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Vetiver is a San Francisco-based indie-folk band led by singer-songwriter Andy Cabic, and featuring solo artist Devendra Banhart on guitar and backing vocals. Cabic is a close friend of Banhart, whom he met while attending the San Francisco Art Institute. Vetiver shares many of the same influences that have shaped the music of "freak-folkie" such as Banhart and Joanna Newsom—including Syd Barret and early T. Rex—but applies them with a more traditional folk rock approach. The band released its self-titled debut album in 2004 (produced by the Pernice Brothers' Thom Monahan), followed by 2006's To Find Me Gone. Vetiver's third LP is due for release in 2008.
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- Years Active: 2004-Present
- Members: Andy Cabic, Devendra Banhart, Otto Hauser, Kevin Barker, and Alissa Anderson
- Label: Fat Cat Records
- Named after a species of Asian grass
- Was opening act for psych-folk matriarch Vashti Bunyan on her 2007 US tour
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who knew that the band vetiver was named after a tropical grass? what a landscapey band name!
@julp | November 04, 2009 06:16 PM
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