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Cripple Crow

by Devendra Banhart

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of 455,776

1,058
2000's

of 266,014

112
2005

of 37,902

23

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Overall Rating: 3.2992 Cripple Crow is ranked overall as 3.2992 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.1090 Cripple Crow has an avg. critic score of 3.1090 out of 4 stars

Cripple Crow Rank 4 Reviews

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No Ripcord

This album is nothing short of a miracle. ...more

Stylus Magazine

In indie-rock circles, and they do exist, Devendra Banhart is âa find.â Among these circles, rife with exurbanite goldilocked collegians, a flitting whiff of the esoteric is all it takes. They ache for a blip in their thrift-store ...more

The Austin Chronicle

Critics love attaching the "freak-folk" label to everything Devendra Banhart does, and while that label may have applied to last year's fantasticalRejoicing in the Hands, the nomadic 24-year-old Texas-born singer/guitarist eschews that label here ...more

Stylus Magazine

It’s the collage of styles that distinguishes this album: Cuban and Indian flourishes, Eisenhower-era doo-wop, the smoky Stax groove, bucolic British trad-folk, the eccentricities of American folk, of both the Dust Bowl troubadours and the Vietnam ...more

StylusMagazine

Cripple Crow is about bringing different peoples and different times together through music, finally an homage to community itself. ...more

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PopMatters

At once hip-shaking, high-brow, heartfelt, hallowed, and a hell of a good time. ...more

musicOMH.com

A '60s psychedelic, experimental hippie-folk throwback, an invocation of lost, childish innocence delicately constructed with a deft musical touch. ...more

PopMatters

New words are needed to describe Devendra Banhart. "Enchanting" almost does it and "transcendental" comes close too. Still neither term can quite define an artist as out of step as he is in tune with his age and era. Like Bob Dylan and David ...more

Austin Chronicle

Aww, our little freak is all grown up. ...more

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Devendra Banhart's first release was a lo-fi demo composed of cryptic meditations on snails, pumpkin seeds and Michigan. (For the record, that Great Lakes opus predates Sufjan Stevens' Michigan Niño Rojo helped brand him the bearded pioneer ...more

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