Toro Y Moi Underneath The Pine Mediafire Zip Review
Put down the illegal download links. Go buy the vinyl or stream the master. Underneath the Pine is still Toro y Moi’s most cohesive statement.
9.5/10 Best Listened To: Driving home at 2:00 AM with the windows down. Did you download the original Mediafire zip back in 2011? Let us know your memories of the chillwave era in the comments below. Note to the reader: This post is a nostalgic reflection on album history. We do not provide direct links to pirated content (Mediafire zips). Please support the artist via Bandcamp, streaming, or physical media. Toro y moi underneath the pine mediafire zip
October 26, 2023 Category: Album Retrospectives / Chillwave Revival Put down the illegal download links
Chilled Summers & Lo-Fi Dreams: Revisiting Toro y Moi’s Underneath the Pine Note to the reader: This post is a
For a generation of indie kids, that zip file was the soundtrack to late-night study sessions, humid summer drives, and the existential dread of graduating college. But ten years later, Chaz Bear (formerly Chaz Bundick) has proven that Underneath the Pine wasn't just a vibe; it was a pivotal turning point for electronic indie music. Let’s be real: In 2011, streaming was clunky (RIP early Spotify), and vinyl was still a niche collector’s hobby. We turned to blogs and file hosts to get our fix. When Underneath the Pine leaked/dropped, everyone scrambled for that Mediafire link.
If you were digging through the blogosphere in 2011—specifically on sites like Hypemachine or the now-defunct Mediafire search engines—you know that a single search for was a rite of passage.
But why the frenzy? Because Causers of This (2009) put Toro on the map as a "chillwave" artist, but Underneath the Pine broke the mold. While Wavves and Washed Out doubled down on reverb, Chaz went live . He traded the laptop loops for a Fender Rhodes piano, a live bass, and actual drums.
Looks like a cool build. Personally I hadn’t heard about Shaman King so I learned something knew. What I’m exited to see is Robin Hood using toxophilite or hooded champion ranger archetypes or some adventure time stuff.
If you look through the Iconic Design archives, I’ve done Princess Bubblegum and Ice King so far.
Added to my Iconic Design candidates list!
I’d really like to see build for the shieldmarshal PrC (Paths of Prestige). I assume a mix of ranger and gunslinger levels, but that might be a trap I’m not seeing.
Noted!
I can’t take, Weapon Focus: katana (1st), no BAB! or weapon proficiency! ???
You’re right that you can’t take it at 1st level (and the guide has been updated accordingly), but the weapon proficiency thing isn’t a problem. You can pick a feat whose prerequisites you meet only sometimes, for example, a barbarian with Strength 11 can take Power Attack even though she doesn’t qualify for it unless she’s raging. Similarly, you can pick Weapon Focus (katana) even though you only qualify for it when you’ve manifested your ancestral weapon as a katana.
If that ruling bothers you, you could also take the Heirloom Weapon trait and pick the katana. It’ll make you proficient with the katana as a two-handed weapon (since its martial), but not as a one-handed weapon (as that’s exotic). Alternatively, you could build Yoh as a dwarf or a kitsune, as those races have a 1/4 oracle favored class bonus that grants them proficiency with one weapon of their choice. Pick any weapon you want when you first take Weapon Focus at Level 3, then retrain the feat to the katana at Level 4 after you gain the bonus. (Of course, if you went dwarf or human, you’d lose one of the Extra Revelation abilities. I’d pick voice of the grave myself.)
I looked at doing this as a Kitsune, or Tengu, or Half-Elf. I think a Kitsune would work, I assume you would agree, I just need to stat it out.
I’m not familiar with that ruling? Nor would Heirloom Weapon work, for me, without that ruling.