That should be enough to please anyone.  Full text...

Never has twang sounded so good in lo-fi. Last year Black Mountain has us breaking out the bongs and throwing up the devil horns at times but Axis of Evol is most assuredly a mushrooms and whiskey affair.  Full text...

These are really interesting facets, because when you think you've got a grasp on where Stephen is coming from, he takes you for a ride in the other direction. He's complex.  Full text...

This is in no way an album requiring sensory enhancement to be fully appreciated, because I never bought that trite anyway.  Full text...

McBean's puzzling about-face aside, Axis of Evol remains yet another solid release from the Black Mountain frontman; the aforementioned psychedelics together with McBean's deadpan delivery, creating hypnotic effects.  Full text...

It is his most resolute outing to date, certainly the first record he's made that can be heard front-to-back, repeatedly, without losing most of its shine.  Full text...

Axis of Evol is no grand statement, but rather another scratched, crooked work, seven more tracks of McBean whimsy.   Full text...