#35 Seller of 2005! Singer/songwriter Devendra Banhart presents his fourth album, the 23-track Cripple Crow, and first for XL Recordings in North America. The artist rose to indie rock prominence via several releases for New York-based Young God Recordings since 2002, particularly last year's Rejoicing in the Hands. Cripple Crow blends Banhart's familiar acoustic side with a broader range of instrumentation on such tracks as "Long Haired Child" and "When They Come." Three ballads, "Santa Maria Da Feira," "...   [ read more ]

CD $13.99

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Rejoicing In The Hands is the first of two Devendra Banhart albums to be released this year on Young God Records. (The second album, Nino Rojo, will be released in late September '04.) Devendra recorded these 32 songs in a living room, using the best possible vintage gear, in a house on the Alabama/Georgia border. With only a few mics capturing the scene, you get Banhart's stripped-down, beautiful warble (along with the occasional chorus of cicadas, when he recorded at night, with the windows open), some a...   [ read more ]

CD $14.99

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VINYL FORMAT. This double LP contains the entire Nino Rojo and Rejoicing in the Hands CDs, and features unique artwork (for inner gatefold). Also contains two vinyl-only spoken-word bonus tracks by M. Gira "Banhart assembles his delicate and whimsical folk songs with the naivety of a three-year-old at play. And so while his songs are as earnest as soil, they're also as beautiful and joyous as spring in full bloom...Banhart makes music that could charm the birds from the trees such is the uncomplicated bea...   [ read more ]

2xLP $18.99

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