This will be Top 10 for me this year!! (Chris/OPA, this is the band that opened for Black Mountain & Blood Meridian at Mercury Lounge)

LADYHAWK S/T (Storyboard/Jagjaguwar)
BC has always been known for its smokable agriculture, but its music scene has always produced more indie pop and punk than stoner rock. The tides have turned since the Black Mountain Army took over the region in 2005, and their compatriots Ladyhawk are flying the freak flag high on their self-titled debut. While the music can't reach the incendiary heights of their live shows, "The Dugout" and "New Joker" are fantastic pieces of songwriting that build patiently into triumphant finishes. The haunting "Long 'Til The Morning" is a superb low-key showcase for frontman Duffy Driediger, who menacingly ambles through the disc's 10 tracks like he's wearing a bear suit. Between Steve McBean's projects (Black Mountain/Pink Mountaintops) , Blood Meridian and Ladyhawk, you can almost see the haze over Vancouver from the other side of the mountains.

Remind me...the bassist of Black Mountain is the lead singer of Blood Meridian, right?

Who's Steve McBean? What instrument did he play with Ladyhawk? Why can't I remember them?

what's menacing about a dude wearing a bear suit? that immediately brings back to mind dalen's bear suit wearing-break dancing avatar.

Completely amicable.

Yes....Singer of Blood Meridian plays bass in Black Mountian

Steve McBean is the guitarist and songwriter for Black Mountain and Pink Mouintaintops (who are playing tonite, but i'll be in Jersey with da woman)...

And Amber Webber is the singer in Black Mountain who also sang a song or two with Blood Meridian, that we poked fun at for being useless...Heh heh!!

And the singer from Ladyhawk looked like a dirty greasier Jack Black...

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viva la black mountain army!