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Clues Represent At Pop Montreal 2009

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) October 2, 2009 3:34 pm
"Wow, we're celebrating our eighth year," begins Pop Montreal festival creative director Dan Seligman in the fest's 2009 program book intro. "Who woulda thunk? Damn, we're lucky!" Pop Montreal is certainly something that elicits copious amounts of civic pride, whether you're involved as an organizer, volunteer, band or ticket...
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Elephant Stone @ NXNE 2009

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By Sarah Kurchak (CHARTattack) June 20, 2009 12:15 pm
Background/ Composition: Former High Dial and sitar player for almost every big Psychedelic Outlaw band out there Rishi Dhir and some friends from Besnard Lakes play very poppy and slightly trippy rock. Their album, The Seven Seas, recently made it onto the Polaris Music Prize long list. Grade: 75 Comment: Listing life, love and friends among...
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Elephant Stone — The Seven Seas

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By Jared Morano (CHARTattack) May 6, 2009 11:09 am
Elephant Stone consider themselves "Hindie rock," though that label only applies to some of their music. Some of the songs on The Seven Seas are sitar-driven ground-shakers that bring Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" and "Kashmir" to mind. The rest is pure Stone Roses. Rarely does one band replicate another so...
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I Read The News Today... For July 25, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 25, 2011 4:22 pm
Have you ever wondered what your favourite metal band's logo means? Now you know, thanks to The Grid. While everyone rushed to comment on Amy Winehouse's death this weekend, it was... Russell Brand who made the most sense. Kanye West and Jay-Z are now apparently known as The Throne, and are heading out on tour in support of their Watch The Throne...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 9, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 9, 2011 3:25 pm
Kill Rock Stars is reissuing the self-titled compilation they originally released in 1991 just after founder Slim Moon formed the label. It features tunes by Nirvana, Melvins, Bikini Kill and others, and it'll be out on April 16 for Record Store Day. —killrockstars.com Toronto singer/songwriter Katie Stelmanis is in a new trio called Austra that...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 5, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 5, 2010 1:50 pm
Hard Core Logo 2 will premiere in Whistler, B.C. at that city's Whistler Film Festival on Dec. 4. It features a cameo from Die Mannequin's Care Failure, who plays herself, claiming to have picked up Joe Dick's spirit. —The Globe And Mail DD/MM/YYYY, Sunparlour Players and Elephant Stone all have new dates. Girl Talk has announced an epically long...
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Elephant Stone — The Glass Box EP

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) May 27, 2010 4:08 pm
Former High Dial and Elephant Stone founder Rishi Dhir is one of few modern musicians privy to the formula for the perfect pop song. If you weren't along for the ride on Elephant Stone's 2009 The Seven Seas debut album, it's time to get on board. Although there are seven tracks on The Glass Box, this disc is essentially a five-song EP with very...
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Elephant Stone Offer Instrumentals For Free Download

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 20, 2010 11:53 am
"Alap" and "Dhun," the two instrumental tracks on Elephant Stone's upcoming The Glass Box EP, are available for free download through the band's website. "Alap" is the 31-second opener, while "Dhun" is a sitar-filled tune that sounds like it was recorded in reverse or chopped up, making it very akin to The...
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Elephant Stone's Sitar Rock

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) June 3, 2009 2:29 pm
Montreal sitar-based pop band Elephant Stone's debut album, The Seven Seas, is frontman Rishi Dhir's love song to his beloved India. "I feel like I left my heart there," says Dhir, who grew up listening to The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" and his parents' vinyl copy of renowned sitar master Ravi Shankar's Live At Monterey 1967...
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Ex-High Dial Forms Elephant Stone

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 24, 2009 4:08 pm
Ex-High Dials bassist/sitarist Rishi Dhir's new band, Elephant Stone, will release their The Seven Seas debut on May 5 through Elephants On Parade. The nine-track album was produced by The Besnard Lakes' Jace Lasek at Montreal's Breakglass Studios last summer. It features guest appearances from members of The High Dials, The Besnard Lakes and...
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Pumping: Elephant Stone — The Seven Seas

Submitted by The Stereo on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 2:38pm
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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) April 14, 2009 2:38 pm
Maybe they're called Elephant Stone because at times they sound a hell of a lot like The Stone Roses. At other times, they go all Ravi Shankar with sitar and other Indian instrumentation. It would be hella confusing if the Stone Roses sound wasn't already kind of trippy and psychedelic, so it works. Kind of.
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