Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips, former members of Luna. Started by Wareham in 1992, Luna made 7 studio albums and played their final shows in February 2005. Tell Me Do You Miss Me is the film documentary about the band’s final tour. Prior to Luna, Dean fronted Galaxie 500. Britta joined Luna in 2000. Before that, she played in several bands, starred in the movie Satisfaction (with Julia Roberts and Justine Bateman and Liam Neeson and Steve Cropper), and was the singing voice of 80s cartoon character, JEM.

Emanating from the windy city of Chicago, IL, USA, Secret Colours is an independently run music collective that has progressed from their roots in rock, constantly striving to innovate their sound. Since their inception in 2010, the band has worked to collaborate its contemporary range of personalities guided by the leadership of the group’s core members, Tommy Evans & Justin Frederick. The collective has appeared with the likes of Doctor Dog, Ringo Deathstarr, Elephant Stone, Spindrift, Asteroid #4, the Raveonettes, the Night Beats, Warpaint and The Warlocks.

Lightfoils /`laɪt•fɔɪlz/ n a: Devices that generate lift by bending light. b: One of Chicago’s brightest new bands, pushing the Shoegaze genre into new territory. Formed in 2010 and recently signed to Saint Marie Records, the band is already generating heat, having played at SXSW in 2012 and opened for other interstellar bands like Ringo Deathstarr, Telescopes, Nightmare Air and Ume. 

VonVeederVeld is a three piece psychedelic rock band from the mystical Black Hills of South Dakota. The guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter is Judah Diaz. He blends simple, yet mesmerizing guitar with beautifully layered songs that transport the listener to the innermost places of existence, where there are no lines between conscience and unconscious thought. Diaz's lyrics are drenched with myth, riddles, and transcend time, keeping even serious listeners guessing.

Flavor Crystals are a four piece space rock based in Minneapolis, MN. Since releasing their debut album On Plastic (mpls ltd 2005), Flavor Crystals have continued to create engagingly floaty psych rock. Their music evokes '60s psychedelia, '70s kraut/prog, '80s kiwi, and '90s shoegaze/indie in equal measures, while always retaining their distinct, wobbly vibe. Their second album was recorded with Kramer (Bongwater, Galaxie 500, Low) and released as Ambergris (mpls ltd 2007, Second Shimmy/Cargo 2008).