BLACK MOUNTAIN "SET US FREE"

[SammiSeverity]

all i can say is WOW! these guys are fuckin brilliant!

[SammiSeverity]

wow! i've just been set free.

[warlordzephyr]

If you like this, check out a japanese band called White Heaven

[areyouthefarmer6]

Unfollowable. It's a new word I've created because I just simply do not want to play any other track after this, they just seem insignificant and mediocre and I end up going to bed unsatisfied. Suggestions welcome.

[cristiancortesz]

Muy buena rola, basica de los mountain, me gusta !

[purplecalix]

Hail Satan!..Black Mountain..Hail Satan!

[LoopIntelligence]

I like the rising action. Reminds me a bit of Pink Floyd. Great song and great album.

LI

[johnny2good222]

Ok..Lets just get this straight....You guys are fucking spectacular....this song is my new #1 and what kind of suffering does a person have to endure to have voice with so much soul?

[natschavez]

ace

[earthmuzic1]

the 60s with less hope .........i like that

[adevilindeadlyblack]

Definitely getting this on vinyl!

[bigaloysius]

Love the band, seeing them soon.

You see people in the 90's were saying music died in 1969. I remember in the year 2000ish people saying that music died in 1979, now people are saying anything post 1980's is rubbish. Music isn't dead, there has always been shit music and there has always been brilliant music and a lot in between. We just remember the good and forget the rest and compare it to modern standards with a retarded and distorted view of the past. Nostalgia killed the radio star.

[seamas1978]

Very Blind Melon - i dig

[seattle420]

it is a little slow to watch but it is truly a work of art I probably will not watch it again

[psychkoala]

Whiny crap, don't need it.

[sleepIessL]

@psychkoala THIS MAN SPEAKS THE TRUTH

[monkeywrench666]

Awesome.

[actuapress]

interview with Stephen McBean of Black Mountain on our channel. Stop by and have a look.

[afireinsidemysoul]

all i have to say is frikin isis this type of music will never die there will allways be thirst for all metal and this my friend is metalat its greatest

[jerrysounds]

Wow, This band is great! Need more shit like this!

[slamiamsam]

amazing jam!!

[slamiamsam]

Music didn't die, it's just that radio killed itself with it's short-term vision and greed. Good riddance.

[george2041]

I recognize the area as The Downtown Eastside of Vancouver......poorest neighbourhood in Canada.

[flyinmyeawax]

@george2041 not quite, there are some small places up north that are pretty scary.

[salpha530]

wgat notA?

[salpha530]

I was born after 1984, in fact, 1985 and I like this!!! I am always looking for music to be new and unexpected like this...and Silversun Pickups...and Hollywood Undead. Hate me, love me... I love them both!!!!

[MrMartinjplant]

I'm 47. most of my friends haven't bought any music since 1990. There's tons of great new music out there but it doesn't touch you if you've stopped trying

[synosist]

in the end no one can say that music died at a certain time, its just a perspective your personal preference. black mountain does remind me of some guitar from joplin and cream at times, its just what it is and they sound very good.

[Creativeo88]

Utter Brilliance. I juts keep replaying it again and again.

[Creativeo88]

What a great band. The music of iconic cool. Can see this on a new Levis ad.

[LiquidTokyo]

Going to see these guys in Cleveland next weekend. Can't wait to see some real music!!!

[jahfester]

@LiquidTokyo so am I. should be a great show

[fitroiCm1]

like this? check out their new song "old fangs" on their website for free. sounds like another great one by black mountain. the album drops in september.

[spaceshi1984]

nice shoes, great music

[icketypickety]

this simply made me happy

[civildesobidience]

Black Mountain is really one of the greatest bands coming out in recent years. They can do great simple songs as also working on more extended forms with great mastery

[alphamoon65]

if nothing else rock music has evolved. some good some bad and some great. i will never turn my back on good music. some ppl get stuck in an era which only hurts them...they are truly missing out.

[mmbreeze]

just feel back in time...when one lived for ideals and dreams of a social world. a world of illusions.

wonderful, ,haunting !

[Tony01010]

good good COMPLIMENTS!

[Co0oCo0oCajo0o]

It's just like the sixties, except with less hope.

[znubzz188]

@Co0oCo0oCajo0o that one is right on the mark

[colorcasserole]

@Co0oCo0oCajo0o

more like a rip off of the sixties. less hope & less originality.

[lovechild98]

@Co0oCo0oCajo0o

duuuuuude

[realmaml]

@Co0oCo0oCajo0o

When the Musics Over, Wooden Ships, Hey Joe...

[realmaml]

@Co0oCo0oCajo0o

When the Musics Over, Wooden Ships, Hey Joe... Plenty of hopeless music in the 60s too.

[Simonb666666]

@Co0oCo0oCajo0o welcom to the 21 century

[PlayaDontHate24]

@Co0oCo0oCajo0o....wow...i like how you put that, you just hit a note on me brotha

[indieindy]

@Co0oCo0oCajo0o

speak for yourself

[ofsaints]

I'm seeing Black Mountain at the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver on October 31st. It's going to be a trippy and an eerie evening on Halloween night with this amazing band. And Bison b.c. are opening. The Vancouver music scene is producing some amazing bands lately.

[Ursamare]

As a Canadian living in the UK, following the British Psych Folk revival & bearing witness to the beauty coming out of California, I get more & more excited because the world has no idea what's starting to come out of Canada. There's something in the Canadian landscape that makes for eerily good Psychedelia. I can't wait to see the equivalent of the Green Man Festival in Canada. This is only the beginning.

[Ominous09]

@Ursamare Hey man, i agree with you soo much i am from the states but i must say a lot of bands from canada i am falling in love with something about it makes it unique and special, p.s i don't understand why many people hate on canada i think its a gorgeous and beautiful place. i want to move up there some day well cheers bro/ or ma'am

[wakaw07]

@Ominous09 As a former american now in canada i gotta say that Canada is what the U.S should of aspired to be! the u.s has lost its way and has succumbed to greed, corporations, war and idol worship....truly sad. I only hope the conservatives here in canada lose power! canada is a truly great nation with great artists! The U.S doesn't even come close!

[tryingharder]

@wakaw07 As an American I agree with you. It seems that part of being American these days is hatred to your fellow Americans (except if they are military) and hatred of all other countries but your own. It just doesn't make sense here anymore. For those who say move, trust me, if I could get a visa to live and work in Canada, France, Denmark etc.., I would be on the 1st plane with a one way ticket.

[electro257]

@Ursamare maybe legal weed is part of it too... i wana move to canada. ;o]

[Fanaticusband]

@Ursamare Man i totally agree. The music scene in the valley where i live is starting to resemble that. If you wanna hear some more psych rock check out Fanaticus.

[lalolalocalale]

They are very good, found it by chance never heard of them til now.... very very good

[Bembelrocker]

Wonderful timeless music, great band. Nothing more to say...

[blacktoolthing]

checout Witchcraft also!

[hotapplepie2009]

This is a testament to the scene out in B.C. It takes more than coincendence to drop this kinda shit! Thank You!

[brennabooboo]

do they do an acoustic version that sounds nothing like this? cause i dont think this is set us free...

[celerno]

same here...

[lawrencearos]

great song

[raulishoogallagher]

finally a true great band in this time, thanx god, fuck jonas brothers, fall out boy, this boys are more great than radiohead and had the oasis nivel

[johnny3509]

word on that one!!!

[ipexdog]

I'm sold! getting there album

[ROCKWORLD1881]

this band is really amazing. i heard them on the radio of a local high school yesterday, and now i am really interested in them. thanx for posting this video.

[roguenoobkiller]

my jhigh school is filled with fucktards who listen to soulja boy and shit

[skippy2883]

i wish this band would tour more in the U.S.

[JohnSchinkel]

they do be Canadian

[musterdsandwich]

eh?

[JPwa248]

They need to come to Michigan!!!! We're not that far away.

[limabeing]

used to live by the balmoral

[jimlappin]

Great to see a lot of folk with a diverse taste in music.

[antinegative007]

Canada ehh? I may move there someday...

[RampageAsOne]

MONTREAL baby!!!

party province of canada!!!!

and ste catherines street in downtown montreal is the shiznit!

[antinegative007]

Is it legal there?

[RampageAsOne]

weed?

[EarlyByrdProductions]

man i love canadian music.

[brentrin6969]

when are these guys coming back to Toronto???????

[metalbound7]

Amazing song, love the feeling, the concept of the song and it is a nice relax when im not listening to Metal.

[Bembelrocker]

Yeah, you got it. Couldn't agree more...:-)

[roguenoobkiller]

fer sure, if you like this you should definitely check out the sword they are pretty sweet

[cheapy2006]

check out a film called "carts of darkness" it's a damned fine film about canadian homeless drinkin guys, made by a wheelchair dude. these guys do the closing music for it, that's where i heard them 1st (about 10 minutes ago). interesting band

[EgotistsAndAutocrats]

This is a great song about drug abuse on the east side in Vancouver, where the band is from. Stephen McBean, he lead singer, is heavily involved in drug-rehabilitation and counseling the homeless. The sign in the beginning of the video is the Balmoral - a crap hole of a bar in East Van.

Black Mountain is pretty much the greatest band ever. If you like them, I suggest you check out Pink Mountain Tops, and Jerk With a Bomb - They're also McBean bands (Same singer)

[untiedog]

hi .... do u know were I can find the tabs of druganaut ??? please help meeeee !!! =-)

[seanconn11]

i randomly fell upon this band...this song blew my mind...so good ...so smooth..it flows...and the ending is ammmaaazzing!! beautiful! def one of the best bands of these days in my books...real music.

[redcap79]

The real deal! Love the messages!!

[jarbo26]

I like them they remind me of alternative southern rock with a hippy atmosphere surrounding them, it's just groovey

[VANIR000]

i seriously like this. i only wish they did not look so late 70s hippy. it would make it seem more all the more contemporary, in merit, .. if that makes sense.

having said that their videos are awesome. Wucan especially.

[aSlightPinch]

Wow.

So much talk about what these guys sound like.

Maybe you should just realise that they are building upon what is already done.

Almost like a science, really.

Thank heavens for bored people.

[FarfilicusStarship]

lol, to think someone would downthumb your comment.

You're awesome, just like Black Mountain.

[cream68]

music died in like, 1972, fuck 70's rock...when jimi,jimi,and janis died, music went along with it, until dead meadow and white stripes raised soul from tha dead

[0TwilightLover0]

fuck yeah i totally agree with you man,dead meadow is the shit,same with witchcraft.bring back black sabbath!!i like penguins

[MaidenPriest420]

no its been alive its just not in the spotlight

[xxxfiretear]

music died in '72 ? what do you call replacements,  uncle tupelo, dream syndicate not to mention neil young's "rust never sleeps" then ?

ignorant.

[sn4ke0i1]

im afraid music didnt die maybe u just stopped looking... no offence but all of the older generation people i no think rock died after 1980 well actually u all just stopped looking thats wat happened

[Mklztr]

@sn4ke0i1 There's a lot of good new bands

[DoggedCyprez]

@sn4ke0i1

Soooo true you just need to make time for looking, reading, and listingen,, motivation so called!

[skychurchify]

@sn4ke0i1 well said, I believed that too. We did stop looking, but can you blame us..I mean going from Led Zeppelin to Humble Pie (("I Don't Need No Doctor, 30 Days In The Hole") (Steve Marriott!) powerful stuff, going from that to......Madonna and to the present..Lady Goofball..or I mean Gaga. But by us stop looking we missed bands like this one...Black Mountain..this vid and band gives us hope..Hell yeah...Long live Black Mountain!!

[JoshSigurdsonMusic]

@sn4ke0i1 you're right, though the highest quantity of quality music has disapeared since about 1980 there are still great artists, such as these guys, radiohead, sublime, tom petty, nirvana, they are all just as talented as the older generations which i love but they have to be original they cant just be playing the same sounding music generation after generation.

[DazReht]

@sn4ke0i1 I think when people say that they really mean that good music was popular before 1980. Back then people didn't really have to look for good music because the mainstream was the underground. From the 80's and there after popular music was shitty and you had to "look" for good music.

[urckrecords]

@sn4ke0i1 no, it's just that radio stations have been playing the same cassette tape on a loop since 1980

[absnt11]

@sn4ke0i1

I’m totally agree with you. There is effervescence out there in the underground scene, there are so many pearls coming from the recent music. We are so lucky nowadays to have access, courtesy of internet, to this real treasury of humankind, in my opinion at least similar in range and quality with 70's golden age of music.

[MrDwaynedibley]

@sn4ke0i1 I agree. I'm "older" but I find new music every week. Rock hasnt died, there is great music out there...you just need to look a little deeper

[ds065210]

@sn4ke0i1 I am glad there are occasional challenges thrown down to the olders. I lived through 30 years of classic rock and grew burnt. Now I look forward and embrace. I do learn from youngers. I embrace what they tout. I sift through and call some my own. I am very selective. Could learn a few and teach a few. Rock on to all !

[indieindy]

@sn4ke0i1

If you just put a period instead of an ellipsis your post would be worth quoting.

[MsDarfg]

@sn4ke0i1 Im afra1rd mus1c has b33n killed just l1ke the engl1sh languich. That is what ha2 k1lled 3v3ryth1ng.

[sn4ke0i1]

@MsDarfg Hey, that post and the creation of my name were made years ago when I thought 1337 speak was cool. I've grown up a little and my grammar has improved. So don't be too mad at me.

[GreatBigSlide]

whoa whoa whoa, did you just say The White Stripes raised soul?

The only thing they raised is the question "how does this shit get sold?"

[seanconn11]

i find them pretty unique...but i understand how not everyone would like the white strimpes...i find them pretty cool myself though...lots of dylan covers!

[zzgtrplyr121]

who cares who they sound like.

i love them

[ArtIsNotForSale]

the light is bright

I'm flying my kite

above the sea of the city

I'm looking through the stained glass of the corporate empire

As I eat a oreo cookie

it is the last one I have eating the who box of oreos

so you know how Dark om excrete will be?

[kodicain]

anyone who thinks they sound like zeppelin are crazy they sound like floyd or grandfunk railroad.listen to the progressive elements to the songs and the solos are purely progressive

[campocal]

o man, what u say is true !!!! I start to love this group , 'cause, they sound like a milion 60/70 groups, king crimson in first....what do you think about????

[kodicain]

well honestly I think wejust thought another musical movement band of diverse musicians and styles was not possible.so we compare them to all those bands which is wrong.you cant compare them to something they arent just because you werent ready for them.this is BLACK MOUNTAIN and we all just have to get used to saying that.

[triscones]

i was gonna say sabbath and canadian indie rock combined aha

[mclaincausey]

According to BLACK MOUNTAIN, their influences are Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin, which is exactly the three top ones I would have guessed. You can absolutely hear all of those elements', plus their own creativity's, influence on the music.

[campocal]

you right man, you right !!!!!!!

[yotefwd]

thank u thank u thank u: A 70's rocker

[1JustBreathe]

This song makes me happy,"it" and I fit together completely

[kristianPJ]

armyant could you tell me what there first albums called please

[bomidalsasquatch]

black mountain, and in the future

[armyant14]

From my neck of the woods...great potential, Mcbean sounds a bit like Vedder, Amber adds a fantastic thread...lyrically a bit immature yet, but coming along, same with musically, sounds like a teenaged Sabbath in spots/some Zep, some Airplane. Huge potential though, bought their first two, can't wait for the next.

[4712POMMES]

Nice surprise!

Found myself back in the 60/70ies with elements of Led Zeppelin, Joan Baez, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Far East Family Band, Pink Floyd, 13th Floor Elevator, Moody Blues, Jefferson Airplane, Ten Years After, Neil Young, Mamas and Papas, Steamhammer and more.

Such a band is a ray of hope, can alleviate some daily horror.

Thanks lyndsaysung for posting this !!

[YoungBleezytrutrip]

I just started listening to these guys... I'v always liked stoner rock but these guys have taken it to a much more trippy high ( or perhaps a "stormy high"?!) Very very goood !!

[khuuum]

YoungBleezytrutrip (1 week ago) Show Hide : drugs are bad .

[bomidalsasquatch]

your face is bad, jus kiddin :P

[GlobalPunditOrg]

McBean is a national treasure.

[djcharleyd]

I can't believe it took me this long to stumble across such a great song and clip. Fantastic work.

[luvs2dance542]

damn good band.

[Bresiu88]

This reminds me QOTSA...

The same lonely, rebel and dessert style...

[buzzkiller]

This band just gets me. Nothing like coming home drunk at 2 am, throwing this on, an doing a little soul searching

[khuuum]

buzzkiller (2 months ago) Show Hide : drinking is`nt healthy

[Foldered]

A+++

[LairyLandlubber]

A psychedelic think-burst ... I fuckin love it!

[mwtoews]

Funky Town! (or better known as the DTES, but come on!: Funky Town!)

[bdbancel]

Checked this out since they're coming to Roskilde this summer. Seems fantastic, can't wait!

[comeonanythingrandom]

well i guess i see you in the pit then ^^ so glad they got them to come this year

[shoregirlhol]

I like

[ramanujan78]

izledin mii teyze:))))))))))))

[Hiiiiic]

ewet super :)))

[bmobaggins]

oh jeez the balmoral...

i really wish they'd repair that part of town.

[AntiEverything07]

closest thing to classic floyd since classic floyd

[DarkEntry82]

.. 70's come back..great song..

[Rhombazoid]

God-fucking-damn I love this band. I saw 'em last month and it blew my mind.

[shirleysays]

yeah! seen ém live in cologne! awsome!!!

[strou8os]

IT IS GREAT SONG.

[museike]

wow

[s0ckninja]

Well, yeah. Most 14-year-olds tend not to know shit about quality music. A couple of us are exceptions, but it sucks having your age group become synonymous with "shallow, immature taste in music."

[brunogogo]

im 27, and i think everybody got 14 one day, let us the time to search for some good band band in their future. 14 is fucking young

[COGENTCOG]

Thanks to groups like this and Majic Ship it seems that wonderful rock music is around again; there's a lot of influences,not only musical, but the magic is that they seem quite young, while the influences come from times in which they were not still born. Great hopes for a New Generation's arrival...

[ZeppelinSun]

My brother saw these guys in LA last week, and hung out with the Black Crowes, who dig these guys.

I love them too.

Great song.

[johnnycon]

This is really cool. The Fillmore Gears do this sort of stuff too.

[jackfromiraq]

This band is freeking great!

[zern124]

In the future is so awesome!

[cheeseislife]

I saw there stuff in Rolling Stones...they're really good, and I'm 14!

[simonchrist]

their new album is so fucking good

[hazzag14]

this band rips shit on most bands today.

[pinkfloydlover67]

YES it does, tallanbyram!!!

[tallanbyram]

This song is straight lysergic acid diethylamide.

[jazo57]

i saw this on itunes

[bertbretherton]

Watched this because of the 5/5 review in The Times. I'm 66 - closed my eyes and I was in my late twenties. Hmm.

[rotyoung]

welcome back to your 20's :-)(and? do you like being back)Indeed a great soounding band

[bertbretherton]

Thanks for bothering to get in touch. To try to answer - I was born in 1941 so that means I was in my twenties throughout the 1960s and that means I don't have a clear memory of what it was like. This music does sound familiar though - and moves along very nicely. I'm sure you know what I mean.

[hfxreddoh]

Def feelin' the groove on these guys. Proud to be Canadian!

[ryt87]

not stoner you dumbass, try acid.

[Starbury113]

ok thank you this band show wolfmother what a real acid band is

[Starbury113]

ok thank you this band shows wolfmother what a real stoner band is