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The Black Pine

The Black Pine
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The Black Pine
Background information
Origin Los Angeles, California
Genres Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Soft Rock, Dream Pop, Shoegaze, Neo-Psychedelia
Years active 1999–present
Labels The New Black
June le Fit Records
Associated acts Troy Von Balthazar, Adam Goldberg
Website blackpinemusic.com
Members Mitch Cichocki
Emma Kathan
Ian Latchmansingh
James Scott Rubia
Past members Jason Bacher
Adeline Fargier Jasso
Nate Farringer
Vanessa Irena
Dani Anderson
Andrew Lynch
Troy Von Balthazar
Daphne Chen
Michael Panes

The Black Pine is an American Alternative Rock band from Los Angeles, California. They formed in 1999 and have released four albums.

The Black Pine consists of Mitch Cichocki (guitar, lead vocals), Ian Latchmansingh (bass guitar), James Scott Rubia (guitar, keys) and Emma Kathan (drums, guitar, vocals).

The Black Pine formed in 1999 in Los Angeles, CA. They played their first show in 2000 at Los Angeles club, Spaceland, with Lou Barlow and Chokebore. In summer 2002, The Black Pine released its first E.P. entitled The Sexlife of Flowers. The band worked with the actor/director Adam Goldberg to score two of his films, Running with the Bulls, which was premiered on the Independent Film Channel in 2003, and I Love Your Work, which starred Christina Ricci, Giovanni Ribisi, Jason Lee and Franka Potente. The Black Pine also played as the backing band for the comedian Sarah Silverman's one woman show, "Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic", performed at Second City in Los Angeles and The Canon Theater in Beverly Hills, California. The band released its second album, With Us, on the independent label, The New Black, founded by the Los Angeles band, The Antarcticans. Two songs from the album "With Us" : Early Morning and Focus 6 were featured in the film "Under Still Waters" starring Lake Bell, Jason Clarke, and Clifton Collins Jr. . The band's third album, "Still Life" was released in September 2008 on June le Fit records. "The Morning Sun", the band's fourth album was self released in February 2012.

Members of The Black Pine played on Troy Von Balthazar's album "How To Live On Nothing", released on Third Side Records in 2010 and Troy Von Balthazar sang on the song, "Paradise" from The Black Pine album "Still Life".


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