New Lightning Dust Video - "Never Seen" (Stereogum Premiere)

Amber Webber's quavering siren moan steals every moment of "Never Seen," the second single from Lightning Dust's lovely Infinite Light LP. But while she chews the scenery in song, she's never seen in its video (neither is her LD counterpart,... CONTINUE READING NEW LIGHTNING DUST VIDEO - "NEVER SEEN" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»

Posted on September 21, 2009 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain | Lightning Dust

New Lightning Dust - "Never Seen"

Locating the downcast, dark tone of her sister Ashley's VU-esque "While We Were Dreaming" vocal turn, but taking it in a gothy, more theatrical direction, Amber Webber chews into the scenery for "Never Seen." The track shows up at about... CONTINUE READING NEW LIGHTNING DUST - "NEVER SEEN"»

Posted on June 30, 2009 in MP3, Tour Dates (2 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain | Lightning Dust

New Lightning Dust - "I Knew"

Last year was the year of Black Mountain; this is the year of BM's spawn. The Vancouver band's best-known alternate collective, Pink Mountaintops, delivered its third LP Outside Love on the reliable Jagjaguwar label earlier this month, featuring lead beard... CONTINUE READING NEW LIGHTNING DUST - "I KNEW"»

Posted on May 27, 2009 in Album Art, MP3 (2 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain | Girls | Lightning Dust

The 'Gum Drop LXXXIII: Hear New Pink Mountaintops, Win Neil Young's Neil Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972

The Pink Mountaintops, aka Black Mountaineer Stephen McBean and about a dozen friends, are releasing album three Outside Love on 5/5 via Jagjaguwar. Its ten songs are ostensibly about/influenced by "weddings in Montreal, winter, Pink Floyd's The Final Cut, Christmas... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP LXXXIII: HEAR NEW PINK MOUNTAINTOPS, WIN NEIL YOUNG'S NEIL ARCHIVES, VOL. 1: 1963-1972»

Posted on April 8, 2009 in Giveaway, MP3 (6 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain | Neil Young | The Golden Filter | The Pink Mountaintops

New Black Mountain Video - "Wucan"

When evaluating the Black Mountain's Polaris-nominated In The Future many moons ago, we labeled "Wucan" as "trippy." Judging from this peyote-popping clip, the Vancouver quintet were thinking something similar when they wrote the track (and decided to go for the... CONTINUE READING NEW BLACK MOUNTAIN VIDEO - "WUCAN"»

Posted on August 13, 2008 in Tour Dates, Video (2 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain | Menomena

SXSW: Thursday Featured Showcases

Dinner time in Austin, time to munch tacos and figure the night sched. As the picture suggests, tonight's the night for Jens Lekman fans: y'all have two chances to catch the Swedish troubadour (Emo's at 8PM, Mohawk at midnight). For... CONTINUE READING SXSW: THURSDAY FEATURED SHOWCASES»

Bon Iver/Black Mountain @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC 2/22/08

By Amrit Singh The In The Future, Forever Ago tour (not its official name, but it should be) made a pit stop at Bowery Ballroom on a fittingly freezing and snowy-sidewalked night this past Friday. The show was a... CONTINUE READING BON IVER/BLACK MOUNTAIN @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 2/22/08»

Posted on February 25, 2008 in Concert (9 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain | Bon Iver

'Let's Get Ready To Rumble' Guy Michael Buffer Introduces Black Mountain On Conan

Too bad this YouTube doesn't capture last night's monologue, when Michael Buffer (random yes, but for the record he was out there for some other comedic reason) introduces Black Mountain as "weighing in at a combined 762 pounds." The guys... CONTINUE READING 'LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE' GUY MICHAEL BUFFER INTRODUCES BLACK MOUNTAIN ON CONAN»

Posted on February 22, 2008 in Video (2 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain | Conan O'Brien

Premature Evaluation: Black Mountain - In The Future

We really loved (yes, loved) the sleaze of that first Pink Mountaintops (Axis Of Evol, was just OK), dig us some Blood Meridian (who have a new album), enjoy Lightning Dust, and were level-headed fans of the swaggering (sax on... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: BLACK MOUNTAIN - IN THE FUTURE»

Posted on December 14, 2007 in MP3, Premature Evaluation (13 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain

New Black Mountain - "Tyrants"

Vancouver dust-kickers and Spider-Man 3 grads Black Mountain's forthcoming In The Future is one hell of a raging rock 'n' roll slab. We loved the eponymous debut, but as standout among standouts "Tyrants" should suggest, the troupe, three years the... CONTINUE READING NEW BLACK MOUNTAIN - "TYRANTS"»

Posted on November 26, 2007 in MP3 (6 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain | Ted Leo

New Lightning Dust Video - "Highway"

Black Mountaineers Amber Webber and Joshua Wells present the first clip from their self-titled Jagjaguwar respite from psych rock with this here vid for "Highway." It's a trippy trek through a sylvan setting, with the Mountain mates appearing as translucent... CONTINUE READING NEW LIGHTNING DUST VIDEO - "HIGHWAY"»

Posted on August 8, 2007 in Video (1 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain | Lightning Dust

New Lightning Dust - "Listened On"

Still in love with Black Mountain's contribution to the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack "Stay Free," so any BM news is good news. So with a laurel and hardy handshake we welcome Lightning Dust, a project two Mountains have spun off from... CONTINUE READING NEW LIGHTNING DUST - "LISTENED ON"»

Posted on May 29, 2007 in MP3 (4 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain | Lightning Dust