Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:13PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Devendra Banhart has some cosmic fun with guest stars Wu-Tang’s GZA, the Strokes’ Fabrizio Moretti and MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden in his new video for “Baby,” which appears on his 2009 release What Will We Be. Banhart even tidied up his facial hair for the video! Looking good, Devendra!
Directed by Ron Winter, the “Baby” video is a pretty kooky affair – but in a good way. And very entertaining! The song is also Banhart’s most pop-ish, which adds to the fun vibe going on throughout the video. Yes, things get, how shall we say… unusual… around the 1:20 mark, but it’s totally worth checking out.
Watch the video below!
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:48AM - By Kara
We are back with more MP3 deals from Amazon.com. We’ve found you a number of great albums on sale for only $5.00! In an effort to mix things up we have a variety of picks from things fun and dancey to more experimental music that may take a few listens to fully digest. Two of our BeatCrave Favs, La Roux and Sunset Rubdown, managed to make their way on this week. If you are a fan of Wolf Parade, you should definitely give Sunset Rubdown a listen, as both bands share the singer Spencer Krugg. There are also albums from Devendra Banhart, Les Savy Fav, Toyko Police Club, and Little Dragon. Happy shopping!
Take a look at the MP3 albums on sale right now….
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:23PM - By Seraphina L.
Everyone likes a good remix album, but only when it’s done right. Parisian band, Phoenix, is one of the lucky ones.
We’ve previously told you of the upcoming remix collection of songs from their latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, and now we’re excited to tell you that you can stream the entire album right now! Instead of waiting for them to tweet the latest remix or scour the blogosphere for each song, you’ve got tracks 1 -15 with one click. Check it out after the jump!
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Friday, October 2, 2009 5:35PM - By Seraphina L.
As if we couldn’t get enough Phoenix as it is, we are now excited to share some great news about them!
After Animal Collective did a wicked cover of their song, “Love Like A Sunset,” Phoenix is really getting into the idea with an entire album! That’s right. There will be an entire collection of songs in the same vein of the Animal Collective cover, and the album to be covered is none other than their latest album, (the one probably still in your 25 most played songs on iTunes), Wolfgang Amedeus Phoenix!
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Friday, October 2, 2009 4:55PM - By Seraphina L.
Wouldn’t it be great if one of today’s most mystical indie artists teamed up with one of today’s greatest rhyme machines? Well, folks. There may be something in the works for that fantasy.
Devendra Banhart tells Paste Magazine, that he and Wu-Tang Clan‘s infamous member, GZA, are going back and forth on some collaborations. Although the album hasn’t come to a full fruition yet, Banhart is hopeful and excited as anyone else can be.
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Monday, August 3, 2009 9:08AM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
The ever-interesting folk-hippy Devendra Banhart will release his next album, What Will We Be, this October; the new collection of songs is the singer-songwriter’s seventh, but first release with Warner Bros., who lured him away from indie label XL Recordings.
What Will We Be is the follow-up to 2007′s Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon. The fourteen-track album was co-produced by Banhart and Band Of Bees’ Paul Butler.
Check below for track-list and album cover art.
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Friday, January 9, 2009 3:30PM - By Mali
We’ve picked out favorite artist of the week. Now it’s your turn to pick yours!
Do you prefer the sound of sing/songwriter A.C. Newman (listen here), 40′s flashback artist Love Grenades (listen here), or the unique music of the extremely good looking Devendra Banhart (listen here)?
The number one voted artist will receive a special award at the end of the month. So support your favorite band and vote them in our BeatCrave Fav Poll!
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Thursday, January 8, 2009 2:00PM - 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!
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Sunday, December 7, 2008 3:31PM - By Seraphina L.
Folk band, Vetiver, who often teamed up with fellow psychedelic frirend, Devendra Banhart, and opened for artists such as Joanna Newsom and Vashti Bunyan, is now offering more than the past.
After releasing Things of the Past on FatCat records, they have now decided to release their next album, Tight Knit, via popular label SubPop. February 17th, 2009 is the tentative release date. In hopes of spreading the news, they have embarked on a December tour.
Check out the dates below!
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