There’s been a a lot of mixed messages swirling around over the past few days regarding At The Drive-In / The Mars Volta founders Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López and a supposed new group called Antemasque. The last I heard of the duo, they had fallen out and gone their separate ways – with Cedric starting…
The Mars Volta – Noctourniquet [rating:4.5/5] Buy Noctourniquet To many At The Drive-In fans (me included) The Mars Volta have always been the sideshow to the main event. Past albums have seen Cedric and Omar unleash their proggy and indulgent sides away from the restraints and pressures of the massively popular post-hardcore of At The…
As reported yesterday, The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez has started a new band called Bosnian Rainbows – which hasn’t gone down well with his bandmate Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who effectively terminated his working relationship with Omar last night in a series of increasingly bitter Tweets. Cedric said: Thank u 2 all Volta fans you…
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, the celebrated guitarist of post-hardcore band At The Drive-In and prog-rockers The Mars Volta, has today revealed the first single by his new band, Bosnian Rainbows. Called ‘Torn Maps’, the song is a bit of an alt.rock diversion for Omar – although it does boast some pretty awesome guitar work. Check it out…
2012 promises to be a busy year for Cedric and Omar, who have just announced the details of what is expected to be their final album as The Mars Volta. The duo today revealed The Mars Volta’s sixth album will be called Noctourniquet and is set to be released on 26 March – with the…
Legendary El Paso hardcore/prog band At The Drive-In have moved today to confirm recent rumours of a reunion on Twitter, saying: ¡ ATTENTION !To whom it may concern:AT THE DRIVE-IN will be breaking their 11 year silenceTHIS STATION IS …NOW…OPERATIONAL — At The Drive-In (@AtTheDriveIn_) January 9, 2012 At The Drive-In rose to prominence…
