Sep 19, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Devendra Banhart is releasing a new album, Flying Wig, this Friday via Mexican Summer. Now he has shared the album’s fourth single, “Fireflies,” via a music video that features Anthony Ivancich and Julia Crockett of the Stud Country Queer Country Western Dancing community. More

Aug 31, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Devendra Banhart is releasing a new album, Flying Wig, on September 22 via Mexican Summer. Now he has shared the album’s third single, “Nun.” More

Jul 27, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

Devendra Banhart has shared a music video for his new song “Sirens,” which is the second song to be shared from his upcoming album Flying Wig. More

Jun 23, 2023 By Mark Redfern (with Kat Ramkumar)

Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2023. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because I was out of town last Thursday to this Monday in Washington, DC, covering Awesome Con. So, this week’s Songs of the Week is supersized and incorporates tracks from the last two weeks. More

Jun 13, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

Devendra Banhart has announced the release of his Cate Le Bon produced album, Flying Wig, and shared its first single “Twin” through a music video. More

Aug 04, 2021 By Laura Studarus

Welcome to Why Not Both Wednesdays. Every week, in partnership with Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives. This week, the project that took Devendra Banhart twenty years to manifest More

Aug 04, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

Today, Secretly (the label group featuring Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar, and Secretly Canadian) has announced Friends Of, a new collaborative effort that will be a series of special releases from artists, some part of the labels and others not. The first installment in the series will be Ryan Hemsworth’s Pout EP, out August 28th on Jagjaguwar, and they have shared its first single, “Keep Touch (Ft. Leland Whitty).” More

Jul 03, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Stephen Axeman)

Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2020. Tomorrow is Independence Day here in America, but it’s hard to feel overly patriotic this year with the Trump administration continuing to botch the response to the pandemic and with so much to fix in this country—including systemic racism, police brutality, gun reform, climate change, and wealth inequality, to name just a handful of challenges. More

May 20, 2020 By Lily Guthrie

Devendra Banhart has covered T. Rex’s 1968 song “Scenescof,” from the English rock band’s debut album My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair… This is the second single to preview the upcoming two-disc cover album dedicated to T. Rex and Marc Bolan titled Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex. More

Sep 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Devendra Banhart has released a new album, Ma, today via Nonesuch. Today he’s also shared a video for the album’s “Taking a Page” that was filmed in Nepal. And now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Sep 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It should’ve been a quiet week due to Monday’s Labor Day holiday here in America. And it was quiet at first, but then in the latter half of the week there was a rally of worthy new tracks. We settled on 11 tracks this week (we did only nine last week). More

Sep 05, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Devendra Banhart is releasing a new album, Ma, on September 13 via Nonesuch. Now he has shared another song from the album, “Taking a Page,” which is inspired by Carole King and references the classic singer/songwriter. More

Aug 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Devendra Banhart is releasing a new album, Ma, on September 13 via Nonesuch. Now he has shared another song from the album, “Memorial.” A press release says the song is “a tribute to loved ones who have gone too soon” and that it “explores the process of mourning.” Listen to it below, followed by Banhart’s upcoming tour dates. More

Jul 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Devendra Banhart is releasing a new album, Ma, on September 13 via Nonesuch. Previously he shared a video for its first single, “Kantori Ongaku” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now he has shared another song from the album, “Abre Las Manos.” More

Jun 21, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It’s a supersized edition, with a Top 12 instead of a Top 10. A ton of new albums were announced in the last week and then there were some albums and EPs released today featuring non-single tracks we’ve been dying to share in Songs of the Week. More

Jun 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Devendra Banhart has announced a new album, Ma, and shared a video for its first single, “Kantori Ongaku.” More

May 28, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Devendra Banhart has announced some fall tour dates. They go down this October, November, and December and Black Belt Eagle Scout is set to support many of the shows. More

Feb 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

SASAMI (aka Los Angeles based musician Sasami Ashworth) is releasing her self-titled debut album, SASAMI, on March 8 via Domino. Now she has shared a video for another new song from the album, “Free.” The song features backing vocals from Devendra Banhart, although he’s not in the video. More

Nov 28, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Devendra Banhart released a new album, Ape in Pink Marble, back in September via Nonesuch. Now he’s announced a bunch of 2017 tour dates that include a U.S. tour and takes him into April. Check them out below, followed by the lovely video for Ape in Pink Marblesingle “Saturday Night.” More

Sep 27, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Devendra Banhart released a new album, Ape in Pink Marble, last Friday via Nonesuch. Now he’s shared a video for the previously shared single “Saturday Night.” More

Aug 29, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Devendra Banhart is releasing a new album, Ape in Pink Marble, on September 23 via Nonesuch. Now he’s shared a new song from the album, “Saturday Night.” More

Jul 25, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

Welcome to Under the Radar’s weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). In this mix we’ve got new songs by SBTRKT (featuring Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig), Jessie Ware, Twin Peaks, BANKS, How to Dress Well, A Sunny Day in Glasgow remixed by Ice Choir, TOPS, Halls covering Cat Power, Devendra Banhart remixed by Liars, The Rentals, Gap Dream, The Weeknd, Ex Cops, Ballet School, Esben and the Witch, Owl John, Electric Youth, and more. More

Jul 24, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Liars have gotten their hands on “Golden Girls” a cut from Devandra Banhart’s 2013 album, Mala. More

Dec 03, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing his latest album Mala earlier this year singer/songwriter Devendra Banhart has premiered stylishly animated music video for the record’s included track “Mondo Taurobolium.” More

Oct 30, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing his newest album Mala earlier this year, singer/songwriter Devendra Banhart has premiered a new music video for album’s included cut “Für Hildegard Von Bingen.” More

Mar 20, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Recently releasing his latest full-length record Mala, singer/songwriter Devendra Banhart has announced plans for a three month tour starting this May. More

Mar 04, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Four years after releasing What We Will Be singer/songwriter Devendra Banhart will release his latest full-length effort Mala next week. More

Feb 08, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Care to listen to a new track from Devandra Banhart’s forthcoming eighth studio album Mala? More

Jan 23, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Recently announcing the arrival of his eighth studio album Mala, Devendra Banhart has shared yet another cut from the effort, “Never Seen Such Good Things.” More

Jan 08, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last month folk artist Devendra Banhart announced the release of his new album, Mala, his first since 2009’s What Will We Be. More

Dec 03, 2012 By Mike Hileary

Devendra Banhart has announced the release of his newest album, Mala. More

Aug 16, 2010 By Brie Savard

Devendra Banhart and his backing band The Grogs have announced some fall tour dates celebrating the release of What Will We Be, Banhart’s sixth full-length release (which came out last year). More

Mar 10, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Haiti is still recovering from January’s devastating earthquake. Aiding the recovery efforts is a group of musicians and artists who are auctioning off exclusive items to benefit the nation. The project, called Crafts For a Cause, is spearheaded by Binki Shapiro of Little Joy and will go live on March 15th. Among the items up for bidding, an original song by Mark Ronson, a camera painted by Drew Barrymore, and a shirt designed by M. Ward. Other artists involved include: Jenny Lewis, Tegan & Sara, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, Feist, Conor Obest, Aziz Ansari, Devendra Banhart, Cat Power, Daft Punk, Natalie Portman, The Strokes, and many others. More

Feb 04, 2010 By Laura Studarus

On March 9, Liars (currently based in Los Angeles) will release a 2-CD version of their new album, Sisterworld. The track list for second disc has been announced and it includes remixes and re-imaginings by a host of notables, including Thom Yorke, Atlas Sound, Blonde Redhead, and Devendra Banhart. We have the track list and tour dates. More

Feb 03, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Under the Radar Best of the Decade cover artist Devendra Banhart is hitting the road in March, performing material from his sixth release, What Will We Be. We have the dates. More

Dec 11, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar‘s Best of the Decade Issue will be hitting stores on December 18th. The cover features five notable indie musicians from different bands all photographed together. Every day this week we have been revealing a different cover artist building up to today’s reveal of the final cover. More

Dec 10, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar‘s Best of the Decade Issue will be hitting stores on December 18th. The cover features five notable indie musicians from different bands all photographed together. Every day this week we will be revealing a different cover artist until the final cover is revealed this Friday. More

Dec 09, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar‘s Best of the Decade Issue will be hitting stores on December 18th. The cover features five notable indie musicians from different bands all photographed together. Every day this week we will be revealing a different cover artist until the final cover is revealed this Friday. More

Dec 08, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar‘s Best of the Decade Issue will be hitting stores in a couple of weeks. The cover features five notable indie musicians from different bands all photographed together. Every day this week we will be revealing a different cover artist until the final cover is revealed this Friday. More

Jun 26, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

Set for a Fall 2009 release, Devendra Banhart’s sixth full-length release is now complete. More

Apr 16, 2009 By Mark Redfern

We have posted to our website select previous Under the Radar interviews with some of the great artists playing the Coachella festival this weekend. If you’re heading out to the festival, then check out these interviews at the links below to either give you a primer on an unfamiliar artist or remind you why they are one of your favorites whose set you will definitely be catching. Even if you’re not hitting the desert festival, this is a great collection of back issue content newly posted to the site. More

Apr 14, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

The set times for Coachella have finally been posted to the festival website. With a nerve-shattering 3 days to go, festival goers can finally agonize over conflicts, geography and meal times. More

Sep 18, 2019 By Celine Teo-Blockey

Mother Earth, mother land, and our maternal relationships—freak folkster Devendra Banhart returns with Ma deftly weaving through these various matrilineal permutations to reflect on current ills, with songs so effortless and pretty, they sooth and comfort. More

Mar 13, 2013 By John Everhart

Since his 2002 debut LP, Oh Me Oh My…, a glorious tangle of lo-fi tape hiss and acoustic vignettes, Devendra Banhart has traversed myriad stylistic avenues. More

Apr 23, 2009 By Mark Redfern

On day three of Coachella My Bloody Valentine threatened to burst a thousand eardrums. As we entered the festival site around 12:30 PM they were handing out complimentary earplugs in anticipation for the aural attack. Other highlights included a blood-splattered Fucked Up, an energetic Friendly Fires, and the incredibly strange Throbbing Gristle. More