New York singer/songwriter. Debut album, 'Oh Me Oh My The Way the Day Goes By The Sun is Setting Dogs Are Dreaming Lovesongs Of The Christmas Spirit' was well-liked by those in 'the know', where ever that actually is. Probably somewhere south of Brooklyn. Michael Gira of Young God Records says: "When I first heard the voice of this completely unknown, precociously talented 21-year-old songwriter, I could not believe it. His occasionally warbling falsetto is alternately bizarre, comical, and often a little frightening. Coupled with his advanced finger-picking guitar style - which itself often veers schizophrenically from gentle grooves into jolting, non-rhythmic stabs and weird harmonic flights of chaos - and the wildly surreal nature of his truly exceptional lyrics - each of the songs contain their own special drama and immediately memorable melodies - no mean feat when your instrumentation is acoustic guitar and voice, with only the occasional hand clap or whistle thrown in as "orchestration." It's ridiculously compelling, low-tech, utterly personal, and hand-made, devoid of any self-consciousness or artifice. Just utterly personal and idiosyncratic, magically twisted and imaginative"

Releases

• Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon - album, out 24/09/2007 on XL Recordings. 1 review (read/post)
• Lover - single, out 17/09/2007 on XL Recordings. (post review)
• Little Yellow Spider - single, out 20/09/2004 on XL Recordings. 1 review (read/post)
• Rejoicing In The Hands - album, out 25/05/2004 on XL Recordings. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Tue 20 Nov at Madrid Joy Eslava. 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 06 Nov at London Forum. (post review)
• Mon 05 Nov at Brighton St. George's Church. (post review)
• Tue 21 Aug at Paris L'Européen. (post review)
• Sat 09 Sep at Nottingham Marcus Garvey Centre. (post review)
• The United Sounds of ATP - Weekend One, Fri 12 May at Camber Sands All Tomorrow's Parties. (post review)

News

• 04/04/2008: Natalie Portman to star in Devendra Banhart's new video
• 28/11/2007: Unfeasible compilation: Devendra Banhart, Ariel Pink, Giant Drag cover Madonna
• 16/10/2007: Banhart announces trio of shows
• 14/08/2007: You wouldn't want a cold beard: Devendra Banhart's Carling warm-up show
• 20/07/2007: Return of the Beard: Banhart announces album details
• 17/04/2007: Devendra prepares Cripple Crow follow-up
• 17/01/2006: ATuPdate: new bands, fresh excitement!
• 16/11/2005: Banhart joins ATP curators
• 10/08/2005: Devendra Banhart launches label
• 02/05/2005: Weirdy Beardy plots conquer of Europe, invites friends

Features

• 11/08/2007: Øya Festival: the DiS blog, part three
• 06/08/2007: Øya Festival, Oslo: the DiS preview
• 06/07/2007: Just another festival? Bestival 2006

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