BeatCrave Fav: Devendra Banhart
By Seraphina L.
If you don’t know who this gorgeous guy is, then it’s a damn shame. (He’s so gorgeous that when he doesn’t have a beard, he is mistaken for a woman.) Venezuelan-American folk-rock singer-songwriter and musician, Devendra Banhart is in an entire different world and it’s a wonderful trippy one at that if you decide to join in. Although he is mostly categorized as psychedelic folk, his music has been dubbed as freak folk, New Weird America, and Natrualismo because his lyrics are often naturalistic and surreal.
Banhart is known for his eclectic songwriting (sometimes in English, sometimes not) but he is also definitely known for his silliness when he wears underwear on top of his head for a majority of a performance, cross-dresses, or gets his girlfriend (now ex-girlfriend Natalie Portman) to star in Bollywood themed music videos of his. It’s also entertaining to know he and his band go by numerous different names such as Fried Hummingbird, Vagina Burglars, Hairy Fairy Band, Las Putas Locas, Stoner Boner, Spiritual Boner, Bummer Hummer, Brain Taint, Love Fart and Bathhouse Of The Winds, among others.
Check out Devendra Banhart in our BeatCrave Fav series today! Watch his videos that make you feel as if you are hallucinating, then vote for him on Friday!
Pick of the Week: Devendra Banhart
Albums:
- Oh Me Oh My… The Way the Day Goes By the Sun Is Setting Dogs Are Dreaming Lovesongs of the Christmas Spirit (More info/Buy Now)
- The Black Babies (More Info/Buy Now)
- Rejoicing in the Hands (More Info/Buy Now)
- Niño Rojo (More Info/Buy Now)
- Cripple Crow (More Info/Buy Now)
- Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (More Info/Buy Now)
Videos:
“Carmencita”
“Little Yellow Spider”
“Feel Just Like A Child”
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