In Depth by Frederick Blood-Royale
For the third instalment of our Artist 'n' Artist feature, former Les Incompétents and current Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man Frederick Blood-Royale of meets former At The Drive-In and current Mars Volta spearhead, Cedric Bixler Zavala.»
In Depth by Mike Diver
A strange first month: high-profile passings in the media, the axing of a national icon, real life snow; plus much-hyped albums falling wide of the mark. But let's not dwell: here DiS picks its favourite LPs of January , featuring anticipated debuts, rewarding follow-ups, and an ambitious fourth from a prog-rock super-power»
In Depth by Mike Diver
Ahead of the release of The Bedlam In Goliath, The Mars Volta's founding members Cedric and Omar sit down to discuss their continued success against conventional commercial odds, mixing it up with charros at high school, and possibly learning to duck flying axes in the near future»
In Depth by Mike Diver
There was us thinking that 2007 was a pretty splendid year for albums, and then we get a look at this little lot. Ahead of feature pieces outlining our acts of the year (to be), here DiS scans a number of upcoming releases»
In Depth by Mike Diver
Let the DiScussing begin! We’ve been racking brains – prior to pulverising each other’s – at the DiSopolis these past few weeks to come up with our top 66 albums of the past six years; the very best records to see the light of day during DiS’s lifetime (yes, six years). Arguments have been won and lost, a handful of frankly incredible artists have improbably missed the cut through forgetfulness and space constraints, and we’ve all got quite, quite drunk along the way...»
In Depth by DiS Festivals
The road was both long and winding – and not even a road but a railway line, if we’re being entirely accurate – but DiS finally made it back from The Mars Volta-curated All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Only now have we regained strength enough to put our experiences into words; to reassemble the muddled memories into some kind of coherent piece...»
In Depth by Mike Diver
A month or so ago, Drowned In Sound snook a peek at this weeks must-have album, a record so out there it's practically 22nd Century. We all knew The Mars Volta were different from your standard beat combo, but Christ on a bike! We did not expect this...»
In Depth by Colin Weston
It's been one hell of a week here with the head offices moving back into the capital, our third birthday gigs being finalised, issue two of our magazine due and lots more! It also seems a lot of PR people are joining in the fun and this week we have been sent some cracking stuff!!!
We start off with not one but T»
In Depth by Raziq Rauf
From the ashes of seminal Texan punks At The Drive-In rose two blocs: The Hair and The Rest. It wasn't a union to form ever again and so they went their separate ways. The Hair always seemed to be the spine of the group and continued to experiment, refusing to conform to any expectations or ideals. »