Consequence of Sound — Beating out the likes of Grimes, Carly Rae Jepsen, Black Mountain, and others. more info

Stereogum — We appreciate Black Mountain so much that we named IV, their first proper album since 2010, as an Album Of The Week back in March. And it looks like Foo Fighters appreciate them too! Dave Grohl just posted a link to the Vancouver-bred psych-rock vete... more info

Stereogum — Pickathon 2016 kicks off today in Happy Valley, OR, and you can livestream some of the festival’s notable sets here, including: Ty Segall, Wolf Parade, Thee Oh Sees, Black Mountain, Alvvays, Palehound, Mac DeMarco, Cass McCombs, and more. The strea... more info

Chorus.fm — Grimes, PUP, and Carly Rae Jepsen are among those up for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize, which goes to the best album of the year by a Canadian artist. Shortlist Black Mountain’s IV Basia Bulat’s Good Advice Grimes’ Art Angels Carly Rae Jepsen’... more info

Stereogum — The 2016 Polaris Music Prize short list is out! It includes: Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION Grimes — Art Angels PUP — The Dream Is Over White Lung — Paradise Kaytranada — 99.9% Basia Bulat — Good Advice Jessy Lanza — Oh No Andy Shauf ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Stone Roses' first NYC show in 20 year, plus Paul Simon, Black Mountain, Kimya Dawson, Weezer, Lee Ranaldo, 75 Dollar Bill, and more NYC show options for your Independence Day pre-party action. Continue reading… more info

KEXP Seattle — When Vancouver-based band Black Mountain stepped in the studio, we got a contact high. Not necessarily from their clothing, but definitely from their heavy, sludgy, psychedelic sound. Vocalists Stephen McBean and Amber Webber trade verses over a Blac... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — It's been over a decade since we first fell in love with the music of Marissa Nadler -- sometime around the moment I first heard her flawless "Diamond Heart", which remains one of my favorite songs of all time -- and I distinctly remember the t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — They're streaming sets from Animal Collective, Courtney Barnett, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels, Ty Segall & the Muggers, Royal Trux, Thurston Moore Band, Black Mountain, Uncle Acid, Parquet Courts, and more Continue reading… more info

The Daily Mail — The Black Mountain poets were an avant-garde collective based in North Carolina in the 20th century, and this film has absolutely nothing to do with any of them, writes BRIAN VINER. more info