Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Future Shock: Sarah Brightman, Ice Cube, The Mars Volta, and more

The Mars Volta

Red-hot planet

The Mars Volta

The Bedlam in Goliath
(Umvd Labels)

The Mars Volta

Amputechture
(Universal Motown Records Group)

High Voltage

These are the good old days for Mars Volta fans

The Mars Volta

Fresh like a chameleon

Vision ?uest

Six degrees of ?uestlove

The Mars Volta

De-Loused in the Comatorium (Strummer/Universal) Vendetta Red Between the Never and the Now (Epic)

Drive Away

The members of Sparta leave At the Drive-In, expectations and a so-called hiatus behind

Politically Indirect

Eschewing overt dogma, Texas rockers At the Drive-In don't encourage riot, they embody it

The Mars Volta

Eschewing overt dogma, Texas rockers At the Drive-In don't encourage riot, they embody it

Coachella 2011 Friday Recap

The Main Stage at Dusk​The 2011 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival got underway yesterday with the bad taste from 2010's fiasco still in the mouths of many -- myself included. It didn't help that Paul Tollett -- head of the festival's producer Goldenvoice -- recently admitted that he belie ... More >>

The Ten Best Last Songs on an Album

Time to party, then​According to Christian radio host/old-timey nutjob Harold Camping, the Rapture will occur this Saturday, May 21. On Saturday, all of Camping's followers -- an estimated 200 million -- will be taken into heaven as God's chosen people after earth is ravaged by a massive earthquak ... More >>

Underground Cities @ The Duce and The Sail Inn

Time to party, then​According to Christian radio host/old-timey nutjob Harold Camping, the Rapture will occur this Saturday, May 21. On Saturday, all of Camping's followers -- an estimated 200 million -- will be taken into heaven as God's chosen people after earth is ravaged by a massive earthquak ... More >>

The Mars Volta Perform Three New Songs from New "Future Punk" Album

​ BY LAUREN WISE After a two-year break, The Mars Volta has wrapped up their sixth studio album, the follow-up to 2009's Octahedron. Yet-to-be-titled, the album is slated for release in 2012. But don't worry, we wouldn't leave you hanging out there without a little taste. Songs from the album re ... More >>