Toro Y Moi, Wild Belle & Dog Bite played Music Hall of Williamsburg after Webster Hall (pics)
photos by Jonathon Bernstein
The strong “Anything in Return” (Carpark), Mr. Bundick’s recently released third full-length album, can’t help but feel like a response to the womb he was born of. It’s by far the most muscular of his work, even if his version of muscle is a thin sinew, only lightly flexed. Still, it’s not chill. Not totally, at least.
His show at Webster Hall on Wednesday night highlighted the difficulties of shaking loose of the calm and moving toward squall.
Even at its most raging, Toro y Moi’s music is an insular proposition, which in a room the size of this one, has its limitations.
At times, the mood was shamanistic — there was smoke in the air, and the light show was throbbingly vivid. When Mr. Bundick went into psychedelic-soul freakout mode, it had moments of transporting power. – [NY Times]
Chillwave survivor Toro Y Moi rolled through NYC this week on his current tour with Wild Belle and Dog Bite, playing Webster Hall on Wednesday (2/13, as reviewed by the Times, above) and Music Hall of Williamsburg last night (2/15). Backed some sleek, ’80s-inspired lighting, Chaz and his band tore through a good chunk of his brand new Anything in Return and select cuts from his two previous LPs.
More pictures from last night’s MHOW show below…
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Dog Bite
Wild Belle
Toro Y Moi
