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General Info

  • Genre: Experimental / Folk / Indie

    Location BROOKLYN, New York, Un

    Profile Views: 116271

    Last Login: 11/27/2011

    Member Since 3/6/2006

    Website lucindablackbear.com

    Record Label Eastern Spurs (USA).

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Lucinda Black Bear is led by Christian Gibbs, with Mike Cohen on bass, Kristin Mueller on drums and Chad Hammer on cello. On many occasions, you will find LBB augmented by Gillian Rivers on violin, who has been responsible for string arrangements for bands such as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and MGMT. Sometimes soft, sometimes hard, Lucinda Black Bear has many moods, but you can always count on true craftsmanship in songs and performance. The band was conceived when Gibbs decided he needed new blood and new instrumentation on his piano-guitar based, loop laden songs. He sought out a downtown supergroup of talented musicians from whom he had heard great things about. With Mike, Kristin and Chad, indie-rock met roots, and Lucinda Black Bear was born.

  • Members

    Christian Gibbs: Singer, guitar and piano, Kristin Mueller: Drums, Chad Hammer: Cello, Gillian Rivers: Violin, Mike Cohen: Bass

  • Influences

    Elliott Smith, Chet Baker Big Star, Caffeine, The Beatles, Sparklehorse, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, Arcade Fire, Jesus and Mary Chain, Flaming Lips, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Mississippi John Hurt, John Fahey, The Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen, Motorhead, Morning Glories, Steroid Maximus, The Kinks, Mumford and Sons, Radiohead...

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Lucinda Black Bear is led by Christian Gibbs, with Mike Cohen on bass, Kristin Mueller on drums and Chad Hammer on cello. On many occasions, you will find LBB augmented by Gillian Rivers on violin, who has been responsible for string arrangements for bands such as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and MGMT. Sometimes soft, sometimes hard, Lucinda Black Bear has many moods, but you can always count on true craftsmanship in songs and performance.


The band was conceived when Gibbs decided he needed new blood and new instrumentation on his piano-guitar based, loop laden songs. He sought out a downtown supergroup of talented musicians from whom he had heard great things about. With Mike, Kristin and Chad, indie-rock met roots, and Lucinda Black Bear was born.


Band Members

Christian Gibbs: Singer, guitar and piano
Kristin Mueller: Drums
Chad Hammer: Cello
Gillian Rivers: Violin
Mike Cohen: Bass


See What People Are Saying:


"Lucinda Black Bear... plays carefully written folk-rock with stunning arrangements... they paint lonely, deserted images with dark minor chords and complex melodies." - NPR


"Tonight the band hits Tribeca with a hot new album in its pocket: the lush Knives." - Time Out New York Critics' Pick Week of 11/01


"Indie folk rockers, Lucinda Black Bear, are back with two new tracks “Percival” and “Knives” that are perfect for the Fall as their tightly orchestrated songs evoke melancholy adventures in heavily wooded forests with furry animals... you get the feeling that each of Lucinda Black Bear’s songs have been carefully composed and refined after many grueling sessions to ensure that no note, rest, or word is out of place." - Aesthetes Anonymous


"Most Innovative of 2007" - NPR's All Songs Considered


"The striking, melancholy tunes on Lucinda Black Bear's new disc, Capo my Heart, could push (the band) over the top." - Time Out New York


"The band's soaring and lushly arranged songs weave together myriad strains of American music, old and new," - The Brooklyn Rail


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