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 is guest editing magnetmagazine.com. Read our Q&A with him. For his posts this week, Banhart will be sharing 60 videos that are dear to his heart.
GZA
Ineffable.
GZA
Still ineffable.
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band
Such a good band. It was Aram “Butch” Goldberg that got me hip to this amamamazing band. On repeat all day in our tawdry little yurt. Thanks, Butch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyAXUec95nY
Hecuba Suffering
Thank you, Hecuba! This is one of my favorite songs of all time, and you are one of my favorite bands of all time. I also apologize for possibly ruining your video.
