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Devendra Banhart — Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) October 2, 2007 1:28 pm
Devendra Banhart is undoubtedly a gifted musician and I'm not troubled by the arguably pretentious inclusion of songs in five different languages on one LP. This is a Banhart record, after all. What bothers me is his self-concious adherence to the cult of Devendra Banhart. It's frustrating because when he doesn't overthink things, he's capable of...
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Devendra Banhart's Strong Performance Cuts Through The Haze

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) September 24, 2007 5:30 pm
It was a sea of bloodshot, heavy-lidded eyes, beards that seemed to know no bounds and effusive, slacker declarations of love. Either I'd stumbled into 1967 or found the back of the line for freak-folk demi-god Devendra Banhart's show at the overhauled Music Hall on Friday night. On record, Banhart can sometimes sound stifled by his conviction in...
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Devendra Banhart — Cripple Crow

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) September 13, 2005 3:59 pm
What is it with these new folk singers? They've all got records out every year — sometimes two. Cripple Crow marks Devendra Banhart's fourth disc in the last two years. At 22 tracks and 75 minutes, this is a Sufjan Stevens-like epic. Banhart's sound evolves so heavily on Cripple Crow that he almost sounds like a different artist. Gone are the...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 5, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 5, 2010 12:57 pm
The Parkas didn't even break up a year ago, and they've already announced a reunion show. It'll take place Aug. 13 at Toronto's El Mocambo with Ben Gunning and Gospel Of Marmelade.The Promise: The Making Of Darkness On The Edge Of Town, a new documentary about Bruce Springsteen, will premiere at this year's Toronto...
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Devendra Banhart — "Foolin'" (NSFW)

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By CHARTattack Staff April 21, 2010 1:53 pm
Um, WTF, Devendra Banhart? Banhart's new video for What Will We Be's "Foolin'" features plenty of S&M, people eating each other's fingers (no, seriously), oh, and armour. I'm not going to say anything more about it, other than... don't watch it at work?
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Devendra Banhart Cancels Dates Because He's Bad At Skateboarding

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 29, 2010 3:26 pm
Break a leg, Devendra Banhart. Erm, sorry... we didn't mean literally. Banhart might be a good musician, but he's apparently not the next Tony Hawk. He reportedly had trouble executing an ollie fell while skateboarding on Saturday (March 27), breaking "some bone in his leg" before a scheduled gig, according to a post on his website...
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Devendra Banhart Says He's Putting Out An "Extreme Cologne" With The Strokes

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By CHARTattack Staff December 16, 2009 3:31 pm
This might come as a surprise to you, but Devendra Banhart and Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti want to make you smell nice. Banhart let it slip in an interview with NME Radio that he and Moretti are planning to release cologne together. "I have an extreme cologne coming out with Fab Moretti," said Banhart, who suggested the scent...
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Devendra Banhart's Quirk Goes Over Well In Concert

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 30, 2009 6:27 pm
Hippies get a bad rap these days, but you've got to hand it to them: They know how to have a good time at a show. As soon as Devendra Banhart and The Grogs — his back-up band that's not really a back-up band — took the stage at Toronto's Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Friday (Nov. 27) evening, everyone got up out of their seats and rushed to the...
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Devendra Banhart — What Will We Be

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 12, 2009 6:11 pm
Devendra Banhart's sixth studio album and major label debut is very similar to his earlier releases, but it's markedly different at the same time. Firstly, it's still all over the place. "Goin' Back" could be performed at some mellowed out hippie gathering circa '67, while "First Song For B" is a soft, wistful number about love, much like Smokey...
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Beck Starts Record Club With MGMT, Devendra

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 18, 2009 10:54 am
Jamie Lidell, MGMT, Devendra Banhart and producer Nigel Godrich will have the chance to record an album for Beck's new website. But here's the catch: They'll have to do it over a day. Beck is going to relaunch is website over the next month, and one of its new features will be called Record Club. It will involve Beck's friends recording an album...
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Chemical Brothers Among Coachella Additions

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 10, 2009 4:28 pm
The Chemical Brothers, The Orb, Devendra Banhart, Murder City Devils, Etienne De Crecy and Busy P have been added to this year's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival lineup following Amy Winehouse's cancellation due to her assault charge. The Chemical Brothers will play a DJ set at the festival, which will be held from April 17-19 at Indio...
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Banhart And Portman: Like Wentz And Simpson, Except Much, Much Worse

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By CHARTattack Staff April 11, 2008 1:30 pm
Since Feist and Kimya Dawson are jumping on the Sesame Street bandwagon these days, it's a perfect time to play one of the most popular games from the educational children's show — the one accompanied by this little ditty: "One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong." Freak folk singer/...
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Devendra Banhart Wants To Folk You Up

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By CHARTattack Staff August 1, 2007 4:30 pm
Freak-folk hero Devendra Banhart obviously had rolling and smoking on his mind when trying to come up with a title for his forthcoming XL Recordings album. Details about the 26-year-old hippie's new LP are few and far between, but Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon will be released on Sept. 25. "Tonada Yanomaminista" and "Rosa...
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Devendra Banhart Planning Album/Movie Combo

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) August 2, 2006 5:00 pm
California's favourite hippie folkster, Devendra Banhart, plans to begin recording his next album in September. Banhart wrote on his website that his fifth full-length will be mostly recorded in California and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, but also at sea on a boat that he's rented. The eccentric singer/songwriter has temporarily titled his new...
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Devendra Banhart Kicks Off Busy Summer

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) June 15, 2006 5:30 pm
Ahh, summer, the time when young musicians' fancies turn to festivals of all shapes and sizes. One of this year's busiest performers will be freak folk's crown prince, Devendra Banhart, who, in addition to appearing at some of North America's most anticipated summer events, will run his own festival in Los Angeles in July. The singer-songwriter...
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