Banhart kissed his beard goodbye, but the gender-bending/open-ended sexuality remains on "Forget About Him," his contribution to the Kath Bloom tribute CD Loving Takes This Course. The 16-song…   Read Story »

In a recently posted set of in-studio photos, Mr. Banhart appears without the Manson beard you know and love maybe. Here he is sporting bare cheeks. Change! Don't worry, he may no longer rock the big…   Read Story »

I've been slow to come around to Fab Moretti's Strokes-on-the-beach side project Little Joy. But there's a laid back charm to the breezy "No One's Better Sake" that I find pretty irresistible: If the…   Read Story »

When not brandishing his Little Joy, the Strokes' Fabrizio Moretti plays drums with the penis-skirted Devendra Banhart and cohort Greg Rogove in Megapuss. For the Amy Jo Diaz-directed "Adam & Steve"…   Read Story »

Sad news, lovers of love: People reports Natalie Portman will have to go back to establishing her indie rock bona fides the old fashioned way. Here's the couple in happier times. (via Whit)   Read Story »

Michael Cera, who Hollywood has already typecast as Boy Who Must Appear In Movie With Sensitive-Indie-Kid Appeal, is set to star as a funny-and-attractive-but-in-a-totally non-threatening-way love…   Read Story »

"Carmensita"? More like "Bhagavad Gita," am i right? No, I am the worst. But that means DevBan and his his girlfriend are, too, for making this morning about hammy jokery at the expense of sacred and…   Read Story »

"Devendra called me a few weeks ago and asked me to sing vocals to a song about 'Duck People.' I told him I had no clue who the duck people were, but he kindly told me they wore hoods, crossed…   Read Story »

It's Spring. Love abounds. We've avoided talking about the fledgling romance of freak folkster Devendra Banhart and Natalie Portman until now because ... well, for some reason it grosses us out,…   Read Story »

A couple weeks ago we told you about David Byrne, Kim Gordon, and Marissa Nadler's year-end lists in Artforum. The list-giving season continues, so here are a slew of additional artists-on-artists…   Read Story »