Stephen McBean

Pink Mountaintops One-Off Solo Gig

From the outset, this didn't seem to make a lot of sense. Stephen McBean's other band, Black Mountain, played no less than three shows in a week here at the end of September, and you'd think the man might be tired of touring. Then a friend in the know cleared it up — McBean was in town for a wedding and wanted to play. Ah. Well then, carry on (...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 5, 2011

City And Colour's Dallas Green and Shad will release a collaborative EP, Two Songs, on Jan. 11. It features, yes, two songs: a new track and a remix. You can preorder it here and here. All the proceeds will be donated to Skate4Cancer. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will hit the road with Surfer Blood this spring. Trail Of Dead will...
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Get Free Pink Mountaintops Track

Stephen McBean's Pink Mountaintops project are offering a free MP3 of "Vampires" from their upcoming Outside Love that you can download here. The disc is the third Pink Mountaintops album and first since 2006's Axis Of Evol. McBean's Black Mountain bandmates, drummer Joshua Wells and vocalist Amber Webber, will release an album with...
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Pink Mountaintops Album Coming

Black Mountain may have been getting most of Stephen McBean's attention (and a Juno Award nomination) lately, but that will change when a new Pink Mountaintops album comes out on May 5 through Jagjaguwar. Outside Love features appearances from Black Mountain's Amber Webber, Matt Camirand and Joshua Wells, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial...
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Vancouver Buzz: Black/Pink Mountaineer Stephen McBean Starts Bands With Everyone

I recently caught up with elusive Black Mountain/Pink Mountaintops frontman Stephen McBean, who filled in the blanks about the myriad projects and weird jibberish that's been keeping him busy lately. "Hey, ummm, I'm trying to quit smoking and my mind is slow," says McBean. "The Acid Chairs will form in 2009 at the same time that...
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McBean Erupts Again With Pink Mountaintops

The ball just keeps rolling for the colonel of the Black Mountain army, Steve McBean. Seemingly incapable of rest, the man has released three albums — one every year — since 2004 (two as the Pink Mountaintops, one as Black Mountain). He's also toured extensively, culminating in a much ballyhooed opening slot for Coldplay last year. McBean just...
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