Before he died of COVID-19 last month, the longtime Saturday Night Live music producer Hal Willner was working on putting together a tribute compilation dedicated to the songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex. This fall, that album, entitled AngelHeaded Hipster will finally come out. It's set to feature a strange, fascinating collection of artists:&...

Devendra Banhart, yippy-voiced king of the early-'00s freak-folk revival, is coming back with a new album. Banhart has just announced the impending LP Ma, the follow-up to 2016's Ape In Pink Marble. (The new album presumably has nothing to do with the Octavia Spencer horror flick of the same title, but with this guy, you…

Every so often, Joyful Noise Recordings gets two artists together for their Cause & Effect 7" series, where one musician is placed alongside a musician that heavily influenced them. Their latest pairing is Tim Kinsella's band Joan Of Arc and Devendra Banhart. Banhart, whose last album was 2016's Ape In Pink Marble, chose to cover&#8...

It was an unusually wet evening in Los Angeles, and soggy Allen Ginsberg fans lined up outside the Theatre at the Ace Hotel to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the publication of Ginsberg’s legendary poem, “Howl.” They chatted excitedly about the show while glaring at the sky. Drought be damned, they were taking th...

Norah Jones, Kesha, Devendra Banhart and more also performed at LA's Brian Fest