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Plus: Megapuss album due this year

Photos by Ben High of Spectre

Forkcast got the jump on this one, but us news freaks here have the details. Wacko Renaissance man Devendra Banhart and Priestbird percussionist/ multi-instrumentalist Greg Rogove have gone and started a band called Megapuss (not to be confused with that other group of weird folkies, Megafaun-- or Megadeth, for that matter.)

As you can see in the photos above and below, Megapuss made their live debut last night (June 18) at Los Angeles' Hammer Museum, treating the gathered to eight originals and a "loose" cover of Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", according to a FADER report. The originals included "Duck People, Duck Man" (sung by Aziz Ansari-- why not?), "Crop Circle Jerk '94", "Chicken Tits", "Hollywood", and "Surfin".

Oh, and they projected what appear to be nude photographs of Devendra behind the band. And Devendra wore a skirt made out of penises. (Or maybe it's a belt? FADER thinks it's a skirt.) Los Angeles, you never fail to bewilder.

And indeed, as it turns out, Megapuss won't be stopping there. According to Devendra's publicist, the band has already finished recording "an album's worth of material which will be released in 2008." According to FADER, Devendra announced that the album will be called Surfin.

In the meantime, check out the recently Forkcasted "Crop Circle Jerk '94" and hummus paean "Duck People Duck Man" over at the Megapuss MySpace, and marvel as Megapuss bring their goofy thing to L.A. fashion spot Not to Be Reproduced tomorrow night, June 20. We sure hope the penises make it, because shucks, this story could use a few more penises. Say, that reminds me of another news story...

Devendra has a few dates of his own too, and you'll find those down there. Below the penises.








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Stream: Megapuss: Crop Circle Jerk '94 [MySpace]