Devendra Banhart’s Dearest Friends: 60 Videos, Part 10

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. Atahualpa Yupanqui Gracias, Don Ata! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jo5mBZZGqU[/youtube] John Hurt Ineffable. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRQgQhcEPHI[/youtube] Entrance I did my first tour with Entrance; it was just us and two friends. The only thing that got me through it was getting to see him play every night. His new record just came out: full band, holy moly, mama! Pure soul power! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXWbLWjHWQo[/youtube] John Fahey Ineffable. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93v6eoTjpig[/youtube]