Devendra Banhart Debuts New Video

Enjoy the Natalie Portman infused clip for 'Carmensita' below. MP3 at bottom.


MP3: Devendra Banhart - I Feel Just Like A Child

Devendra Banhart Defends Your Right To Chicken Dance

Watch Devendra go off on the security at The Orpheum Theater during last week's LA gig.


MP3: Devendra Banhart - Long Haired Child

Devendra Hearts La Lohan

Good lord. NME reports: *Devendra Banhart has made Lindsay Lohan a mix CD to help her in her recovery. The actress is being treated for substance abuse as an outpatient after attending rehab in Utah. Banhart explained: "I made two mix CDs for her. I put Nico, Vashti Bunyan, Captain Beefheart, Caetano Velso and Joanna Newsom on there. She totally dug them. We ended up talking about Fleetwood Mac who we're both obsessed with." Of her recovery, he told WENN: "I haven't talked to her recently. She's taking care of herself. I'm trying to give her some space, because I think now is a tough time for her." The pair first met while doing a feature for Interview magazine last year.*


MP3: Devendra Banhart - I Feel Just Like A Child

Devendra Banhart Visits Conan

What a week for indie on late night TV! Check out Devendra performing 'Lover' below.


MP3: Devendra Banhart - Seahorse

The World Of B-Sides & Rarities, #101

Devendra Banhart - Autumn's Child (Burnt Piano remix)

Rejoicing In The Hands' closing track gets the chill-out reinterpretation and receives the Music Slut seal of approval.

Download the reworking below.

Check out Devendra Banhart's video for his (equally loved and hated) cover of Oasis' mega-hit 'Don't Look Back In Anger' here.

MP3: Devendra Banhart - Autumn's Child (Burnt Piano remix)

Devendra Banhart Unveils Video For Oasis Cover

Yet another fabulous fan-produced clip. Watch the vid below for Devendra's take on 'Don't Look Back In Anger'. Learn more about the album from which the song is lifted here.


MP3: Devendra Banhart - Quedate Luna

Devendra Banhart Posts Mini-Documentary Into New LP

See below for the nine-minute sneak peek into Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (set to the tune, 'Seahorse'). Sounds stellar! Learn more about the forthcoming album here.


MP3: Devendra Banhart - Fistful Of Love (Antony cover)

Devendra Banhart: Title, Track Listing + Date For New LP

Release Date: September 25th via XL.

Title: Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon

Track Listing:
Cristobal
So Long Old Bean
Samba Vexillographica
Seahorse
Bad Girl
Seaside
Shabop Shalom
Tonada Yanomaminista
Rosa
Saved
Lover
Carmencita
The Other Woman
Freely
Remember
My Dearest Friend

Head over to Devendra Banhart's updated MySpace page HERE to view his upcoming North American & European tour dates and to sample two brand new Smokey Rolls tunes!

Old-school MP3: Devendra Banhart - At The Hop

The World Of B-Sides & Rarities, #70

Devendra Banhart - Don't Look Back In Anger

This one you have to hear to believe.

Devendra Banhart recently covered Oasis' mega-hit 'Don't Look Back In Anger' for the Guilt By Association compilation (more info on that release can be found here). The reaction on the ditty will surely be a split one amongst Devendra fans. Download the track below and tell us what you think.

MP3: Devendra Banhart - Don't Look Back In Anger (Oasis cover) (removed by request)

Devendra Banhart's Cockamamie New Song Titles

Devendra's next full-length should be released this fall. In the meantime, he's posted a teaser, which you can find below, regarding potential titles to his new batch of ditties (via MySpace bulletin).

I can't tell if they are absolutely absurd or uncannily genius but either way, check out my personal favorites in boldface.

Milk the wind/Shes a hot dog/Mountaneous Confunktion/Greatest Hits/Hubba Hubba Planet/Electric Pizza Cops/Foreskin Sword (what it is & how to use it)/Mama, mujhe mall se jeans lenee hai/Porkin' the broken Knee (Electroxtensial chop!)/Who is Kadamon?/The Burnt Frizbee/Abhor the coagulator (1964 version)/Koala Mans Return to Pineapple temple/ihop ihop/Bacchanalian Beat Box/Thrice the phat Magus/Gaga blood & the balls of ......./Rich Gals Shampoo n' Conditioner Blues/Talkin Weleda Haushka/Bronners Blues/Military Massengill/Cyber Christ and the Gnostic Titi-Slap part deux/you who are familiar with grandmas Hyacinth

Let's keep our fingers crossed that all of these tracks make the cut for the next album!

MP3: Devendra Banhart - At The Hop

The World Of B-Sides & Rarities, #13

Devendra Banhart - Fistful Of Love

It's only appropriate that TWB&R's thirteenth entry shares a common thread to the twelfth. Whereas Antony's 'The Lake' was featured in the column's last contribution, this post is dedicated to Devendra Banhart's cover of Antony's tune 'Fistful Of Love'.

Devendra and Antony have been good friends for quite some time and have shared a stage together on countless occasions. However, the most recognized collaboration between the two songsmiths would definitely be the recorded version of 'Spiralling', featured on Antony's I Am A Bird Now.

As far as Devendra's cover of 'Fistful Of Love' - the ditty takes on a whole new life when sung by Mr. Freak Folk himself. Antony's take on the tune has been descirbed as "an intoxicating concoction that mixes soul with an almost heroic sense of masochism." If I were to write a blurb on Devendra's version, I would have to say that it manages to keep the original sentiment of the tune in tact, while adding a psychedelic and uplifting vibe to the track - oh and it's probably one of the best covers I've heard to date.

MP3: Devendra Banhart - Fistful Of Love

Counterfeit Devendra: The Saga Continues!

You've gotta be kidding me! After yesterday's shocking news that a fake Sufjan EP was circulating, the imposter EP of today belongs to none other than Mr. Freak Folk himself, Devendra Banhart!

What the hell is going on?

I am at a loss.

Below is the tracklisting and title for our second fake EP in two days (unlike yesterday, I chose not to download this one):

Devendra Banhart - Seven Roses ep
1. Serpent's Tongue (2:40)
2. Yellow Sundress (5:22)
3. The Wolf (3:48)
4. Charlesque de Madrid (5:59)
5. The Mariner's Defeat (3:42)
6. Machina de Bella (3:05)
7. Jacob Rat (2:10)

Stop the INSANITY!

REAL Devendra MP3: Devendra Banhart - Fistful Of Love (Antony & The Johnsons cover)

Rilo Kiley, Devendra & Clap Your Hands Design Charity T-Shirts!

View the t-shirts here!!!

More on the organization below....

Yellow Bird Project is a Montreal-based, non-profit initiative. We collaborate with musicians in designing a T-shirt, we print and sell them on our website, and all of the money we make goes to charity. Which charity? Each of the artists gets to choose their own. We have three fundamental aims:

1) To make money for charities directly through T-shirt sales.
2) To raise awareness for charity organizations through artists’ endorsement.
3) To raise the profile of the artists we like.

We have specifically approached individuals that we think are creative and conscientious enough to make a difference.

MP3: Devendra Banhart - This Beard Is For Siobhan