New Devandra Banhart is streaming on IMEEM
Yeah, and Stereogum too. Jeez, why they get all the goodies.
Devandra’s past efforts were fun but never seemed to stick for me. Perhaps it was the 1000 song tracklist. No, just kidding. Wasn’t that long but plenty deep to lose me half way through. He’s known for his short but sweet freak folk tunes but it seems as if this album has a little less freak, at least upon first couple of tunes I’m listening to right now, which I’m digging. Yep, just like in the venture capital world where sites like TechCrunch prematurely release their thoughts about a potential merger, I’m doing the same to Devandra right now. Sorry you lucky “I dated Natalie Portman because I’m so alternative” song writer you. Speaking of that love affair, maybe it was this relationship that has Devandra smoothed out and grooving more on this album.
Oh well, the beauty of music blog reviews versus rumor mill blogs about companies on the stock exchange is we don’t drastically cause millions of dollars to go scrambling out of one’s investment portfolio. Well, maybe not right away but it just takes one influential critic to say, “THIS ALBUM SUCKS”, for an artist and their label to lose a healthy chunk of revenue.
So, please, as a reminder, don’t listen to everything you read or here in the blogosphere. We’re just a bunch crazy people who decided to write their thoughts out on digital paper for all the world to see. Just know that I usually don’t write about a band or artist unless there’s some intrigue which means there’s a good chance you could fall head over heals in love with their sound. Why am I reminding you of this when I’m clearly impressed with what I’m listening to so far of Devandra’s latest ramblings is beyond me. In fact, it’s behind me.
Stop reading and start listening:
http://www.imeem.com/devendrabanhart/playlist/2LqqHlQw/what-will-we-be-music-playlist/
Or, if you don’t have an IMEEM account and don’t want to open one:
http://stereogum.com/archives/stream_devendra_banharts_what_will_we_be_096641.html
Album officially out next week (Oct. 27th) on Warner Bros.
He’s got some tour dates too:
November
16 Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
17 Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
19 Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
20 Boston, MA – Berklee
22 New York, NY – Town Hall
24 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
25 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
27 Toronto, Ontario – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
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