Black Mountain
Calgary's Block Heater Festival Gets Begonia, Basia Bulat, Charlotte Cornfield and More
PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2024
Calgary Folk Music Festival's Block Heater is back for its 10th year. Running from February 14 to 15, the festival will feature performance...
METZ Announce New Album 'Up on Gravity Hill,' Spring North American Tour
PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2024
METZ are back! After celebrating the 10th anniversary of their self-titled debut in 2022, the beloved Toronto noise rockers have announced...
Canadian Guitarists Pick Their Favourite Riff of All Time
PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2023
"The very idea of the riff is the electric guitar's greatest contribution to humanity," says PUP guitarist Steve Sladkowski. Perhaps even...
Black Mountain's "Riff-Hungry" Psych Rock Epic 'In the Future' Turns 15
PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2023
In the mid-aughts, Vancouver was home to some buzzing indie bands like the New Pornographers and Destroyer, and respected metal bands like...
Pink Mountaintops to Play Ontario and Quebec on North American Tour
PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2022
Black Mountain bandleader Stephen McBean is hitting the road with his enigmatic Pink Mountaintops project for a North American tour this sp...
Primus to Pay Tribute to Rush on 2022 North American Tour
PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2021
After COVID-related delays back in 2020, Primus have announced plans to restart their tribute tour to Rush's A Farewell to Kings, which the...
Watch a Documentary About the Origins of Victoria's Punk Scene
PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2020
Four years ago, news emerged that a film about Victoria, BC's punk scene was in the works. Now, Somewhere to Go: Punk Victoria is now avail...
Lightning Dust Announce 'Material Life' EP
PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2020
Following last year's full-length release, Spectre, Vancouver-based Black Mountain offshoot Lightning Dust have returned with plans for a n...