Clearly, signing to a major label for What Will We Be hasn't made Devendra Banhart any more mainstream. And you can thank your lucky Buddhist prayer beads for that, because this psych-folk rambler finds our bearded, be-sandaled hero more energized then ever, snake-dancing his way through wild, Lizard King blues (''Rats''), goofing on glam-rock grandstanding (''16th and Valencia, Roxy Music''), and just letting his thoughts grow, as he puts it, like ''hairs on a wild, wild boar.'' Maybe he's listening a little too closely to his spirit animal, but either way, the guy sure sounds inspired. B+
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