ZAVALAZ Preview New Music

05 Wednesday Jun 2013

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Cedric Bixler-Zavala, The Mars Volta, zavalaz

Zavalaz, the newest musical outlet for ex Mars Volta frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala, has released a short forty second snippet of a new song entitled “Blue Rose of Grand Street”. The music Zavalaz seems to be working with is very chill, a little psychedelic and reminds me of some of the rock from the 70′s. A full length from the group is scheduled to be released sometime this year. Zavalaz will also be playing in California and Nevada later this month. You can stream the song clip and view the tour dates below.

AT THE DRIVE-IN Plan Two New Reissues

28 Monday Jan 2013

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Acrobatic Tenement, At the drive in, Record Store Day, reissue, Relationship of Command, The Mars Volta

Following the rather depressing news of The Mars Volta calling it quits, is some joyous news from At the Drive-In headquarters! The group plans on reissuing their 1996 effort Acrobatic Tenement (March 5th, March 25th UK) as well as their 2000, critically acclaimed Relationship of Command (April 22nd) Both will be released through the band’s label Twenty-First Chapter Records in the US, Transgressive in the Europe and UK, Dine Alone in Canada, Stop/Start in Australia and New Zealand, and Daymare Recordings/Disk Union in Japan. The reissues will be available in CD, digital and vinyl formats while Relationship of Command in particular will see a special limited color vinyl release for Record Store Day, April 20th. In a press release guitarist Jim Ward had the following to say about revisiting these recordings:

Cedric Bixler Zavala Quits THE MARS VOLTA

23 Wednesday Jan 2013

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Bosnian Rainbows, Break up, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, The Mars Volta

Prepare for the ultimate bummer Mars Volta fans because according to a plethora of recent tweets, it seems as if the frontman Cedric Bixler Zavala has quit The Mars Volta. In these tweets Cedric cites creative differences with Omar Rodriguez Lopez, stating that Omar’s involvement in his new group, Bosnian Rainbows, was over shadowing his involvement in The Mars Volta. According to Cedric’s words, he had tried to put a North American tour together in support of Noctourniquet but Omar was not on board with the idea. Apparently The Mars Volta is no more by what Cedric says:

Best Of 2012: Lane’s Top 30 Releases Of The Year

21 Friday Dec 2012

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2012, Aesop Rock, Balmorhea, best of, birds in row, Bone Dance, Car Bomb, Cattle Decapitation, Converge Xiu Xiu, Cursive, Death Grips, deftones, Earth, El-P, Fiona Apple, Gaza, Gifts from Enola, godspeed you black emperor, Killer Mike, King Dude, Kowloon Walled City, Lilacs & Champagne, Locrain, Mamiffer, Marriages, pig destroyer, Sharon Van Etten, So is the Tongue, swans, The Mars Volta, The Men

This year has been more than gracious to my ears. I was fond of so many releases in 2012 that it was like pulling teeth trying to narrow this list down to JUST thirty. Since albums have the tendency to grow on me, this list was compiled without review ratings in mind, if I had a chance to review them that is. These thirty albums are the records that I continued to revisit throughout the year and have yet to stop jamming. These are the records that are still fresh and exciting upon the umpteenth listen. Without further adieu, these are my favorite albums of the year.

CEDRIC BIXLER-ZAVALA Working On Solo Album

03 Saturday Nov 2012

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The Mars Volta/At the Drive-In frontman, Cedric Bixler-Zavala is apparently working on a solo album of his own. Move over Omar! A series of special guests are set to help the Volta crooner flesh out his album according to photos the vocalist has uploaded to his Instagram account. The photo alludes that he will receive help from Gregory Rogove (Unknown Mortal Orchestra), David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Johnny Polonski (Puscifer) and Juan Alderete (Mars Volta). Oh and Money Mark (Beastie Boys, etc) as well! Hmmm, we’ll see how this turns out. More details to come.

-Lane Oliver

American Aftermath Exclusive: Watch Pretty Much All Of T.R.A.M’s Only Performance

05 Friday Oct 2012

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adrian terrazas-gonzalez, American aftermath exclusive, Animals As Leaders, eric moore, Javier Reyes, meek is murder, sucidal tendencies, sxsw, T.R.A.M, the faceless, The Mars Volta, Tosin Abasi, TRAM

Instrumental jazzy prog band T.R.A.M originally seemed like they were going to make big waves in the undergound music pool, but now are slowly fading into another forgotten studio project. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this group, the band consists of Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders), Javier Reyes (Animals As Leaders), Eric Moore (Suicidal Tendencies)and Adrian Terrazas-Gonzalez (The Mars Volta). To date, T.R.A.M have only played one show.

The only show the group ever played, they headlined and it was a free event during SXSW 2011′ that featured The Faceless and Meek Is Murder. I was lucky enough to attend this show and bootlegged 3 out of the four songs they played. Continue after the jump to watch almost the entire set from the progressive super group (it includes some Eric Moore drum cam style footage).

Watch Cedric From MARS VOLTA And CHELSEA WOLFE On The Gorburger Show!

02 Tuesday Oct 2012

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I am officially a huge fan of The Gorburger Show now. Monday’s episode of the ridiculous music centered talk-show featured Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta and a performance by Chelsea Wolfe. Watch as Gorburger and Cedric “debate” about where garbage goes and why Usher is the best dancer. Also, watch Chelsea Wolfe perform a stunning rendition of her song “The Way We Used To”. Watch the hilarious new episode below and check out the first two episodes if you have not already. Check The Warner Sound’s YouTube channel every Monday for a new episode.

Oh, apparently Usher is the best dance because he can “dance Rock Lobster on anyone’s taint on any given Sunday”. Thank you Cedric, I had no idea.

-Lane Oliver

THE MARS VOLTA, LE BUTCHERETTES And More To Appear On Ridiculous New Internet Series

18 Tuesday Sep 2012

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3OH3!, Dum Dum Girls, Fool's Gold, Funny or Die, HEALTH, La Sara, Le Butcherettes, Mariachi El Bronx, Tegan and Sara, The Gorburger Show, The Mars Volta

The people at Funny or Die are putting together a ridiculous internet series entitled The Gorburger Show. The show is hosted by Gorburger, a blue furry monster that has to satisfy his blood lust and interview some bands while he’s at it. Some of the band’s to be featured, according to the trailer, are The Mars Volta, Mariachi El Bronx, Le Butcherettes, La Sara, 3OH3!, HEALTH, Dum Dum Girls, Fool’s Gold and Tegan and Sara. The show will premiere on the 24th via The Warner Sound’s youtube channel. Check out the show’s trailer below:

-Lane Oliver

Stream The New OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ Album

25 Wednesday Jul 2012

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Le Butcherettes, Octopus Kool-Aid, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Teri Gender Bender, The Mars Volta

Being a huge Mars Volta fan it is sad for me to say that I have never cared for a lot of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez’s solo efforts. The guy puts out multiple releases a year and yet most of them never really strike a chord with me. This new one however, Octopus Kool-Aid, has caught my attention. It’s an odd electronic-pop album chocked full of odd synths and instrument arrangements. Obviously, the new Mars Volta record had some influence on this. A nice bonus is the inclusion of lead vocals from Teri Gender Bender from Le Butcherettes (whom you should also check out). She adds a little more flavor to Omar’s weird music. Stream the record below. Oh, and tell me that is not a great album name!

-Lane Oliver

Shut Up and Give Us More AT THE DRIVE IN Pt. 2: Stream The New OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ Album

17 Thursday May 2012

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You know what I realized today? We are almost halfway through the year and there hasn’t been one Omar Rodriguez Lopez release…. What the fuck, right? Normally the dude puts out an album every time he has to take a shit. Well, the prolific guitarist literally just posted his new album, “Un Corazón De Nadie” on his Bandcamp page.

Now I know that most of his albums don’t sound the EXACT same, but “Un Corazón De Nadie” is the most stylistically drastic album he has released as a solo project. The new album is almost completely void of the familiarity that is Omar‘s guitar playing. Instead of taking the traditional prog route, he has opted to make an ambient almost electronic album instead. Some of the songs almost remind me of a throwback to 80′s electro-pop stuff like Eurythmics (Sweet Dreams). I can’t say that I really enjoyed the album or will ever listen to it again, but whatevs. Check it out….

Oh, I just realized this too, every time the amazing Sparta try to do anything, they end up being overshadowed by Omar… God damn it, What a pretentious fuck! lololololol

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T.R.A.M Posts Trippy New Music Video

09 Wednesday May 2012

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It’s time to load the bong up and take a fat rip to the dome because prog supergroup T.R.A.M (Animals As Leaders, The Mars Volta, Suicidal Tendencies) have uploaded a trippy new music video for the song Inverted Ballas. The video is nothing more than celestial images transposed over dye being dripped into water with an added kaleidoscope effect. It’s simple but works really well with the smooth sounds of T.R.A.M.

I had the privilege of seeing these guys only show and it was fucking amazing. They really need to get on their game and do some shit. Anyway, watch the video below -

– Josh Huddleston

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Cedric Bixler-Zavala Does Track By Track Rundown Of Noctourniquet

27 Friday Apr 2012

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Mars Volta frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala recently put together a track by track rundown of the band’s new album, Noctourniquet. Here he explains the meanings behind each track and gives a better understanding to the album’s concept. Check it out below.

-Lane Oliver

Review: T.R.A.M.-”Lingua Franca”

05 Thursday Apr 2012

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Animals As Leaders, EP, fusion, Jazz., Lingua Franca, progressive, review, Suicidal Tendencies, T.R.A.M, The Mars Volta, Tosin Abasi

By Lane Oliver

What do you get when you combine Animals as Leaders guitarists Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes with The Mars Volta saxophonist Adrian Terrazas and Suicidal Tendencies’ drummer Eric Moore? You get the progressive rock/jazz fusion hybrid T.R.A.M. (Terrazas. Reyes. Abasi. Moore). When this project was first announced early last year, naturally as an AAL fan I became excited. But when footage and songs start surfacing on the web I was very surprised at the band’s sound. In February of this year, T.R.A.M. gave us their debut EP Lingua Franca. I suspect hardcore fans of Animals as Leaders and the other bands mentioned would be disappointed in this release. I, however, was not.

Review: THE MARS VOLTA-”Noctourniquet”

05 Thursday Apr 2012

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By Lane Oliver

The highly anticipated sixth full length album from The Mars Volta has finally arrived. I’m sure some fans may be a little reluctant to pick this album up since their previous release, Octahedron, was too straight forward and accessible for their tastes. But I must urge you to give this release a try; it may just surprise the hell out of you. It surprised me.

Stream The New MARS VOLTA Album!

21 Wednesday Mar 2012

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Noctourniqet, Rolling Stone, stream, The Mars Volta

The prog nerd in me is currently spazzing out in excitement. Rolling Stone is hosting an exclusive stream of the new Mars Volta album, Nocturniquet (March 26th). I will warn you that it is a departure from their earlier work and it may or may not divide the band’s fan base. But so far, I am really digging it. Check it out for yourself and tell me what you think.

-Lane Oliver