| Banhart, Devendra / Ma |
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| Album: | Ma | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Banhart, Devendra | Added: | Oct 2019 | |
| Label: | Nonesuch Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-10-23 | Pull Date: | 2019-12-25 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 22 | Dec 15 | Dec 1 | Nov 24 | Nov 17 | Nov 10 | Oct 27 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 18, 2019: | The Library My Boyfriend's In The Band | 4. | Nov 20, 2019: | The Library My Boyfriend's In The Band | |
| 2. | Dec 12, 2019: | Old Fart At Play Kantori Ongaku | 5. | Nov 13, 2019: | Goggles Optional My Boyfriend's In The Band, The Loast Coast | |
| 3. | Nov 26, 2019: | Magnetized Toner: With Guest DJs Pixel and DJ Away My Boyfriend's In The Band | 6. | Nov 08, 2019: | KZSU Time Traveler Memorial |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Stace Reviewed 2019-10-12 | ||
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Album / Artist: Ma / Devendra Banhart Label: Nonesuch Reviewed: 10/12/2019 DJ Stace General Comments / Release Notes Freak-folk, indie easy listening. The first time I heard Devendra Banhart, he was a protege of The Swans' Michael Gira, making mushroom-flashback inducing shamanic folk music that teetered on the edge of the psyche. Of late he has morphed into a modern Indie Folk Brian Ferry. That’s not a bad thing, as his music is still fantastic. It’s just something different, now. Still beautiful and somber, psych-folk, mutations somewhere between Tiny Tim, Leonard Cohen, Donovan and Nick Drake. FCCs: None RIYL: Nick Drake, Lhasa de Sela, Jay Som Play: 4,6,8,11 Rated with ***** Tracks: 1. *** Is This Nice 02:54 - Plucked guitar and violin intro melody, upbeat by Banhart’s standards. Strumming and soft. 2. **** Kantori Ongaku 03:41 - Bit of a Dylanesque groove. Funky little rhythm, with a groovy weeping guitar riff and soft sax. 3. Ami 03:55 - slow to midtempo, reminds me of Brian Ferry. Piano and Pink Floyd sax dominate. 4. **** Memorial 04:38 - Somber and sweet. Slow, simple guitar with some string-like accomp. Has a Leonard Cohen quality. 5. ** Carolina 02:32 - Neo-folk easy listening with a Spanish flair. 6. **** Now All Gone 03:37 - Cool bass and keyboard groove. Simple, spare, and robotic with a little bit of a salsa rhythm. Quirky and groovy. 7. *** Love Song 04:22 - Midtempo, psych-folk easy listening beach rock. Oooh-Sha-Sha, reference to 80’s Kajagoogoo? 8. **** Abre Las Manos 03:34 - Another Spanish-flavored psych-folk midtempo easy listener. 9. Taking A Page 03:36 - Buzzy 80’s bass and echoey guitar groove. Midtempo. 10. October 12 03:12 - Soft bossa nova guitar folk with flute. Lyrics in Spanish. 11. **** My Boyfriend’s In The Band 03:30 - Upbeat rock drums and Spanish/English lyrics, Van Morrison like with the brass backing. Play it. 12. ** The Lost Coast 03:10 - Ethereal washes of chimes and sax interspersed with spoken-song. Slow and essentially a Capella. 13. ** Will I See You Tonight 03:23 - Strumming and strings, piano and soft vocal reminiscent of late 70’s adult contemporary album rock. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Is This Nice | 7. | Love Song | |||
| 2. | Kantori Ongaku | 8. | Abre Las Manos | |||
| 3. | Ami | 9. | Taking A Page | |||
| 4. | Memorial | 10. | October 12 | |||
| 5. | Carolina | 11. | My Boyfriend's In The Band | |||
| 6. | Now All Gone | 12. | The Loast Coast |