jeremy - i know! i'm liking this habit some artists are forming (making whole albums free and downloadable). i love the album almost more because it sounds nothing/very little like any previous bjm albums.

n8 - now that you said that, you and i have met. at brian banks house, i believe. i drunkenly asked if you wanted to be the drummer in our band. gary (our singer/guitarist) was out of sorts that night. small e-world. how's the tot?

Ah, yes. I don't remember you specifically, but I do agree with you that that night did indeed happen! After my buddy Mishka's show at Burts... Yeah...

Kid's doing great. He likes old Casios and ring modulation.

n8, check out these songs by Bellemah. It's the band we were talking about at that burt's show.
bellemah

yup, that's the night. i remember very little.

should hit me up if you're ever hankering to put your drum legs back to use. could be interesting what we come up with. i'm sure gary and dave would be down, too.

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Originally posted by n8:

If you can't wait two weeks for the Black Mountain album, I can hook you up.

I'd love to get my mitts on that.

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If you can't wait two weeks for the Black Mountain album, I can hook you up.

i really want to hear that record!

Let's have a Black Mountain listening party

Here are my favorites for last year....
1. The Ocean - Precambrian
2. Pelican - City of Echoes
3. Devildriver - The Axe Shall Fall
4. Machine Head - The Blackening
5. Clutch - From Beale Street to Oblivion

That is all

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1. The Ocean - Precambrian

Fuck ya those guys are the shit!

Black Mountain - In the Future (Jagjaguwar)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VCZSKBKJ

To download: Enter the three letter code the page give you and wait 60 seconds and look at some ads. It's about a 120 MB zip file with nice 320kbs mp3s and album art included.

Besides buying the album when it comes on on January 22, I only ask that you send an email to the band asking them to come to Albuquerque. I saw them a few times in San Francisco and Oakland and they are a great live band. They have a tour in February and they play 2/8 in Tucson and then have five days off until their next show in Birmingham, Alabama. I'm sure there is an Austin in there, but show them and there booking agency that people want them here and maybe they'll come. I'm working some other angles, too, but every little bit helps. Hope you enjoy!

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1. The Ocean - Precambrian

Fuck ya those guys are the shit!

Fuck yeah they are! Check it

They kinda remind me of "The Acacia Strain".

My top 5...........

ThrowDown- Venom and Tears
The Human Abstract- Nocturne
5 Finger Death Punch- The Way of the Fist
Lamb of God- Sacrament
The Ocean- Precambrian

And lots of others that I dont want to try and remember.

Sweet...thanks for the link BlackTooth! I found these guys through allmusic.com's new release newsletter a few months back and have been loving it ever since.

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Black Mountain - In the Future (Jagjaguwar)

wicked! ... although i feel sorta dirty for doing this.

I saw Pink Mountain tops a year or so ago and they were pretty really awful live. (although I love their albums and BM albums) Maybe it was just a bad night for them.

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Black Mountain - In the Future

i am LOVING this album!

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i am LOVING this album!

Right on! That Amber has some amazing pipes on her. We knew that already, but she sure shines on the new album. If you're into her voice, check out her side project Lightning Dust. The songs aren't mind-blowing, but her performance is awesome.

And at about 4:15 on Bright Lights... All I can say is fuck...

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Lightning Dust

cool, thanks. i thought she sounded sorta forced and a bit too out of tune on their first release. but it would grow on you. but she sounds amazing on this record. i think this album far outweighs their first album. it takes you on a sonic journey like a classic album should. you can hear a lot of influences. it sounds like it was recorded to tape. very saturated, muffed-out fuzzy guitar tones

i ordered the double vinyl from here http://www.scdistribution.com/cat/jag_catalognew.php

I forgot to mention Weedeaters 2007 release "God Luck and Good Speed" ... sludge at its finest

I agree with Bl0cks on his album list, Except for the Battles one, which is wonky, noodly shit.