Laurel Halo
The day I visited Laurel Halo at her East Williamsburg apartment it was literally raining ice in the streets. Falling, sparkling shards is a strangely appropriate image under which to address Halo, who is 25 and released her first EP, King Felix, on Hippos in Tanks in the US in November of 2010. (More …)
the Soft Moon
The Soft Moon’s cloudy nature raises questions. Despite frontman Luis Vasquez’s professed bear-it-all-or-nothing approach to songwriting, there’s a deep sense of mystery. Sure, it’s an aesthetic that’s been dredged and dredged again: binary palette, Kraut rhythms, post-punk darkness, Suicide synth squelches. (More …)
