenre chillwave, even in deconstructed form, has its virtues. Though Causers is an undeniably piecemeal assemblage, there's something hypnotic about the way its wafting vocals, fractured instrumental passages, and tape hiss loosely coalesce into melodies, even if they often break apart before they have a chance to fully sink in. An aural puzzle like Causers is no doubt a challenge to replicate note for note onstage, but unlike many of his chillwave peers, Bundick doesn't even try, instead preferring scaled-back renditions that better suit a one-man performance. Some may say it's a copout, but Bundick makes a compelling argument that pulling it all together is vastly overrated.