With the release of major-label debut What Will We Be (Warner Bros.), Devendra Banhart proves once again he has the potential to be one of his generation’s major players. His voice, with its careening vibrato and fuse-blowing intensity, sounds something like Marc Bolan’s, but his repertoire may be more all over the map than anyone making records today. He combines a love of arcane folk music with hard-rocking psychedelia and an ability to sing beautifully in English or Spanish, a skill he learned growing up in Caracas, Venezuela. He refers to himself, jokingly, as a “fake hippie,” but he appears to be the real thing, a refreshing return to the revolutionary thinking that once seemed capable of changing the course of human events. Who’s to say it couldn’t happen again? Banhart will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with him.
Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job
Just in the millionth chance that someone out there might not know this show, please know I envy you. I’ve seen every episode 10 billion times. I wish I could erase my teeny brain archives and just be enveloped in the ebullient fluids of genius that is Tim And Eric (pictured).
Jordan Fish
Yo! This dude is amamamazing! I met Jordan Fish in NYC a couple weeks ago. (Look for him in the closing scenes of our video for “Baby.”) He showed me his video work/design/lazerium of the mind. Amazing!
Encyclopedia Pictura
Isn’t Grizzly Bear’s “The Knife” one of the best videos ever? The amazing people at Encyclopedia Pictura made it.
