more MARS VOLTA

my ears are still ringing from last night! LOUD!!!!

best band ever!!!!!!





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MARS VOLTA TODAY! SEPT. 16 @ PALLADIUM

CAN'T STRESS IT ENOUGH! YOU NEED TO SEE THEM!





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Next Wednesday Sept 16 @ Palladium - Dallas

September 16, 2009 (Viva Mexico Cabrones!)

My favorite band. The Mars Volta will be kicking your a** at the Palladium in Dallas.
Don't miss out. They're the kind of band you wish you never missed. A few years from now you'll be thanking me. LOL

Tickets Here!




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Exclusive.

Adrian Terrasaz Gonzalez ...

In case you don't know who he is. He is the saxophonist for The Mars Volta. I got a little interwview he did for a mexico city radio show. He talks about how he & omar ended up living in mexico city, his side projects including a new movie he's helping do the soundtrack for called "Naked CIty". etc. Pretty neat little interview. The only downside is that it's in spanish. so I apoligize to all that don't . . . I'll get a transcript of the interview and update this post.

Check it Here.

Cryptomnesia

and another one from one of the most exciting producers of our time!

Cryptomnesia is the first release in a series of three albums recorded in 2006 by EL GRUPO NUEVO DE OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ. Despite the name of the group, Rodriguez Lopez is quick to point out that THE MARS VOLTA remains far and away his top priority. EL GRUPO NUEVO… is differentiated from the guitarist’s other namesake projects by his selection of players, specifically Zach Hill (HELLA) on drums, Jonathan Hischke (HELLA) on synth bass, and Juan Alderete de la Peña (THE MARS VOLTA) on bass guitar. Additionally, Cryptomnesia features the vocals of guest frontman Cedric Bixler Zavala on eight of the album’s eleven tracks. Rodriguez Lopez completed the album in 2006, shortly after finishing THE MARS VOLTA’s Amputechture. Cryptomnesia’s tracks are a decidedly heavier affair than that album, a conscious decision on his part to switch gears from writing horn arrangements and complex instrumentation for an octet; it is, therefore, comparatively stripped-down and aggressive, with Hill’s presence injecting a dose of chaos and inertia that are a keystone of the EL GRUPO NUEVO… sound. Bixler Zavala’s vocals, tracked in 2008 after two years of his dwelling on the enormity of the recording, are certain to send even the most casual of listeners running for their lyric sheet. The ever-prolific Rodriguez Lopez continues to set the bar higher and higher for himself. EL GRUPO NUEVO DE OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ has been the stuff of rumors for three years; Cryptomnesia proves more than worth the wait. A special limited advance vinyl offering of only 3,000 copies will be made available exclusively to Indie Retail in honor of Record Store Day on April 18th. Album will see it’s official release on cd, vinyl and digital everywhere on May 5, 2009.



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Volta Overload

So. It turns out that the Grammy's are somewhat legit after all. I know this is a little late but The Mars Volta won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance on their song "Wax Simulacra". I am a huge volta fan but I realize they are a hate or love kind of band. Whatever your choice is you can't say they aren't doing something unique. They are very left wing kind of people and that's what I like so much. Anyway, they WON! against people like Disturbed and Tommy Lee. (I know, I know WTF I said to myself too) I'm really glad to see a bunch of spics like me onstage at such a big event. BIG UP TO ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE ACTS OF TODAYS MUSIC - THE MARS VOLTA!

The Mars Volta - Wax Simulacra

Now - with that being said. The guitarist/leader of the band released a record on Stones Throw which in my opinion is one of the most accesible records this cat has put out to date. And the vinyl looks beautiful, Come on!





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