Best New Bands » Black Mountain https://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 A Hazy Night In Chicago with Sleepy Sun https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/a-hazy-night-in-chicago-with-sleepy-sun/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/a-hazy-night-in-chicago-with-sleepy-sun/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 16:40:13 +0000 Make all the 4:20 drug references you want, but going to see new psychedelic rock band, Sleepy Sun, play on the drug user’s holiday was a great choice. While the crowd gathered at Chicago’s Subterranean, it was apparent that many audience members had partook in celebrating the day before the show. When first entering the

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/a-hazy-night-in-chicago-with-sleepy-sun/feed/ 0 Artist of the Week: Black Mountain https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-black-mountain/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/artist-of-the-week-black-mountain/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:15:30 +0000 For the past years, Canadian rockers Black Mountain have made a name for themselves with their dark brand of psychedelic rock. Since forming in 2004, the Vancouver-natives have released three full-lengths, and yesterday, they released the soundtrack to the film Year Zero, relesed via Jagjaguwar Records. Building from the terrific Wilderness Heart, the Stephen McBean-led

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  1. Black Mountain is back with “Wilderness Heart” With an album cover that has a on-coming shark about to attack an office building, Black Mountain is saying you better be ready for its next album, which is slated to be released on September 14. The Canadian quartet’s third...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/fresh-tracks-for-october-12th-hand-selected-by-kelly-montgomery/feed/ 0 Black Mountain is back with “Wilderness Heart” https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/black-mountain-is-back-with-wilderness-heart/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/black-mountain-is-back-with-wilderness-heart/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0000 With an album cover that has a on-coming shark about to attack an office building, Black Mountain is saying you better be ready for its next album, which is slated to be released on September 14. The Canadian quartet’s third release, released on Jagjaguwar, is different than it’s earlier material and like the album’s cover,

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