A seminal indie band formed in 1984 by husband-and-wife duo Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley (incidentally, Hubley’s parents were the Oscar-winning independent animators Faith and John Hubley and her sister is the animator Emily Hubley). The band has released more than a dozen full- length albums and composed soundtracks for a number of films, including Old Joy and Shortbus, as well as their own The Sounds of Science, a live soundtrack to a program of films by Jean Painlevé.
