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The Mars Volta: 'Noctourniquet'new
The Mars Volta is back. Back from a three-year hiatus, back from the bad Ouija trip of two albums too full of concept, and back to where they left off with the eerily melodic and sculpted chaos of 2006's Amputechture.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
04-05-2012 |
Reviews
Thomas Pridgen's Rock-Soul Revivalnew
Ex-Mars Volta drummer forms a power-rock trio with soul roots.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-20-2010 |
Reviews
2Mex Looks Back on the Visionaries and Plunges Ahead With the Look Daggersnew
"I'm basically a record label's nightmare," says 2Mex, "We're like, 'Career suicide is our style!'"
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-27-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
One Day As A Lion Rages Against Change
Zack De La Rocha returns from exile, a little changed but no worse for wear.
'Bedlam' Took Its Toll on Mars Voltanew
Rather than a band bio, the group's website (www.thebedlam.net) offers a six-page chronicle of what transpired during the making of its fourth CD, The Bedlam in Goliath. It involves a creepy antique Ouija board and a string of catastrophes weird enough to fry at least one sound engineer’s brain.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
05-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
For Naive Stonersnew
The Mars Volta really understand the whole prog-rock thing: unapologetic excess, esoteric self-referentiality, endless songs filled with sudden tempo changes and bizarre rhythms.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
02-13-2008 |
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Over the Edge
Mars Volta has dived head first into the abyss of self-indulgent, brain-fried, mad-tapping wankery -- but this you already knew.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
10-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: the Mars Volta, Amputechture
For the Recordnew
While 67,518 discs were released in 2005, these were the 10 that really mattered.
The Mars Volta Launches a Fight Against Pop and Orgasmsnew
While the Mars Volta challenges the rules of pop song structure, the band also challenges the listener to stick with them through a vast work that's so cerebral, it can be off-putting.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
04-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: the Mars Volta, Frances the Mute
