NEWS: Stephen McBean Sheds More Light on New Pink Mountaintops LPWhile Stephen McBean currently has records on the way from both his folk-flecked Grim Tower project and his new hardcore band Obliterations, fans may be wondering what happened to the fourth Pink Mountaintops LP McBean first hinted at back in 2011. While details are slim, it looks as if the record...Read More
CONCERT REVIEWS: Pink Mountaintops Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver, BC, December 15Principal mountaineer Stephen McBean represented Pink Mountaintops primarily solo this evening. Now spending most of his time in Los Angeles, after falling in love with one of those famous California girls, he doesn't play much around his native BC these days. But since we're so close to Xmas and...Read More
NEWS: Pink Mountaintops Add Canadian Tour DatesWe're still no sooner to learning just when Black Mountain leader Stephen McBean's Pink Mountaintops project will release a follow-up to 2009's Outside Love, but at least the group have announced a handful of tour dates that could potentially showcase some new tunes. Earlier this fall,...Read More
MUSIC / VIDEO: Pink Mountaintops "Closer to Heaven" (live video)Last fall, Pink Mountaintops leader Steve McBean hinted that the project was potentially offering up a follow-up to 2009's Outside Love by summer 2012. It's unknown at present if the Vancouver singer-songwriter managed to lay down the new album with former Delta 72 member/current Cat Power collaborator Gregg Foreman on keyboards as planned, but it's safe to say that the album has been delayed. ...Watch Now
MUSIC / VIDEO: Pink Mountaintops "Through All the Worry" (video)You may not necessarily peg Pink Mountaintops as a group of actors, but as previously reported, the band make their cinematic debut in Canadian indie film Everything Louder Than Everything Else, directed by Rob Leickner. ...Watch Now
NEWS: Pink Mountaintops Announce TourWith this week marking the release of Pink Mountaintops' latest bit of rock'n'roll romance, Outside Love, now is as good a time as any for Stephen McBean to begin announcing his summer tour plans. Following a month-long European trek, Vancouver's retro rock luminary will take his roadshow on...Read More
POP & ROCK REVIEWS: Pink Mountaintops Outside LoveIf Pink Mountaintops' debut was about sex and Axis of Evol about politics, then the theme of album number three is love or, as the title says, being outside of it. Sure, we've seen the topic in the previous work of Stephen McBean - the head rock'n'roll mystic behind Pink Mountaintops and its...Read More
MUSIC / VIDEO: Pink Mountaintops "While We Were Dreaming"Upon first hearing the new Pink Mountaintops album, Outside Love, I had to double-check to see just what I was listening to. Stephen McBean has transformed his "bad boogie ballin'" one-man band into an open-armed collaboration. The biggest reason for my surprise was "While We Were Dreaming,"...Read More
NEWS: New Pink Mountaintops Album Out in MayBlack Mountain's head musical beardo Stephen McBean is once again trading black for pink, and announced that his mellower, less full-on Pink Mountaintops will release their third album. Dubbed Outside Love, the full-length is due to drop May 5 and will come courtesy of Canadian-friendly...Read More
INTERVIEWS: Pink MountaintopsSide projects are for musicians who can't hold down two day jobs at once. Vancouver's Stephen McBean doesn't need a side project — he fronts two different bands full time, and astonishingly he's pretty laidback, verging on comatose, as he explains his demanding musical duties. "It's good to have...Read More
POP & ROCK REVIEWS: Pink Mountaintops The Pink MountaintopsSex and pop music have had a longstanding courtship that has seen the likes of Prince, KISS and even little Britney Spears try and marry the two. However, subtlety isn’t one of their strong points, which is why Stephen McBean, member of Jerk With A Bomb (now known as Black Mountain), makes the...Read More
While Stephen McBean currently has records on the way from both his folk-flecked Grim Tower project and his new hardcore band Obliterations, fans may be wondering what happened to the fourth Pink Mountaintops LP McBean first hinted at back in 2011. While details are slim, it looks as if the record...Read More
Principal mountaineer Stephen McBean represented Pink Mountaintops primarily solo this evening. Now spending most of his time in Los Angeles, after falling in love with one of those famous California girls, he doesn't play much around his native BC these days. But since we're so close to Xmas and...Read More
We're still no sooner to learning just when Black Mountain leader Stephen McBean's Pink Mountaintops project will release a follow-up to 2009's Outside Love, but at least the group have announced a handful of tour dates that could potentially showcase some new tunes. Earlier this fall,...Read More
Last fall, Pink Mountaintops leader Steve McBean hinted that the project was potentially offering up a follow-up to 2009's Outside Love by summer 2012. It's unknown at present if the Vancouver singer-songwriter managed to lay down the new album with former Delta 72 member/current Cat Power collaborator Gregg Foreman on keyboards as planned, but it's safe to say that the album has been delayed. ...Watch Now
You may not necessarily peg Pink Mountaintops as a group of actors, but as previously reported, the band make their cinematic debut in Canadian indie film Everything Louder Than Everything Else, directed by Rob Leickner. ...Watch Now
If Pink Mountaintops' debut was about sex and Axis of Evol about politics, then the theme of album number three is love or, as the title says, being outside of it. Sure, we've seen the topic in the previous work of Stephen McBean - the head rock'n'roll mystic behind Pink Mountaintops and its...Read More
Upon first hearing the new Pink Mountaintops album, Outside Love, I had to double-check to see just what I was listening to. Stephen McBean has transformed his "bad boogie ballin'" one-man band into an open-armed collaboration. The biggest reason for my surprise was "While We Were Dreaming,"...Read More
Black Mountain's head musical beardo Stephen McBean is once again trading black for pink, and announced that his mellower, less full-on Pink Mountaintops will release their third album. Dubbed Outside Love, the full-length is due to drop May 5 and will come courtesy of Canadian-friendly...Read More
It was the night 50,000-plus suddenly Stanley Cup Final bound Oilers fans took to the streets; outside the relocated Sidetrack, country singer Corb Lund was wearing a motorcycle helmet and shooting fireworks into the clouds. During all this, the fabulous Faunts delivered a sound my babbling drunk...Read More
Side projects are for musicians who can't hold down two day jobs at once. Vancouver's Stephen McBean doesn't need a side project — he fronts two different bands full time, and astonishingly he's pretty laidback, verging on comatose, as he explains his demanding musical duties. "It's good to have...Read More
Sex and pop music have had a longstanding courtship that has seen the likes of Prince, KISS and even little Britney Spears try and marry the two. However, subtlety isn’t one of their strong points, which is why Stephen McBean, member of Jerk With A Bomb (now known as Black Mountain), makes the...Read More
