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Black Is the New Animal: The 10 Best Current Bands That Begin with “Black”

A common strategy in naming bands is using a color to evoke a feeling or image in the listener's mind, and by far the most common color found in the names of musical acts is black.  read more

Black Mountain: Wildness Heart

Looking back for the way forward On 2008’s In The Future, Black Mountain built a muscle car of an album that woke up the whole block as it tore out of the driveway, but followup Wilderness Heart is more a loose assortment of chrome and steel. In the wake of their creative breakthrough, the band has opted to emulate the classics rather than fine-tune their own sound: “Radiant Hearts,” a love ballad with the opening line “Children play softly around the explosions,” invokes the end-times folk of Jethro Tull, while “Rollercoaster”—all psychedelic sludge and cymbal crashes—is pure Led Zeppelin. Taken...  read more

Elijah Wood Compiles Charity Album, Prepares for New TV Series

Elijah Wood is a busy guy these days....  read more

Black Mountain Readies New Album Maybe Called Wilderness Heart

Canadian psych-folk quintet Black Mountain caught our attention back in 2005 with their debut LP Modern Music. Nearly five years later, the band is preparing for the release of its third full-length album, tentatively titled Wilderness Heart (via TwentyFourBit....  read more

Black Mountain announces West coast tour with The Sadies

British Columbia-based psychedelics Black Mountain had quite a successful 2008. On top of a guest appearance on Conan O'Brien and a tour with Bon Iver, the band received a hefty critical nod; their Jagjaguwar-released In the Future was shortlisted for Canada's Polaris Prize for the best full-length album based on artistic merit. ...  read more

Hideout Block Party, Day One: Neko Case, Monotonix, Black Mountain, and more

For twelve years, Hideout Block Party has signaled the wind-down of the summer festival season in Chicago. This year's solid lineup was matched by great weather (we’re all happy it wasn’t last weekend!). Shortened by a day this year, neither Sunday nor Saturday appeared to hit capacity, but still brought out sizable crowds that gathered in vast parking lot adjacent to the cozy Hideout confines to indulge in the diverse performances. ...  read more

Black Mountain releases "Wucan" video, tours the world

Hey, kids! Enjoy getting psychedelic in the desert? Possibly with a talking coyote? Boy, does Black Mountain have a video for you! The Sabbath-worshiping British Columbians recently retreated to an anonymously sandy place to film the clip for "Wucan," and it's pretty much exactly what you'd expect. Tripped out visuals and the usual Black Mountain rawk abound (see below)....  read more

Lightning Dust - "Highway"

Click above to watch "Highway" from Lightning Dust's self-titled debut album, available now from Jagjaguwar. Related Links: News: Black Mountain tours, gets ready for the Future News: Black Mountain goes In the Future...  read more

Black Mountain tours, gets ready for the Future

A couple of months ago, we told you that the ominously named Black Mountain would return to the world of rawk on January 21, the date the band goes In The Future. But before then, you, dear reader, can start to understand Black Mountain’s temporal journey by downloading “Tyrants,” an epic eight-minute piece from (the) Future. Check it out right here. In addition, the band has announced a few American tour dates, which will start to introduce the west coast to Future. Alternatively, if you’re currently reading this in a country that belongs to the European Union, see Black Mountain...  read more

Black Mountain goes In the Future

On Jan. 21, the prog-psych-folk-rockers in Black Mountain will launch In the Future. Now, this does not mean that the Canucks have discovered the secrets to time travel, but it does mean that they are finally going to be releasing their second LP. If you don’t want to wait until the New Year to hear new Black Mountain music then be sure to get yourself to one of their shows. The band kicked off its tour yesterday (Sept. 27) in Boise, Idaho, and catching the group live is the only way you can purchase the 12” release Bastards of Light...  read more