Brian Jonestown Massacre

Featuring members of the Earlies, the Horrors and the Black Angels, Mien make psych-rock inspired by artists as diverse as Conny Plank, Nico, and George Harrison. The band's roots date back to 2004, when Elephant Stone bassist/sitar player/keyboardist Rishi Dhir played with Black Angels frontman Alex Maas – who was with his former band the Brian Jonestown Massacre at the time – at that year's South by Southwest. Soon after, Dhir played with Earlies' keyboardist John-Mark Lapham and discovered that they both loved the Association's sitar-heavy psych-pop track "Wantin' Ain't Gettin'." Their attempts to cover the song led to an extended collaboration that became Mien nearly a decade later, when Dhir and Maas connected with Horrors keyboardist Tom Furse during the band's Skying tour in 2012. As they continued to work on the Association cover, their own songs began to emerge, and Mien's first single, "Black Habit," appeared in early 2018. That April, the band's self-titled debut album arrived via Rocket Recordings.

Dead Meadow are happy to announce they will be releasing a new album, The Nothing They Need (Xemu Records), on March 2, 2018.

Dead Meadow's unique marriage of Sabbath riffs, dreamy layers of guitar-fuzz bliss, and singer Jason Simon's high-pitched melodic croon have won over psychedelic pop/rock and stoner rock fans alike, while elements of folk and pop would creep into their formula over time. Although the band's members met while attending all-ages shows in and around Washington, D.C.'s punk/indie scene, the trio draws more of its sound from such classic rock legends as Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath. The trio formed in the fall of 1998 out of the ashes of local indie rock bands the Impossible 5 and Coulour, with singer/guitarist Simon, bassist Steve Kille, and drummer Mark Laughlin. The three members set out to fuse their love of early-'70s hard rock and '60s psychedelia with their love of fantasy and horror writers J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft. Collection includes: "Dead Meadow" (2000); "Howls From The Hills" (2001); "Got Live If You Want It!" (2002); "Shivering King And Others" (2003); "Feathers" (2005); "Old Growth" (2008); "Three Kings" (2010); "Warble Womb" (2013).