Written by: Rishi Dhir

Rishi Dhir is the lead vocalist, songwriter, bassist, and sitarist for the Montreal-based psych rock band, Elephant Stone, whose 2014 album, The Three Poisons, is SEM‘s “The Best Album of the 2010s So Far…”

Elephant Stone’s latest release is the remix album, ES3PRMX, to which Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre contributes a track.

Please enjoy Dhir’s playlist of his favorite BJM songs (and check him out on sitar on the live version of “Super-Sonic” below!).

And remember to pick up a copy of Newcombe’s new album with Tess Parks, I Declare Nothing, which came out on Monday and was featured in SEM’s list, “The Top 20 Albums of 2015 So Far…”

“Evergreen,” Methodrone, 1995

“Anemone,” Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request, 1996

“Talk-Action=Shit,” Thank God for Mental Illness, 1996

“Who?,” Take It from the Man, 1996

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-9dHxlTbv0

“Super-Sonic,” Give It Back!, 1997

“Whoever You Are,” Give It Back!, 1997

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWQVbxjVLaI

“Got My Eye on You,” Strung Out in Heaven, 1998

“Sailor,” Bravery, Repetition and Noise, 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhK7OX_-Jec

“Tschusse,” …And This Is Our Music, 2003

“Nevertheless,” Bravery, Repetition and Noise, 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4cJZLFpfvg