Powerpopulist — We still get a kick out of this long-ago collage. (The band, too, only much more so.) Many thanks to the benevolent hostenpostenfolk for making the following tuneage available. Head - Spend the Night Alone - One Base On An Overthrow PJ Harvey - Th... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — For a generation of young artists flanking World War II, Black Mountain College in rural North Carolina was the California Institute of the Arts of America's avant-garde culture. A school in the middle of nowhere, 200 miles west of the state capital ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The art and artists of the highly influential Black Mountain College. A video that explores a dystopian movement farm. And the prolific drawings output of a beloved poet and icon. Plus: The art of Ayotzinapa protests, a show about plans and art that... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Austin's Levitation Festival already announced a few of its 2016 performers, including Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds, plus Animal Collective, Flying Lotus, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Sleep, Lee Scratch Perry, Ty Segall, Black Mountain, and Un... more info

Stereogum — Levitation Fest will return to Austin in the spring of 2016 (4/29-5/1 to be exact) with a beyond impressive lineup. Headlining the bill is Brian Wilson performing all of Pet Sounds alongside Al Jardine, as well as Animal Collective, Flying Lotus, the... more info

Stereogum — Minus a few side projects, Vancouver psych-rockers Black Mountain have been quiet since 2012’s Year Zero surf-film soundtrack. But this year marks the 10th anniversary of their riff-heavy, exploratory debut self-titled album. To commemorate that, t... more info

Stereogum — Black Mountain frontman Stephen McBean also leads the sometimes-great side project Pink Mountaintops, and they released a deeply strange album called Get Back earlier this year. The French lifestyle website April 77 just recruited the band to release... more info

Stereogum — Outside Love, the last album from Black Mountain frontman Stephen McBean’s Pink Mountaintops side project, was one of 2009′s best and most underrated rock albums, an endlessly warm and welcoming set of stoned, fuzzy campfire singalongs. Since tha... more info

Stereogum — 2009′s Outside Love, the last album from Stephen McBean’s Black Mountain side project Pink Mountaintops, was one of the best and most slept-on rock records in recent memory, and you owe it to yourself to give it a listen on Spotify or whatever. T... more info

Stereogum — It’s been a while since we heard from Pink Mountaintops, the project of Black Mountain’s Steve McBean. The group’s last album Outside Love came out in 2009, but today Pink Mountaintops return with a song from a new album, Get Back. It’s the f... more info