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Listen: Stream Bloc Party’s new album, Four

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Brit rockers Bloc Party’s new album, Four, will be available everywhere in a week, but the band is now streaming the album in its entirety on its website. It’s the band’s first album since Intimacy in 2008.  Four was recorded at Stratosphere Studios in New York City under the production of Alex Newport (At The [...]

Preview: The Mars Volta – “The Malkin Jewel”

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The Mars Volta have debuted “The Malkin Jewel,” the first single from its forthcoming sixth album Noctourniquet. The track is also premiering today in the UK on Radio 1′s Zane Lowe show. Listen to a preview of the song below. The 13-track album was written by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala and produced by Rodriguez-Lopez, [...]

The Mars Volta Will Release New Album “Noctourniquet” In March

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The Mars Volta have announced the release of its  sixth album, Noctourniquet. It will be the band’s first release since 2009′s Octahedron. The 13-track album was written by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala and produced by Rodriguez-Lopez, and will be released March 27 by Warner Bros.  See the full tracklisting below. Noctourniquet tracklisting: 1.The Whip [...]

Featured Artist: Thomas Pridgen Talks Drumming, The Mars Volta, and The Memorials

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Thomas Pridgen is a former child prodigy who grew up playing drum clinics and events. Now, he lives the musician’s dream. His career and education from youth has been music, or more specifically, drumming. Thomas Pridgen began drumming at the tender age of 3, nestled next to the church piano player which was his grandma. [...]

Featured Artist: Nick Reinhart

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Say this out loud. Pan-tera smell-ohs. Now tera- mell-ohs. This my friends, is how you pronounce the name of Tera Melos, a contemporary whatever- you- want -to -call -it band from California. I could attempt to describe Tera Melos’ sound…but I won’t. I’ll just provide this link and you can go see for yourself. I will [...]

The Mars Volta's Frontman, Omar Rodriquez-Lopez Announces First Film showing at Tribeca

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The Mars Volta’s Frontman, Omar Rodriquez-Lopez Announces First Film showing at Tribeca

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This year,  Tribeca Film Festival will be welcoming one of the godfathers of progressive-psychedelia into the film industry with his first film, entitled  ”The Sentimental Engine Slayer.”  Lopez is both star and director of this semi autobiographical, fantasy narrative. This is the first feature film of his destined for public release.Filming began in 2007  in El Paso, TX, [...]