Black Mountain : Silent Radio

LIVE: BLACK MOUNTAIN / MASS DATURA – 15/10/2019

-SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER- Mass Datura Suspect incense aside, the support act is the numerical equivalent of a half-dozen; they possess the standard line-up of bassist, drummer and guitarist; but to pad out the sound they have a synthe…sist, violinist and a handler of lap steel. The venue’s sound fails to properly accommodate the band’s ‘busy’ […]

Learning to drive is never easy at any age, so fair play to Black Mountain’s frontman Stephen McBean, who’s passed aged 47. Proving it’s never too late to learn, the freedom of the open road and the first adrenalin rush of being behind the wheel have fed into the album. The album is apparently named […]

ALBUM REVIEW: BLACK MOUNTAIN – DESTROYER

LIVE: DINOSAUR JR. – 24/03/2018

-ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- Dinosaur Jr., a band who were probably knocking about when Jesus and John the Baptist were dunking people in the river like rich tea in PG, have completely blown away this Manchester crowd and I’m fucking chuffed for everyone involved. Finally entering the building, after downing our cans of shitty rum and […]

Despite wide critical acclaim and praise from friends, I was definitely a ‘johnny-come-lately’ to Marissa Nadler and found myself stunned by the quality of her most recent record ‘Strangers’. The album, for me, confirmed Marissa’s position as a classic story teller as I became obsessed with finding the answers to each question prompted by her […]

INTERVIEW: MARISSA NADLER

VIDEO PREMIERE: WATCH MASS DATURA’S ‘FEEL ME HUMAN’

Mass Datura are in town today playing with Black Mountain and have kindly brought a gift for Silent Radio readers, their brand new video to Feel Me Human which can be viewed below. Last month the London 5 piece released their first single ‘Feel Me Human’, as a double-sided 7” including ‘Dream Thief’ on Side B. […]

‘Fantasy’, the new record from Lightning Dust (Amber Webber and Josh Wells of Black Mountain), will be out on Jagjaguwar on June 24th. ‘Fantasy’ is Lightning Dust’s third proper full-length album, and it finds its inspiration in skeletal synth pop, modern R&B beats, the films of John Carpenter and – in accordance with Lightning Dust’s […]