Canadian indie rock band
Elephant Stone is a Canadian indie rock band. Fronted by Rishi Dhir, the band 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 combined 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] Burger Records released a cassette featuring a remixed version of The Three Poisons titled ES3PRMX .[ 7] 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 JM Lapham of The Earlies .[ 7]
In 2016 Elephant Stone released their fourth album, Ship of Fools .[ 3] 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)Back Into the Dream (2024)[ 10]
EPs and singles
The Glass Box EP 12" (2010) - mini albumLove the Sinner, Hate the Sin b/w Strangers 7" (2012)American Dream (2020)Le voyage de M. Lonely dans la lune (2022)Elephant Stone presents "Hollow" (2022)Dawn, Day, Dusk (2023)
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
Personnel
Current band members
Past band members
See also
References
^ a b "Elephant Stone's Sitar Rock" [usurped] Chart ^ T'cha Dunlevy, "Elephant Stone trades rock for sitar" Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine . Canwest News Service , May 7, 2009.
^ a b "Elephant Stone and the Enduring Mystique of Rock Sitar" . Rawkus Magazine , March 6, 2017. by Wanda Waterman^ "CBC Radio3 Announces Polaris Prize Longlist" . CBC Radio 3 , June 15, 2009.^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Elephant Stone - Elephant Stone (review)" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-02-09 . ^ "The purity of Elephant Stone’s Three Poisons" Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine . The Gazette ^ a b c "Making "The Three Poisons" New: A Conversation with Rishi Dhir about Elephant Stone's "ES3PRMX" - Stereo Embers Magazine" . Stereo Embers Magazine . 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-09 .^ "In Conversation: Elephant Stone" . Clash , Si Hawkins, 26 · May · 2017^ "Review: Elephant Stone – Hollow" . 10 March 2020.^ Going Underground from Back Into the Dream aired on the WMBR (Boston) show Aural Fixation March 2nd, 2024
^ Less Lee Moore (December 20, 2013). "Music Review: Various Artists, Psych-Out Christmas" . PopShifter . ^ "A Psych Tribute to the Doors - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-02-09 .^ "2022 Winners" .^ "2009 Nominees" .
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