When My Morning Jacket released Evil Urges, "Highly Suspicious" immediately stood out from the rest of the track list with its disco falsetto, group chain-gang vocalisms, and, most of all, its peanut butter pudding surprise. It's no surprise (sorry) VHS Or Beta chose the song for their remixing purposes: It was already halfway to being a Nitzer ...

In a Coachella warm-up of sorts -- or, at least, a show that happened prior to Coachella -- Devendra Banhart and his backing quintet played a packed show at San Francisco's Independent. Natalie Portman's shaved ex premiered a couple of new songs in the process. We weren't there, but the folks at EachNoteSecure were and note:Lightheartedly, Banha...

Devendra Banhart, The Orb, Etienne De Crecy, Murder City Devils, Busy P and a DJ set by The Chemical Brothers have been added to the lineup of this year's Coachella Festival.

-- Pitchfork will probably not give the next British Sea Power album our coveted U.2 rating, if only because U2 has never, as far as we know, composed a score for the 1934 film Man of Aran. On May 5, Rough Trade will release the band's Man of Aran soundtrack as a double-disc package. One disc will feature the re-scored movie on DVD, and the ot...

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 collection also includes Bill Callahan, Mark Kozelek, the Dodos, Josephine Foster, Scout Niblett, etc. If you're unfamiliar with Bloom, she's a Connecticu...