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Wednesday Dec 16 | Associated Content

The Best (and Worst) of the Decade

Top 10 Albums of the Decade 1. Swoon - Silversun Pickups 2. Only by the Night - King's of Leon 3. Gnarls Barkley - St.

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Related Topix: Outkast, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Pop/Rock, The Killers

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Arkansas Times

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Almost exactly a year ago, it came to Juanita's with a bill that featured Ben Nichols and the lead singers of Against Me, Avail and Hot Water Music.

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Related Topix: Hot Water Music, Punk, Pop/Rock

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Denver - News, Events, Restaurants, M...

Q&A w/ Isaiah Owens of Free Moral Agents

Isaiah "Ikey" Owens is better know these days as the keyboardist of the Mars Volta.

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Related Topix: Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta, Pop/Rock

Tue Nov 10, 2009

El Paso Times

'Revival Tour' musicians' styles gel, egos dissolve

Jim Ward walked up to Chuck Ragan during a recent stop on "The Revival Tour" and announced he was going for a walk.

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Related Topix: Punk, Hot Water Music, Gainesville Metro, Gainesville, FL, Pop/Rock

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Phoenix New Times

Revival Tour

The Revival Tour is scheduled for Tuesday, November 10. Revival Tour Old hardcore rockers don't die - they just learn to play "This Land is Your Land." At least, that seems to be the operating principle behind this newly annual roots-rock hootenanny.

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Related Topix: Punk, Hot Water Music, Pop/Rock, Lagwagon, Music, Entertainment

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Access All Areas.net.au

The Mars Volta announce Big Day Out sideshows

Strap yourself in, hold on, and feel free to scream. Few musical experiences match the roller coaster ride that is THE MARS VOLTA, and in 2010, they'll loop the loop in Australia for the fourth time.

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Related Topix: Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta, Pop/Rock

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Creative Loafing

Live review: The Mars Volta

October 23rd, 2009 by Jeff Hahne in Live Reviews , Photos , setlist The Deal: Progressive rockers perform energetic hour-and-45-minute set for a crowd of roughly 700.

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Related Topix: Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta, Pop/Rock

Fri Sep 18, 2009

Houston Press

Aftermath: The Mars Volta Gets All Violently Cosmic At Verizon Wireless Theater

There are simply no other bands doing what the Mars Volta do today and everyday.

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Related Topix: Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta, Pop/Rock, Tool, TX

Wed Sep 16, 2009

Houston Press

Life on Mars

Mellow down easy: The Mars Volta. Details: 8 p.m. Thursday, September 17, atVerizon Wireless Theater, 520 Texas , 713-230-1600 or www.livenation.com . The Mars Volta The Mars Volta is far too weird for its own popularity, but somehow Omar Rodriguez-Lopez , Cedric Bixler-Zavala and their virtual lazy Susan of band members have turned virtuosic, ...

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Related Topix: Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta, Theater, Arts, Syd Barrett, Pop/Rock, Music, Entertainment

Tue Sep 15, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Mars Volta relies on imbalance to hold it steady

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler Zavala of the Mars Volta get dark and loud on their newest CD.

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Related Topix: Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta, El Paso, TX, Pop/Rock

Thu Sep 10, 2009

MinnPost.com

Ballads or blisters? Will The Mars Volta wig out as usual or rely on new record's slower stuff?

The music of The Mars Volta is like truck-stop coffee at the tail-end of an all-nighter: Surges of energy that are a little too ragged and uneven for maximum enjoyment, yet appreciated to the point of craving as it's going down.

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Related Topix: Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta, Pop/Rock, The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Wed Sep 09, 2009

River Front Times

Show Review + Photos: The Mars Volta at the Pageant, Tuesday, September 8

When the Mars Volta unleashed its 2002 debut EP, Tremulant , some critics cheekily tagged the band "Punk Floyd." Given that vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez cut their teeth in the castle-storming emo-core outfit At The Drive-In, it seemed natural that "punk" would the predominant word in their freshly hatched group's ...

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Related Topix: Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta, Pop/Rock

Mon Sep 07, 2009

The Arizona Daily Star

Sleepercar plays sleeper show at HoCo Fest

Legendary Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd are pulling into Casino del Sol's AVA for their first Tucson show since nearly selling out the Tucson Convention Center with ZZ Top in late 1999.

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Related Topix: West, TX, Pop/Rock

Fri Aug 28, 2009

Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

Fall concert scene heats up north of the border

Russian-born New York City-based singer-pianist Regina Spektor brings her distinctive, classical-influenced piano and impressive vocals to Metropolis on Sept.

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Related Topix: Huntington, VT, World News, Jamaica, Central America, Jamaica, VT, Pop/Rock

Thu Aug 27, 2009

Canada.com

Spinoff band rivalry adds spark to Sparta tour

Where: Legends When: Thursday, 4: 30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets: $15 in advance at Lyle's Place, the Strathcona Hotel, Backstage and www.ticketweb.ca Threes, the third and latest effort from Sparta, sounds an awful lot like U2 in spots.

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Related Topix: Sparta, Pop/Rock, El Paso Metro, El Paso, TX, Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta

The Santa Barbara Independent

The Mars Volta Bring Octahedron to Life

Love 'em or hate 'em, El Paso's The Mars Volta are an undeniable force to be reckoned with.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Santa Barbara, CA

Tue Jul 28, 2009

StarTribune

CD reviews: Ashley Tisdale; Mars Volta

Ashley Tisdale, "Guilty Pleasure" Tisdale's debut, "Headstrong," was released in 2007, when several things were different.

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Related Topix: Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta, Comedy Movies, High School Musical, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Ashley Tisdale, Pop/Rock, Entertainment

Mon Jul 27, 2009

The Miami Herald

Daughtry, The Mars Volta, The Dead Weather and more

American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry never met a clich he couldn't steamroll his way over on angst-driven post-grunge rock.

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Related Topix: Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta, Pop/Rock

Thu Jul 23, 2009

The Austin Chronicle

The Mars Volta

Since the Mars Volta's magnetic debut EP, 2002's Tremulant , At the Drive-In expat tandem Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Cedric Bixler Zavala have followed a career trajectory that parallels a round of Tetris : musical shapes of various size and color falling with ever-increasing speed and complexity.

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Related Topix: Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta, Pop/Rock

Mon Jul 20, 2009

Philly.com

New Recordings

At first glance, Jack White's latest side project, the Dead Weather, seems like a pointless enterprise.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The White Stripes, Entertainment

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