So I went to see Black Mountain last night at the Mercury Lounge. Right before I went, I thought to myself this is probably not going to be that great, cuz the last few bands, that i like, and saw at the Mercury for some reason just didn't bring it. Enter Black Mountain. Wo! This band is bad ass live. If you haven't heard the bands music, it's a cross between Jefferson Airplane, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Hawkwind, Neil Young, and Zepplin all rapped up in a 90's indie psych feel. I guess it's do to the occasional Sonic Youth- like guitar freak outs, and Black Mountain's Stephen McBean's vocals, which come close to early Wayne Coyne but better. "Lead singer" Amber Webber's, Grace Slick meets Karen Dalton, vocal style surprisingly comes of as way more powerful live, and the Moog playing of Jeremy Schmidt is much more prominent during the live setting. Black Mountain's dripping vocals and spaced out synth sounds put the crowd at Mercury Lounge in a wonderful trance, before melting our faces off with heavy psyched out southern rock riffs that would make Jimmy Page proud. Go see Black Mountain now! LUVIT!
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Hey!
I didn't know you went. I was there too. Had to support the hometown band. They were good, but the songs were way too long! Thought the album sounded better. Amber's voice started to annoy me after a while. She started neighing everything. Something in between a Sine wave and a dying horse. It's fine for a couple of songs, but change it up a bit. she sounded better on the record.
Rhea
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