MIEN

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 G...