The Mars Volta have been confirmed to appear on the bill at this year's Hard Rock Calling festival. The three-day event takes takes place at London's Hyde Park on July 13-15. The Mars Volta will headline the second stage on the opening Friday night, which is crowned by the return of Soundgarden. Also confirmed to play that day are Iggy And The ...

Veteran turntable-wrecker and former Jurassic 5 member Cut Chemist has a new album called Die Cut out today, and one of its tracks is “Outro (Revisited),” a dizzy, crunchy skritchety-rock experiment that features indie-rapper Blackbird, as well as jittery backing from members of the Mars Volta and Weapone Of Choice. Listen to...

Since the Mars Volta announced that they would be putting out a record even as Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López prepped the At The Drive-In comeback, we’ve heard a couple songs from the new release called “The Malkin Jewel” and “Zed And Two Naughts.” Now, it’s out on the ...

Though they’ll reunite as At The Drive-In for Coachella, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López will also revive the Mars Volta for a record out later this month. A little while ago, we heard the psych-jammy “The Malkin Jewel,” and now two more tracks have surfaced to serve as extended looks at the newest i...

Despite the fact that they’re also reuniting with their old band, At The Drive-In, for Coachella stops and a tour, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López will put out another record as Mars Volta later this spring. Today, they revealed the first single from Noctourniquet, “The Malkin Jewel,” and it&#821...