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Photo credit Drew Arndt Hailing from Brooklyn , NY , Field Mouse is led by singer/guitarist Rachel Browne and guitarist Andrew Futral They blend a sound as if My Bloody Valentine decided to come back as a new wave band. It’s all the lush drone of shoegaze with all the catchiness of mid-late 90s power pop. It’s a complete 90s throwback that somehow moves forward at the same time. The fact that they have a song called “You Guys Are Gonna Wake Up My Mom” will make you feel downright geriatric, even though it brings me back to what I listened to in college. So far they have only released a couple 7”s, but they are working on their debut LP as we speak. Please go straight to their  Bandcamp  to get their songs, along with their  website  and  Facebook . You can also check out their new video for "Tomorrow is Yesterday" and a couple of tour dates below. Friday, June 14          Muchmore's           ...

I’m actually glad I waited a few months before reviewing the first studio album from Lady Lamb the Beekeeper. We’ve all had the experience of losing our minds over a new album after a listen or two, only to have second thoughts and a little embarrassment over your initial freak out. However, that is not the case with Ripley Pine. I adore this album as much as I did when it first came out in February and still proclaim it to be the album of the decade. At first I was disappointed to see that Ripely Pine had a few of the same songs as Lady Lamb the Beekeeper’s previous album, Mammoth Swoon . After listening, it was like Mammoth Swoon was the equivalent of being handed acoustic demos of Abbey Road and accepting it as a complete album, only to be sideswiped when the true album came out. The most fantastic thing about Ripely Pine is how surprising the arrangements are. There are complete tempo and style changes throughout just about every song, right up until you start to expect...