The Best Albums of the 2000s: #50-1

50. Devendra Banhart | Niño Rojo(Young God, 2004)Banhart's second 2004 album, after Rejoicing in the Hands, finds the psych-folk tunesmith in a much bouncier, more playful mood, as he tries to imagine what's on the mind of a monkey, visits "greaseball heaven," grows some new smells, and urges a departing friend to eat him for breakfast. His goofy wordplay and cracked acoustic arrangements are in