My last Black Mountain update included a lot more tour dates than the first time I posted about the Bowery Ballroom show they're playing with Bon Iver. This post adds even more dates. That includes a show at Glasslands in Brooklyn on February 23rd. That's one day after the Bowery show, and two days after Black Mountain play Conan O'Brien.

Their Jagjaguwar labelmate Wilderness also has a Brooklyn show coming up - March 13th at Union Pool. Listen to Bon Iver on MPR. Watch Black Mountain and Kid Millions from Oneida play at ATP. Everyone's tour dates below....

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DOWNLOAD: Howlin Rain - Roll On the Rusted Days (MP3)

Oakland, CA: Howlin Rain, the epic spin-off project of Comets on Fire (Sub Pop) co-founder and lead singer Ethan Miller, has just been signed by Rick Rubin to American Recordings. Progenitors of the heavy psych/folky sound that has been branded "The New Weird America" by the press, Miller has put together an outfit that exudes the magical musical legacy of their Bay Area blues-driven homebase (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Grateful Dead), taps into the psychedelic brotherhood of the 13th Floor Elevators and calls to order the songmanship of classic CSNY, while possessing the originality to create their own visionary sound. Howlin Rain’s spring 2008 release, Magnificent Fiend, will be a joint venture with San Francisco's Birdman Records. [press release]

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DOWNLOAD: Black Mountain - Tyrants (new MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ruby Isle - Tyrants (Black Mountain Cover) (MP3) (info)
DOWNLOAD: Black Mountain - Druganaut (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Bon Iver - Skinny Love (MP3)

Jajaguwar label-mates Black Mountain & Bon Iver aren't actually going on tour together. Well, maybe they are, but one hasn't been announced yet. They are playing together at Bowery Ballroom on February 22nd though. Tickets are on sale. It will be Bon Iver's third Bowery show - the first was CMJ, and then he opened for Elvis Perkins.

Black Mountain's new double album called In the Future is out January 22nd.

The new album possesses immense breadth, seamlessly showcasing short and classic folk-pop gems along with driving modern rock masterpieces, peaking with "Bright Lights", a seventeen-minute multi-dimensional opus that gives Pink Floyd's "Echoes" a run for its money. (says their press release)

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DOWNLOAD: Blacklist - Blue Shifted (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ravens & Chimes - January (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ravens & Chimes - General Lafayette! You Are Not Alone (MP3)

Black Mountain @ Mercury Lounge by Noah Kalina (more)

Jay Reatard in Washington DC - Oct 9, 2007 (CRED)

E-mail BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Architecture) right now to win a pair of tickets to see Architecture in Helsinki at the Gramercy Theatre tonight. Make sure you definitely want to go, and include your first and last name. Two winners will be picked randomly, and contacted ASAP.

* Tori Amos is @ WaMu Theater @ MSG
* Jay Reatard @ Death By Audio
* Digitalism are @ Studio B
* !!! and The Field are @ Webster Hall
* Moby, The Juan Maclean & Stretch Armstrong DJ @ Hiro Ballroom
* Pink Nasty is playing Pete's Candy Store
* Architecture in Helsinki & Lo Fi Fnk @ Gramercy Theatre
* Blacklist & Popscene NYC DJ's @ The Annex
* Division Day, Rahim, and Ravens & Chimes are @ Union Hall
* The National & St. Vincent launch the new venue Terminal 5
* The Raveonettes & Nicole Atkins are @ Maxwell's
* Black Mountain & The Caver Singers are @ Southpaw
* Klaxons are playing Conan O'Brien
* Jose Gonzalez was on KCRW
* Jose Gonzales is playing Jimmy Kimmel

BONUS NSFW: Qui let their balls hang out at Mercury Lounge (literally)

What else?

DOWNLOAD: Black Mountain - Drugganaut (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Lightning Dust - Listened On (MP3)

Black Mountain's next album comes out in early 2008 on JagJaguwar. Lightning Dust is the side project of Amber & Josh from Black Mountain. Lightning Dust's self-titled album came out on JagJaguwar in June - it was around then that they went on a West Coast tour with The Cave Singers. Next - The Cave Singers are going on tour with Black Mountain. They play Mercury Lounge and Southpaw on October 10th & 11th. All tour dates below...

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