Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Que Sera Sera

There is no one quite like Devendra Banhart. And that’s probably a good thing. Widely considered to be the progenitor of the current, somewhat cultish, “freak-folk” movement, dude has a unique knack for turning any musical idiom he touches into a bewildering amalgam of sound. His latest album, What Will Be Will Be, finds the enigmatic songwriter exploring a wide swath of musical terrain, from breezy sun-pop to scorching riff-rock, all tempered by his singular, well, freakiness. Touring behind the release of the new disc — his debut for major-label monolith Warner Brothers (now, that’s freaky) — Banhart plays the Higher Ground Ballroom this Thursday.