Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

Sparta @ Crescent Ballroom

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 >>

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 >>

Duran Duran, The Strokes Tapped For Coachella; Official Lineup Coming Soon UPDATE

​Coachella's official lineup should be announced very, very soon -- lest anyone forget that this week is usually when the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival makes it big announcement.In lieu of the entire festival lineup, a few acts have already been confirmed for the festival's 2011 editi ... More >>

Wavves at Rhythm Room

​"Oh yeah," Nathan Williams of Wavves leered as I introduced myself last night at The Rhythm Room.  "You're the guy who wrote the article with the 'Wavves spits on a guy' headline."  That wasn't the headline, exactly, but the article he was referring to clearly set the stage for an inter ... More >>

The Mars Volta

​"Oh yeah," Nathan Williams of Wavves leered as I introduced myself last night at The Rhythm Room.  "You're the guy who wrote the article with the 'Wavves spits on a guy' headline."  That wasn't the headline, exactly, but the article he was referring to clearly set the stage for an inter ... More >>

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

​"Oh yeah," Nathan Williams of Wavves leered as I introduced myself last night at The Rhythm Room.  "You're the guy who wrote the article with the 'Wavves spits on a guy' headline."  That wasn't the headline, exactly, but the article he was referring to clearly set the stage for an inter ... More >>

The Mars Volta

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(Universal Motown Records Group)

The Mars Volta

Red-hot planet

GoGoGo Airheart

Not lost at sea

High Voltage

These are the good old days for Mars Volta fans

The Mars Volta

Fresh like a chameleon

What's Selling

Top 10 selling CDs at Stinkweeds (1250 East Apache Boulevard in Tempe) for August 26 through September 1:

Lost at Scene

After spearheading the post-punk revival, GoGoGo Airheart is still on its own island

The Mars Volta

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