Elephant Stone (band)

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, [http://www.canada.com/entertainment/music/Elephant+Stone+trades+rock+sitar/1572531/story.html "Elephant Stone trades rock for sitar"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117073859/http://www.canada.com/entertainment/music/Elephant+Stone+trades+rock+sitar/1572531/story.html |date=2010-01-17 }}. Canwest News Service, May 7, 2009.[http://www.rawckus.com/elephant-stone-and-the-enduring-mystique-of-rock-sitar/ "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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090709211446/http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2009/06/Polaris-Music-Prize-Announces-Top-40-Long-List "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.{{Cite web|title = Elephant Stone - Elephant Stone (review)|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/elephant-stone-mw0002482448|website = AllMusic|author= Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date = 2016-02-09}}

The band's third full-length album, The Three Poisons, was released in 2014.[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/purity+Elephant+Stone+Three+Poisons/10147316/story.html "The purity of Elephant Stone’s Three Poisons"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006182335/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/purity+Elephant+Stone+Three+Poisons/10147316/story.html |date=2014-10-06 }}. The Gazette, August 25, 2014. In 2015, Burger Records released a cassette featuring a remixed version of The Three Poisons titled ES3PRMX.{{Cite web|title = Making "The Three Poisons" New: A Conversation with Rishi Dhir about Elephant Stone's "ES3PRMX" - Stereo Embers Magazine|url = http://stereoembersmagazine.com/making-the-three-poisons-new-a-conversation-with-rishi-dhir-about-elephant-stones-es3prmx/|website = Stereo Embers Magazine|date = 2 June 2015|access-date = 2016-02-09|language = en-US}} 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.[http://www.clashmusic.com/features/in-conversation-elephant-stone "In Conversation: Elephant Stone"]. Clash, Si Hawkins, 26 · May · 2017

Elephant Stone released their fifth album, Hollow, on February 14, 2020.{{Cite web|url=http://www.7thlevelmusic.com/?p=6057|title=Review: Elephant Stone – Hollow|date=10 March 2020}}

• 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
• [https://elephantstonemusic.bandcamp.com/album/back-into-the-garage-the-back-into-the-dream-demos Back Into the Garage: The Back Into the Dream Demos] (2025)

• 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)

• 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)

• "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" (Beatles cover) on Psych-Out Christmas (2013){{Cite web|title = Music Review: Various Artists, Psych-Out Christmas|url = http://popshifter.com/2013-12-20/music-review-various-artists-psych-out-christmas/|website = PopShifter|author=Less Lee Moore|date=December 20, 2013}}
• "L.A. Woman" on A Psych Tribute to the Doors (2014){{Cite web|title = A Psych Tribute to the Doors - Various Artists {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-psych-tribute-to-the-doors-mw0002614611|website = AllMusic|access-date = 2016-02-09}}

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| 2022

| Le voyage de M. Lonely dans la lune

| GAMIQ - Rock EP of the Year

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| 2009

| The Seven Seas

| Polaris Music Prize - Album of the Year

| Long-Listed{{Cite web|url=https://polarismusicprize.ca/2009-nominees/|title = 2009 Nominees}}

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

• 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

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• [https://www.elephantstone.ca/ Elephant Stone]
• [http://www.indiecater.com/2009/07/elephant-stone-the-seven-seas/ Indiecater Records]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160129160650/http://levitation-austin.com/store/elephant-stone-lp/ The Reverberation Appreciation Society]

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