What’s in a name? The Governor’s Ball isn’t happening on Governors Island this year. Instead, the progressive music fest, which began last year, will relocate to Randalls Island and will expand to two days, Saturday June 23 and Sunday June 24. It has als

The lineup will feature Beck, Modest Mouse, Special Disco Version (James Murphy and Pat Mahoney), Cults, Passion Pit, Built to Spill, Chromeo, Santigold, Major Lazer, Explosions in the Sky, Devendra Banhart, Duck Sauce (A-Trak and Armand Van Helden), Atm

The Governors Ball Music Festival comes to Randall’s Island, a small strip of sand in between Manhattan and the Bronx, 6/23-24, and today it announced its lineup via a YouTube video that stars a dancing paramedic. This year’s festival has a bill that lea

Day 2 might be kinda fun. Will go if I can get some dirt cheap tickets. BTS and EITS are always great. Sure hope this mean Beck will tour Would go if it were 1/2 that price. Coachella is the same price per day for a whole lot more. Think the Orion festiv

Beck, who hasn’t extensively toured since his last album, 2008′s Modern Guilt, will play May 24 at Santa Barbara Bowl. Even more reason this one’s a must-see: Devendra Banhart opens. Tickets, $37-$55, go on sale Saturday, Feb. 18, at 11 a.m. Will there b

Natalie Portman not only dated Moby but Devendra Banhart. Portman dated Banhart before settling down with Benjamin Millepied. After starring in the video for his song "Carmensita", she began a relationship with American folk singer Devendra Banhart. Thei

Natalie LeBrecht carries the torch of New York's downtown avant grade into contemporary popular music. Recording as Greenpot Bluepot, LeBrecht melds outernational influences with vocal melodies reminiscent of Yoko Ono (with less screaming) or, as Devendr

– Rising anti-folk star (her debut LP, Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose, is in stores this week via Mute.) – Leader of the eclectic backing band The Hooves of Destiny (not to mention sole female influence in a musical group comprised primarily of three dudes

“You moved in slow degrees/A sudden memory/You’re a Leonard Cohen song” “But I was caught, like a fleeting thought / Stuck inside Leonard Cohen’s mind” “Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld / So I can sigh eternally” Nearing half a century and 12 albums la

• As I sit in my office on a quiet morning in general practice, I can hear strains of 'Mr Tambourine Man' gently wafting in from the radio speakers in the waiting room next door.This is followed by Pat Kenny talking about something utterly predictable, e

The New York Times devotes three full pages in its weekly travel section to Jerusalem seen through the eyes of a writer soured on Israel and Judaism. Naturally one could expect that. This is after all the secular, liberal Times which still hasn't reconci

Denver-based five-piece band Varlet has crafted one of the most stunning records of 2011. The band's distinct sound is a hauntingly beautiful blend: It's folky, psychedelic and jazzy. The group talked with HuffPost over email about its new album The Drif

On the day of the ceremony, I was antsy. In preparation, I had forgone everything from caffeine and deodorant to newspapers and food. I wasn’t feeling remotely like my normal self. I ate a little rice and looked at Facebook, but mostly didn’t cheat. I sp

English folk-rocker Harper - now 70 - is much eulogised by senior British rock critics and has latterly been hailed by the neo-folk movement (Fleet Foxes, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom). Led Zep acknowledged him with Hats Off To Harper (on Led Zeppelin