• Son of Strelka, Son of God—Barack Obama lends his voice to this contender for album of the year.

• “Maria”—Julia Holter has a delightful new single.

• Hausu’s on tour—The California-bound group shares inspirations on FMLY.

• Supersonic new shit—Australia’s Big Dumb Kid sounds a bit like Beck, in a good way.

• Check out the spaghetti guy—This is one small step for man and one giant leap for pastafari.

• JetBlue offers ‘Carmaggedon’ flyovers—Or, you could skip LA entirely and join us in Palm Springs.