Around the Voice: Devendra Banhart and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Get Dissed

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No one told Devendra Banhart he needs help with his album covers, though

​Every week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications' music sections. Just for kicks. Here's last week's entry.

Devendra Banhart, in Seattle Weekly: "I had one label tell me they would love to sign me...on one condition,"

he says. "That I allow them to hire a team of songwriters to help me

finish my songs." And a Q&A with Jimi Hendrix's half-bro.

SF Weekly peels back the layers of Janelle Monáe's new album.

Village Voice on Drive-By Truckers' The Big To-Do, and Alice in Chains is back!

Soviettes' Luke Redfield goes solo in City Pages.

An ode to the 30-year-old nightlife mainstay Avalon is in LA Weekly, along with Joan Jett and co. looking back at the Runaways.

Phoenix New Times catches

up with post-hardcore specialists Greeley Estates.

A nice wrap

of the NX35 fest by the Dallas Observer, plus Ludacris

tells Ben Westhoff, regarding new single "How Low": "Not to sound

cocky or anything, but I knew exactly what it was going to

do before I put it out."

DeVotchKa's got a kindred

spirit in the Lovely and Talented, according to Westword.

Also, a Quasi

Q&A.

In Houston Press, Black Rebel Motorcycle

Club's Peter Hayes wants

to move past the Verve and Jesus and Mary Chain comparisons: "I

think we've proved our point by now that we're much more. I mean, we've

got influences from Sam Cooke and Édith Piaf to Johnny Cash  and Little

Walter."