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Jim Ward semi-responds to At the Drive-In talks external link

Thumbnail  Australia anything except with songs which I will continue to make and release - cheers." At the Drive-In broke up in 2001 after eight years and three studio albums. Since the breakup, all members began work on side projects, including The Mars Volta and Sparta.
Sun, Jun 14 |  from Kill Your Stereo

 

Could At The Drive-In Reunite? external link

 CA Here it is again: (MusicRadar) Could At The Drive-In, that much-loved post-hardcore/quasi-progressive band that called it a day way too soon, be reuniting? Nobody's saying for sure, but singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta is dropping hints. ...
Fri, Jun 12 |  from antiMUSIC.com

 

Album Review : Octahedron external link

Artist: The Mars Volta Album: Octahedron Review: For a band that experiments with glossolalia and pig scalps, the Mars Volta open their latest with a rather straightforward image. "Do you remember how you wore that dress?" sings Cedric Bixler-Zavala in "Since We've Been Wrong," a mostl...
Mon, Jun 8 |  from Rolling Stone

 

Review: The Mars Volta - Octahedron external link

Emerging from a minute's forty worth of silence at the onset, album opener Since We've Been Wrong pensively eases into play as Cedric Bixler-Zavala's delicate melody matches phrases with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's orchestral atmospherics, offering weighted ...
Mon, Jun 8 |  from Crave Online

 

The Mars Volta auf Tour zum neuen Album - zoolamar external link

Ihre Vorgängeralben De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003 / produziert mit Rick Rubin), „Frances The Mute“ (2005), „Amputechture“ (2006) und „The Bedlam In Goliath“ (2008) sorgten als musikalische Meisterwerke für Furore. Nun ist es für die Ex-At The ...
Sun, Jun 7 |  from zoolamar

 

The Mars Volta - Octahedron Album Review external link

 UK The vocal melodies are better than what they were in The Bedlam In Goliath, and that's definitely a good thing, as I found that album a little bit taxing, little bit dull. This is a nice, interesting listen. And the drums are fantastic, as ever, ...
Fri, May 29 |  from Contactmusic.com

 

Album Review: The Mars Volta - Octahedron external link

 UK However, despite their being a lack of 'storytelling' on this album, Cedric Bixler-Zavala said: "It's more mellow. It's a little more of what we consider our 'acoustic' side." To be honest, this is about as acoustic as an experimental can get, ...
Wed, May 27 |  from FemaleFirst.co.uk

 

Mars Volta guitarist slams swine flu coverage external link

Thumbnail  New Zealand The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has slammed the media for drumming up mass hysteria during the swine flu outbreak, insisting the exaggerated reports are "an act of terrorism" against Mexico. The recent medical crisis is believed to have ...
Sun, May 24 |  from 3 News NZ

 

New Mars Volta CD? Eight-headed monster or diamond in the rough? external link

The word "vacation" does not seem to be in the rather extensive and often cryptic vocabulary of The Mars Volta, the EP expats whose new album "Octahedron" comes out June 23, less than two years after their fourth studio effort, "The Bedlam in Goliath," and its recent, Grammy-winning sing...
Wed, Apr 15 |  from El Paso Times

 

El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez = The Mars Volta + Zach ... external link

Though the first album was completed shortly after The Mars Volta's Amputechture in 2006, it wasn't until last year that Mr. Random Word Generator, aka Cedric Bixler Zavala, added his vocals to the mix. No word on personnel, or release date for the ... Music Nuevo From Rodriguez Lopez CMJ.com
Wed, Mar 4 |  from brooklynvegan

 

Review: Omar Rodriguez Lopez external link

 CA Before Omar Rodriguez Lopez of The Mars Volta went into the studio to record the band’s landmark 2008 album Bedlam In Goliath, he retreated into his own to record Despair, a nightmare collection of screeching feedback and monstrous auditory ...
Wed, Feb 25 |  from Crave Online

 

Podcast: Critic's iPod year end edition, pt. 3 external link

More of what I liked in '08 ... Long Division" Death Cab for Cutie Some People" Goldfrapp Yes" Coldplay Silence" Portishead The List" The Knux Wannabe in L.A." Eagles of Death Metal Goliath" The Mars Volta Heavy Petting" Dead Confederate Joke About Jamaica" The Hold Steady
Sat, Dec 20 |  from Seahawks Insider (News Tribune)

 

The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath (2008 Universal) external link

As much as it pains me to say this, there will never be a “return to form” for the Mars Volta, referring to their first releases, the Tremulant EP and De-Loused In The Comatorium. There can’t be - between all the lineup shifts (from Flea to Jon Theodore to the late Jeremy Ward) and the general m...
Sun, Oct 19 |  from http

 

Concert review | The Mars Volta Rockers' set made up for old letdowns external link

 OH - Sep 13, 2008 All the while, guitarist and co-founder Omar Rodriguez-Lopez drove the nonstop cacophony, not only playing zillion-note solos as in past performances, ...
Sat, Sep 13 |  from Columbus Dispatch

 

Ouija boards in rock music! external link

Thumbnail Mars Volta say yes to Ouija Ouija boards & Rock Music: Mars Volta say yes to Ouija Search by Topic OUIJA INFO: The Ouija Board - Ouija Board Story - Play Online Ouija Board Mars Volta say yes to Ouija   Ouija boards & Rock Music: In the history of modern rock mus
Mon, Jul 21 |  from http

 

Opinion: IGN recenserar Bedlam external link

Thumbnail 1. “Ilyena” 2. “Wax Simulacra” 3. “Goliath” 4. “Aberinkula” 5. “Soothsayer” IGN’s Ratings for The Bedlam In Goliath RatingDescription out of 10click here for ratings guide8.1OVERALL Dom gillar den, men har lagt in ett fejkat artwork och tror att första skivan heter De-Loused in th
Wed, Feb 20 |  from http

 

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