Hot New Band: Experimental Folkies Vetiver
FREE DOWNLOAD: Devendra Banhart collaborator blurs genres on SPIN-approved new album.
By Kate Thuma 02.23.09 10:01 AM
He's collaborated with star freak-folker Devendra Banhart, but San Francisco-based singer/songwriter Andy Cabic isn't limiting himself to just one genre -- and his band Vetiver's excellent new album proves it.
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In Defense of Tender Man Love
Devendra Banhart and friends make a case for male sensitivity and friendship in Barack Obama's America, says SPIN's Abigail Everdell.
By Abigail Everdell 11.10.08 10:48 AM
Megapuss' first video is more than a goofy, half-assed George Michael tribute party. The collaboration between Devendra Banhart, his pal Greg Rogove, and the Strokes' Fabrizio Moretti is a sweetly endearing, jokingly homoerotic display the likes of which hasn't been seen since, well, the latest Judd Apatow movie.
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Outside Lands '08 Video: Devendra Banhart
Watch video of the engaging freak folk fellow performing "Carmensita" and "Seahorse" in Golden Gate Park.
By Spin Staff 08.24.08 11:57 AM
Outside Lands has proven a unique entry into the festival circuit in many ways, with chilly, misty temperatures not least among them.
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New Devendra Banhart Video Stars Natalie Portman; SPIN.com Remembers Other Music-Clip Couples
Raven-haired indie "It" couple hone their Indian influence; watch the clip for "Carmensita" and enjoy our rundown of similar instances of video nepotism.
By Joe Coscarelli 07.24.08 4:39 PM
If you hadn't heard, folk weirdo-cum-Charles Manson/Jesus Christ composite Devendra Banhart cast his uber-famous lady friend Natalie Portman in the video for his cut "Carmensita," from last year's Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, just before she became his betrothed. In the hilarious clip (viewable below), he and his girl play Bollywood dress-up along with the sweet Spanish ode.
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