J. Ward—not to be confused with M. Ward—is a musician from South Dakota currently hiding out in this indie-mecca we call home. His project, the Weather Machines, is guitar-driven, feel-good pop-rock, not a million miles away from the Cars or Big Star, but with perhaps less polish. (This is a good thing; those refined sugars can kill you.) The Sound of Pseudoscience album has been around for a while, but it still sounds fresh—or more accurately, timeless. It’s perfect music for the start of summer, either soundtracking a backyard barbeque or a meandering drive out of town with all the windows down. If it won’t be enough to get you through summer, there’s a new Weather Machines EP coming out soon called Bones and Brains.