Quarantine is the full-length debut by Laurel Halo for Kode9's Hyperdub label. As "Light And Space" suggested, it builds and expands upon Halo's recent string of promising, experimental synth-based…   Read Story »

A few years ago, when Laurel Halo started catching the attention of websites like this one, she brought an instantly recognizable voice and look to the notoriously insular and often nebbishy world of…   Read Story »

Electronic musician Laurel Halo will put out an EP called Spring under the name King Felix, clearly an homage to the other King Felix, Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez. Or, maybe not. But, the…   Read Story »

HBO's medieval drama Game Of Thrones premieres April 1, and this season's plot involves five different claims to the throne and these respective factions' ongoing clobbering of one another…   Read Story »

The Germany-based English artist Planningtorock (née Janine Rostron) has been on a steady course of profile bumps over the past year, from co-composing the Knife's 2010 opera Tomorrow, In A Year to…   Read Story »

Last year, right around the time summer turned to fall, we at Stereogum published our list of the 40 best new bands of the year. The idea of a "new" band is a pretty nebulous one, since many of the…   Read Story »

Laurel Halo's new Hippos In Tanks 12" Hour Logic -- one of our favorite EPs of the year (so far) -- largely sets aside the skewed sci-fi pop sensibility and focused vocal of last year's King Felix in…   Read Story »

I really like the clean pop-star swerve Claire Boucher, aka upcoming Lykke Li tourmate Grimes, took on "Vanessa," a great track from Darkbloom, her split EP with Montreal compatriot d'Eon. Of course,…   Read Story »

At eight tracks and just over a half-hour, this month's mix compiles the most compelling freely released tracks of the past few weeks. It's bookended by guitars rooted in psychedelic jangle and…   Read Story »

This year Brooklyn-via-Ann Arbor synth artist Laurel Halo will release two sets of music to followup on her skewed, yet oddly immediate, 2010 EP King Felix: The six track 12" Logic Hour comes via…   Read Story »