Black Mountain is a fat-bottom, sludgy psyche rock band from Canada. Their second LP “In the Future” (Jagjaguwar) follows its predecessor’s footsteps to the T, which is a good thing because that syrupy combination of heft and power is not only compelling, it’s exhilarating and there isn’t enough of it. These are the kind of albums that muscle-heads listen to at the gym when they’re trying to bench press twice their body mass in front of a full-length mirror. Actually, they don’t listen to Black Mountain; they’re not that cool …

Really, there was only one question that begged to be answered: “What the hell is in the drinking water that causes Northwest punk bands to turn to the darkside?”

Zack de la Rocha has always been a spitfire and his counter-cultural, geo-political band Rage Against the Machine certainly seemed to fit his emphatic speak-singing style.

Quick, simple songs never sounded so huge. Together, they rock a dirty, sexy, solid set of slab-thumping, indie-blues on their third full-length release. Best of all, it’s powered by the groove.