Elephant Stone (band)

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Elephant Stone
OriginMontreal, Quebec, Canada
GenresIndie rock, psychedelic rock
Years active2008 – present
LabelsHidden Pony/The Reverberation Appreciation Society
Associated actsMIEN, The Black Angels, The High Dials
WebsiteOfficial site
MembersRishi Dhir
Miles Dupire
Robbie MacArthur
Jason Kent

Elephant Stone is a Canadian indie rock band. Fronted by Rishi Dhir, the band's style incorporates aspects of traditional Indian music including the sitar, tabla, and dilruba with Western psychedelic rock.[1]

History[]

Dhir formed Elephant Stone in 2009 after he left The High Dials. The band began to combine Indian classical music and instrumentation with 1960s pop and rock.[2][1][3]

The band's debut album, The Seven Seas, was released June 2, 2009 on Dhir's own Elephants on Parade label, with distribution by Fontana North. The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize on June 15, 2009.[4]

On July 4, 2009 The Seven Seas was released on Irish label Indiecater Records.

On February 12, 2013, their self-titled second album was released on Reverberation Appreciation Society.[5]

The band's third full-length album, The Three Poisons, was released in 2014.[6] In 2015, Burger Records released a cassette featuring a remixed version of The Three Poisons titled ES3PRMX.[7] The cassette features collaborations with Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Fabien Leseure, Tom Furse of The Horrors, Al Lover, Alex Maas of The Black Angels, Peter Holmstrom of The Dandy Warhols and JP Lapham of The Earlies.[7]

In 2016 Elephant Stone released their fourth album, Ship of Fools.[3] In 2017 they released an EP, Live at the Verge, and set out on a tour of Europe.[8]

Elephant Stone released their fifth album, Hollow on February 14, 2020.[9]

Discography[]

Albums[]

  • The Seven Seas (2009)
  • Elephant Stone (2013)
  • The Three Poisons (2014)
  • Ship of Fools (2016)
  • Hollow (2020)

EPs and singles[]

  • The Glass Box EP 12" (2010) - mini album
  • Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin b/w Strangers 7" (2012)
  • American Dream (2020)

Remixes[]

  • ES3PRMX (2015) - Remix of The Three Poisons, cassette[7]
  • Remix of Fools (2017) - Remix of Ship of Fools
  • GLIDExTDSESRMXv1.1 (2017)- Remix of Glide (The Dream Syndicate)

Other appearances[]

Awards and nominations[]

Polaris Music Prize

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2009 Album of the Year Long-Listed[12]

Personnel[]

Main band members[]

  • Rishi Dhir – lead vocals, bass, sitar
  • Jean-Gabriel Lambert – guitar, backing vocals
  • Miles Dupire-Gagnon – drums, backing vocals
  • Robbie MacArthur - guitar, backing vocals
  • Jason Kent - keys, guitar, backing vocals

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Elephant Stone's Sitar Rock" Archived 2009-08-09 at the Wayback Machine. Chart, June 3, 2009.
  2. ^ T'cha Dunlevy, "Elephant Stone trades rock for sitar" Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine. Canwest News Service, May 7, 2009.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Elephant Stone and the Enduring Mystique of Rock Sitar". Rawkus Magazine, March 6, 2017. by Wanda Waterman
  4. ^ "CBC Radio3 Announces Polaris Prize Longlist". CBC Radio 3, June 15, 2009.
  5. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Elephant Stone - Elephant Stone (review)". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  6. ^ "The purity of Elephant Stone’s Three Poisons". The Gazette, August 25, 2014.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Making "The Three Poisons" New: A Conversation with Rishi Dhir about Elephant Stone's "ES3PRMX" - Stereo Embers Magazine". Stereo Embers Magazine. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  8. ^ "In Conversation: Elephant Stone". Clash, Si Hawkins, 26 · May · 2017
  9. ^ http://www.7thlevelmusic.com/?p=6057
  10. ^ Less Lee Moore (December 20, 2013). "Music Review: Various Artists, Psych-Out Christmas". PopShifter.
  11. ^ "A Psych Tribute to the Doors - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  12. ^ https://polarismusicprize.ca/2009-nominees/

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