One week from today, Devendra Banhart will release his seventh album (and first as a Warner Bro), What Will We Be. He's taking a co-production credit, along with Band Of Bees' Paul Butler, and reprising the crew that backed Banhart... CONTINUE READING STREAM DEVENDRA BANHART'S WHAT WILL WE BE»
Posted on October 20, 2009 (23 comments)
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We've heard bits and pieces of Devendra Banhart's 14-song major label debut, What Will We Be. First it was a couple of songs live in San Francisco. Then we got the studio take of "Baby" (though we've since been promised... CONTINUE READING NEW DEVENDRA BANHART - "WALILAMDZI" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on October 9, 2009 in Tour Dates, Video (12 comments)
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Following his excursion into Downtown NYC via Velvet Underground & Nico, Beck takes his Record Club to Montreal with a track-by-track smothering covering of Songs Of Leonard Cohen. As we mentioned when we posted "Suzanne," he's joined by "Devendra Banhart,... CONTINUE READING BECK, DEVENDRA & MGMT COVER LEONARD COHEN'S "SISTERS OF MERCY"»
Posted on October 2, 2009 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Beck | Devendra Banhart | Leonard Cohen | MGMT | Phoenix
As advertised, Phoenix treated Central Park's Summerstage to two sold-out nights of their danceable and occasionally epic insouciance this past weekend. The lineup was a synth-lover's delight, pairing the Frenchmen with the more sugar-rushed and helium-voiced keyboard pop of Massachusetts... CONTINUE READING PHOENIX/PASSION PIT @ CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE, NYC 9/26/09»
Posted on September 28, 2009 in Concert, MP3, Photo (13 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Neighbors | Passion Pit | Phoenix
Devendra's a major label artist now, having recently announced his shift from venerable indie XL to even more venerable music biz behemoth Warner Bros for his upcoming What Will We Be LP. Otherwise things are looking similar, dude's got his... CONTINUE READING NEW DEVENDRA BANHART - "BABY" »
Posted on September 21, 2009 (2 comments)
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Beck continues making good use of his down time between album cycles with the second phase of his Record Club, the project which sees Hansen invite a tag-archive-friendly set of friends to cover a classic album in its entirety, in... CONTINUE READING BECK COVERS LEONARD COHEN WITH DEVENDRA, MGMT»
Posted on September 4, 2009 in Video (14 comments)
Tags: Beck | Devendra Banhart | Leonard Cohen | Little Joy | MGMT
Some 30,000 people over two days crammed into the six-block area in San Diego's East Village that hosted the 25th annual Street Scene this past weekend. That's a strong number, albeit down from last year when people weren't scrambling for... CONTINUE READING STREET SCENE 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 2, 2009 in Concert, Photo (4 comments)
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We don't have an exact release date, but Devendra's new label, Warner/Reprise, sent out a stream of What Will We Be a couple days ago, so we do have the track list. We also know Banhart's sixth album runs for... CONTINUE READING DEVENDRA BANHART'S WHAT WILL WE BE ALBUM INFO»
Posted on July 31, 2009 in Album Art (16 comments)
Tags: Boredoms | Devendra Banhart
Devendra's public appreciation of Oasis continues, adding to his cover of the band with a synthy remix of one Dig Out Your Soul's finer points, "(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady." Download it at oasisnet.com (via NME.com). ... CONTINUE READING DEVENDRA BANHART REMIXES OASIS»
Posted on June 10, 2009 in MP3 (4 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Oasis
We heard new live Devendra Banhart last week. Today we can offer the recorded variety, though it's not from his next record: "Lindo Cihuatlán" shows up on the soundtrack for Rudo y Cursi, the flick that reunites Gael García Bernal... CONTINUE READING NEW DEVENDRA BANHART - "LINDO CIHUATLáN" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on May 1, 2009 (22 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Rudo y Cursi
In a Coachella warm-up of sorts -- or, at least, a show that happened prior to Coachella -- Devendra Banhart and his backing quintet played a packed show at San Francisco's Independent. Natalie Portman's shaved ex premiered a couple of... CONTINUE READING NEW DEVENDRA BANHART - "CHIN CHIN & MUCK MUCK" & "BABY" (LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO)»
Posted on April 21, 2009 in Video (22 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Dutchess Says
Surprise, it wasn't My Bloody Valentine's 15-minute aural assault "You Made Me Realise" that caused Sunday's biggest audio mishap. Organizers cut the speakers during the Cure's "Fire In Cairo" (two songs into a third encore) only to watch the band... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA 2009: CURE, MBV, ANTONY ASSAULT THE SOUND SYSTEM»
Posted on April 20, 2009 in Concert, Photo (17 comments)
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Banhart kissed his beard goodbye, but the gender-bending/open-ended sexuality remains on "Forget About Him," his contribution to the Kath Bloom tribute CD Loving Takes This Course. The 16-song collection also includes Bill Callahan, Mark Kozelek, the Dodos, Josephine Foster, Scout... CONTINUE READING NEW DEVENDRA BANHART - "FORGET ABOUT HIM" (KATH BLOOM COVER) »
Posted on February 2, 2009 (8 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Kath Bloom | La Roux | Mercury Prize | Wilco
In a recently posted set of in-studio photos, Mr. Banhart appears without the Manson beard you know and love maybe. Here he is sporting bare cheeks. Change! Don't worry, he may no longer rock the big facial hair but he'll... CONTINUE READING R.I.P. DEVENDRA'S BEARD»
Posted on January 27, 2009 (15 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Devendra Banhart | U.S.E.
I've been slow to come around to Fab Moretti's Strokes-on-the-beach side project Little Joy. But there's a laid back charm to the breezy "No One's Better Sake" that I find pretty irresistible: If the album's a soundtrack to a sandy,... CONTINUE READING NEW LITTLE JOY VIDEO - "NO ONE'S BETTER SAKE"»
Posted on December 9, 2008 in MP3, Video (2 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Little Joy
When not brandishing his Little Joy, the Strokes' Fabrizio Moretti plays drums with the penis-skirted Devendra Banhart and cohort Greg Rogove in Megapuss. For the Amy Jo Diaz-directed "Adam & Steve" video we get the guys riffing on George Michael's... CONTINUE READING NEW MEGAPUSS VIDEO - "ADAM & STEVE"»
Posted on November 5, 2008 in Video (26 comments)
Tags: Built To Spill | Devendra Banhart | Fab Moretti | Megapuss | Passion Pit | The Strokes
Sad news, lovers of love: People reports Natalie Portman will have to go back to establishing her indie rock bona fides the old fashioned way. Here's the couple in happier times. (via Whit)... CONTINUE READING DEVENDRA BANHART & NATALIE PORTMAN ARE NO MORE»
Posted on September 25, 2008 (8 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Natalie Portman
Michael Cera, who Hollywood has already typecast as Boy Who Must Appear In Movie With Sensitive-Indie-Kid Appeal, is set to star as a funny-and-attractive-but-in-a-totally non-threatening-way love interest to Kat Dennings in Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. If you name your... CONTINUE READING NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST OFFERS A DEVENDRA BANHART CAMEO, NEW VAMPIRE WEEKEND»
Posted on August 14, 2008 in Video (82 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Michael Cera | Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist | Ra Ra Riot | Throbbing Gristle | Vampire Weekend
"Carmensita"? More like "Bhagavad Gita," am i right? No, I am the worst. But that means DevBan and his his girlfriend are, too, for making this morning about hammy jokery at the expense of sacred and Hindu things. The track... CONTINUE READING NEW DEVENDRA BANHART VIDEO (FEAT. NATALIE PORTMAN) - "CARMENSITA"»
Posted on July 22, 2008 in Video (14 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Natalie Portman
"Devendra called me a few weeks ago and asked me to sing vocals to a song about 'Duck People.' I told him I had no clue who the duck people were, but he kindly told me they wore hoods, crossed... CONTINUE READING DEVENDRA BANHART + AZIZ ANSARI»
Posted on June 16, 2008 (0 comments)
Tags: Aziz Ansari | Devendra Banhart | Greg Rogove | Megapuss
It's Spring. Love abounds. We've avoided talking about the fledgling romance of freak folkster Devendra Banhart and Natalie Portman until now because ... well, for some reason it grosses us out, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon echoing somewhere out there.... CONTINUE READING NATALIE PORTMAN & DEVENDRA BANHART ARE IN LOVE WITH EVERYTHING»
Posted on April 22, 2008 (16 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Natalie Portman
A couple weeks ago we told you about David Byrne, Kim Gordon, and Marissa Nadler's year-end lists in Artforum. The list-giving season continues, so here are a slew of additional artists-on-artists top 10s. We've come to discover that artist lists... CONTINUE READING VARIOUS ARTISTS'S 2007 BEST OF LISTS»
Posted on December 14, 2007 in List, Year-End List (24 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Carrie Brownstein | Devendra Banhart | Interpol | John Darnielle | Mark Ronson | Mountain Goats | Paul Banks | Sam Fogarino | Sleater-Kinney | Sondre Lerche
Who would've guessed that when Devendra Banhart isn't showing folks around his crib or popping a Spiritual Boner on Conan, he'd be busy making mixtapes for Lindsay Lohan? Looks like the kindly folkie wants to help her through rehab (no,... CONTINUE READING DEVENDRA BANHART MAKES LINDSAY LOHAN A MIXTAPE»
Posted on October 17, 2007 (14 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Fleetwood Mac | Joanna Newsom | Lindsay Lohan
Conan had the very special treat the other night of introducing not only Devendra Banhart but his backing band The Spiritual Boner, in the studio at 30 Rock to perform Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon's soul-full cut "Lover." Dev's rocking... CONTINUE READING DEVENDRA BANHART & THE SPIRITUAL BONER PERFORM "LOVER" ON CONAN»
Posted on September 28, 2007 in Video (22 comments)
Tags: Conan O'Brien | Devendra Banhart
Ever wonder what a neo-folky's house looks like? Yeah, we never did, either. But hey, echoing the Pernice Brothers' idea for indie rock cribs, Devendra Banhart takes us on an intimate tour of his Topanga Canyon crib -- and it's... CONTINUE READING DEVENDRA BANHART CRIBS»
Posted on September 13, 2007 in Video (22 comments)
Tags: Devendra Banhart
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