Quindar: Twin-Pole Sunshade

Quindar is a newly formed musical project between Wilco’s Mikael Jorgensen and art historian James Merle Thomas (currently a postdoc scholar at USC). Their music, which remixes NASA’s audio and video archive, is a creative extension of Thomas’ research, which explores the connections between postwar American avant-garde art and NASA. The title song from their two-track EP “Twin-Pole Sunshade” walks listeners through NASA’s 1973 Skylab …

Yo La Tengo: Automatic Doom

Three decades old and still going strong, Yo La Tengo celebrates this milestone with a “sequel” album to their 1990 Fakebook, which featured covers, re-workings of their own songs and brand new songs. Stuff Like That There will feature covers of The Cure, Sun Ra, Hank Williams and more—as well as two original Yo La Tengo songs. Stuff Like That There is set for release …

Ta-ku: Long Time No See

Perth-based producer Ta-ku (aka Regan Matthews) has a penchant for creating atmospheric tracks that are beautifully emotive—provoking the listener to figure out if their feelings are warm and buoyant, melancholy, or a beguiling blend of the two. His latest release since 2013’s EP Songs To Break Up To, “Long Time No See” comes from the upcoming Songs To Make Up To (out 12 June). Featuring …