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.. Chart, June 3, 2009.
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.T'cha Dunlevy, "Elephant Stone trades rock for sitar" . Canwest News Service, May 7, 2009."Elephant Stone and the Enduring Mystique of Rock Sitar". Rawkus Magazine, March 6, 2017. by Wanda Waterman
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."CBC Radio3 Announces Polaris Prize Longlist". CBC Radio 3, June 15, 2009.
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.
The band's third full-length album, The Three Poisons, was released in 2014."The purity of Elephant Stone’s Three Poisons" . The Gazette, August 25, 2014. In 2015, Burger Records released a cassette featuring a remixed version of The Three Poisons titled ES3PRMX. 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 JM Lapham of The Earlies.
In 2016, Elephant Stone released their fourth album, Ship of Fools. In 2017, they released an EP, Live at the Verge, and set out on a tour of Europe."In Conversation: Elephant Stone". Clash, Si Hawkins, 26 · May · 2017
Elephant Stone released their fifth album, Hollow, on February 14, 2020.
Discography
Albums The Seven Seas (2009) Elephant Stone (2013) The Three Poisons (2014) Ship of Fools (2016) Hollow (2020) Back Into the Dream (2024)Going Underground from Back Into the Dream aired on the WMBR (Boston) show Aural Fixation March 2nd, 2024 Back Into the Garage: The Back Into the Dream Demos (2025) ASHA (2026)
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) 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 Remix of Fools (2017) - Remix of Ship of Fools GLIDExTDSESRMXv1.1 (2017)- Remix of Glide (The Dream Syndicate)
Other appearances "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" (Beatles cover) on Psych-Out Christmas (2013) "L.A. Woman" on A Psych Tribute to the Doors (2014)
Awards and nominations
| 2022 | Le voyage de M. Lonely dans la lune | GAMIQ - Rock EP of the Year | Winner |- | 2009 | The Seven Seas | Polaris Music Prize - Album of the Year | Long-Listed
Personnel
Current band members Rishi Dhir – lead vocals, bass, sitar Miles Dupire-Gagnon – drums, backing vocals Robbie MacArthur – guitar, backing vocals Jason Kent – keys, guitar, backing vocals
Past band members Bobby Fraser – keys Jean-Gabriel Lambert – guitar, backing vocals Chris McCarron – guitar Mike O'Brien – guitar Jules Pampena – drums Greg Paquette – guitar Robb Surridge – drums Richard White – guitar Chris Wise – drums Stephen "The Venk" Venkatarangam – keys, sitar, bass
See also
Music of Canada Music of Quebec Canadian rock List of Canadian musicians List of bands from Canada :Category:Canadian musical groups
References
External links Elephant Stone Indiecater Records The Reverberation Appreciation Society