Montreal psych-rock trion Elephant Stone have announced an international tour to close out 2017. The string of dates follows the release of the band’s recent full-length Ship of Fools – out now on Elephants On Parade/Burger Records. The band has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe and will be returning to stages across Canada, Europe, and the US with their “cosmos-searching live shows” (Clash) this August through December.
Elephant Stone have toured alongside prominent acts such as Beck, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and The Horrors. They continue to solidify their place in the burgeoning psych rock scene with an impressive sequence of releases. Most recently, Ship of Fools presents a new Elephant Stone emphasizing catchy grooves and vocal melodies that smack of both infectious pop and dance. But frontman Rishi Dhir’s lyrics have lost none of their sophistication or social commentary.
Evolution, change, artistic growth, and exploration are associated with all great rock and roll bands, but they’re quickly becoming synonymous with Elephant Stone. Formed in 2009 by Dhir (singer/bassist/songwriter/sitar) accompanied by Miles Dupire (drummer/backing vox) and Gabriel Lambert (guitar/backing vox), the band has proven to be innovators who are unafraid of challenging themselves and their audience. Elephant Stone makes music for the head and the heart and will continue their psychedelic mission.
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Between here and the R3 blog, the number of times I’ve been able to say — this time about Elephant Stone — yeah, I saw and heard that band at the Black Sheep Inn…
…is enough in itself to make me sound insufferable.
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Benoit, I don’t think you sound insufferable at all! Though it does make me want to live closer to the Black Sheep Inn.
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ES also opening for The Dream Syndicate for their tour in December.
@Janet, be careful what you wish for. While the venue is nice and the staff are very friendly there is an insufferable regular that you might run into. I can’t remember his name but he was there the entire time I visited the Black Sheep, arriving and leaving at roughly the same time as me.
To be fair he did drive me there and back.
Russ, I expect that’s pretty big for ES: major US cities, It’ll do a lot to get them known.
janet, thx.
garf, :p
Rishi seems pretty excited.
Union Duke is playing the Sheep on Friday. https://unionduke.com/
And opener Jessica Pearson (& cohorts) looks just as good.
Later. Meatspace (Meetspace?) calls…
I failed to visit the Black Sheep Inn, when I was checking out Wakefield before the wedding on Sunday. How could i have forgotten this?
Anyways I have regrets…
They had no show, and we had no time.
Black Sheep Inn is on my list of venues I would like to visit. Also I like Elephant Stone but have never seen them.
And hello all.
Elephant Stone are coming to Richmond, Virginia in December, which is a couple of hours south, but I’m hoping to make it happen.
I hope you can make it Janet and then fill me in on how it was.
I decided to watch Raccoon videos while I ate in the lounge, that was 2 hours ago. I may have a problem.
Whatever floats your boat. :p
I am really looking forward to The Barr Brothers new album. Another new track today.
I tried the embed code but I will try the link instead now.
http://play.spotify.com/album/6RaF1MxbjvBteIflXzSvt4
I have added the code
Thanks for posting the new Barr Brothers, I really liked it!
New track for Weaves too. I am looking forward to some great music this fall.
http://play.spotify.com/track/7mehzkrETeKW2X3Ep4gC8U
According to their Twitter account Said the Whale is going to send a digital download of As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide, to fans who donate a minimum of $5 to the Red Cross for BC Wildfire relief
I love The Barr Brothers so much!
That’s cool of Said The Whale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaiTgu9Cvos