The Mars Volta have asked fans to host advance listenings of their new album, and will choose 10 to 15 fans to host the sessions in their homes.

The Mars Volta's Omar Rodríguez-López has hit out at the western media's coverage of swine flu, comparing it to "an act of terrorism" against the band's adopted home of Mexico.

The Mars Volta have announced that they will release a new album, 'Octahedron', in June - and they will play live UK dates around the release.

Fun week for TV On The Radio fans: shows in Cali, Coachella stop later this week, and a new Dear Science remix EP called Read Science (anagram!) which came out yesterday. Andrew Youssef made it an even three shows in three nights at Pomona's Glass House to catch the band along with openers Free Moral Agents, a side-project of the Mars Volta's Is...

The new album from The Mars Volta is set to be released in June and is called 'Octahedron'.