Click here for exclusive shots from Devendra Banhart's show at The Orpheum Theatre;/a> in Los Angeles! pf_main_devendra.jpg Banhart, above, a little freak, a lot of folk (and a touch of Jesus?).

Photography by Drew A. Kelley

Click the jump for a review of Banhart's latest album and to download "Seahorse"!

pf_main_coverdevandra.jpgDEVENDRA BANHART Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (XL) The charismatic avatar of the unfortunately named �������freak folk������� genre (alongside the likes of Joanna Newsom), Banhart��������s brilliant new album demonstrates he can��������t be pigeonholed any longer. Able to conjure memorable, surprising songs out of mere fairy dust, Banhart hits new heights here, as spontaneously eccentric as ever, but with more ambitious, layered production and arrangements. Songs like �������Seahorse������� evoke the jazzily nocturnal minor-key poetry of the Doors, brought up a notch by Banhart��������s distinctively absurdist whimsy. ��������Matt Diehl

Download Devendra Banhart's "Seahorse" here!