Spotifriday #9 - This Week on DiS as a Playlist
Each week DiS uses Spotify to make a something-like a magazine cover mounted mixtape for our content. Here's some of what was on DiS this week, as a playlist, with plenty of links to the content.»
The Mars Volta News
Spotifriday #7 - This Week on DiS as a Playlist
This week's instalment of Spotifriday.»
The Mars Volta announce new pop direction on Octahedron
Those Mars Volta dudes are pretty predictable, right? I mean, you just KNOW that there's gonna be a whole lot of prog-wankery, noodling and wails from all corners. They'd never make a P-O-P record, right? WRONG, apparently.»
Somerset House announce summer treats: Mars Volta, SFA, Grace Jones, Bat For Lashes and more
Summer is on its way, honest, and - as much in celebration as in hope - Somerset House have announced their Summer Series line-up for 2009 with The Mars Volta, Super Furry Animals, Bat For Lashes all finding their way onto the bill.»
Drowned-Up: Mars Volta, Britney Spears, The White Stripes and more
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
Release date set for Mars Volta's Octahedron, shows announced
Afro-licious prog-rockers The Mars Volta have set the release date for their fifth studio album, Octahedron. They're also due to play two London dates in July,»
Drowned-Up: Animal Collective, Green Day, Robbie Williams
DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
Latitudinal readiment tableau: Mars Volta announce one-off Roundhouse show
The Mars Volta will appear at the Roundhouse in London this summer as they warm-up for a slot at Latitude»
Mars Volta and Grinderman among new Latitude additions
Another half hour, another set of bands destined for a British field somewhere this summer - The Mars Volta, The Go! Team and Grinderman are among those just added to the Latitude line-up»
Chart round-up: Adele-ightful result for hyped songstress
Adele’s ‘Chasing Pavements’ is still loitering at number two in the singles chart this week, like some annoying childhood trip to a garden centre on a Sunday afternoon. Pleasantly-scented boredom, and all that jazz»
A Week in Drowned in Sound: 11/01/08
The cream of Drowned in Sound's weekly crop.»
Ternary glyph operetta: Mars Volta dates
Big-rock conquistadors The Mars Volta have announced three live shows for early next year.»
Emogame? Mars Volta create video game
Increasingly nebulous proggers the Mars Volta have made a computer game to accompany their forthcoming album.»
Mars Volta ready next dubiously titled longplayer
The Mars Volta will release a new album next year.»
El-P's I'll Sleep When You're Dead: full tracklisting
Popular-around-'ere rapper El-P releases his new LP, I'll Sleep When You're Dead, through Def Jux on 20 March...»
DiS's day-late chart update
Tens of thousands of apologies: we’re a day late with our weekly chart run-through, and we’ve no real excuses. The dog ate our homework; the boiler broke down and we had to wait for the gas man to arrive; our bus was hijacked by pre-teens tweaked off their tits on two-dozen bottles of Lucozade, demanding that they be driven to Alton Towers: none stick, really. So, sorry sorry and SORRY again. Okay? Okay…»
The Mars Volta's try-before-you-buy offer
The Mars Volta released their third studio album today, the 70-something-minute-long Amputechture. Perhaps you noticed, since we've only gone and reviewed the damn thing. Here. See...»
The Mars Volta bottled at Endfest
The Mars Volta walked off stage at the Endfest on Saturday, after being pelted, in perfect Reading Festival fashion, with bottles of piss...»
Mars Volta jettison drummer
The Mars Volta have parted company with their drummer, Jon Theodore, ahead of the release of their third album proper, Amputechre...»
New Mars Volta LP: reports of twisted tongues spread across the nation
Prog is not a dirty word, brothers and sisters: the days of ELP are long gone, so join DiS in celebrating the news that The Mars Volta have all but finished their third studio long-player...»
Mars Volta and Trent Reznor to appear on El-P album
El-P's forthcoming long-player, I'll Sleep When You're Dead, is to feature guest appearances from members of The Mars Volta and Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor...»
The Mars Volta in Manchester tonight: CANCELLED
The Mars Volta's show tonight at the Apollo, Manchester has been cancelled»
The Nightmare starts here: ATP running order and times in full
DiS isn't usually one to get in a frothy-mouthed frenzy a good fortnight before an event, but ATP's The Nightmare Before Christmas has got us all doo-lally and desperate to spread JOY and SUNSHINE and, um, sweets. D'ya like Skittles? Tough, cos we don't have any...»
Mars landings: two shows before ATP
The Mars Volta are to play a brace of shows prior to their ATP weekend...»
ATP Nightmare update: Hella, Saul Williams...
More names have been added to the bill for this December's Mars Volta-curated Nightmare Before Christmas ATP festival...»
Mars Volta call in sick, cancel dates
The Mars Volta have cancelled their remaining European tour dates, including their show at Somerset House, London on July 9th.»
ATP December details: The Mars Volta bring the Nightmare
C'est confirmed... The Mars Volta control this December's Nightmare Before Christmas ATP Festival...»
Mars' mute microsite...
New album, new single, new site...»
The Mars Volta release download-only single
The Mars Volta open 'Frances The Mute' with 'The Widow'...»
Mars Volta Add New London Date to Tour
The Mars Volta just added a new London date onto their 2005 tour for those desperately in need of seeing the wild-haired rockers another time around (or for those of you who missed out on tickets to the 13th March show).»
Mars Volta add to final Frusciante solo release
Chilis guitarist, John Frusciante has finally decided to stop releasing solo albums.»
Mars Volta fans: "What you're doing is f*cked"
Heard the new Mars Volta record?
Maybe downloaded it from a mate's website?
What you're doing is f*cked.»
Mars Volta announce UK dates
Go see The Mars Volta. GO!»
Mars Volta to release one-track album
The Mars Volta go super prog...»
At the Drive-In: Anthology
Afro'd mexi-'mo-core legends, to release an Anthology and re-release their back catalogue...»
The Mars Who? Sparta Return...
Sparta, one of the groups to have emerged from the ashes of At The Drive-In, are reported to be releasing a new album this summer.»
Big Day Out 2004: Line-Up Announced
Rock allumini like 'tallica and the lips hit Oz in January for the Big Day Out touring festival.»
Mars Volta: Hear 'De-Loused in the Comatorium' in full!
From the ashes of At the Drive-In, sprung The Mars Volta... and you can hear the new album in full! You know the score by now. The folks at Peoplesound have put together a stream of the entire album (out this week - June 23rd!) so you can try before you buy. To hear it: »
Mars Volta member found dead
Jeremy Michael Ward, of The Mars Volta and Defacto fame was found dead on May 28th 2003, with cause of death allegedly a drug overdose on May 25th. A press statement from the band says: "We are very saddened to announce that our dear friend Jeremy Michael Ward passed away from an apparent drug ov»
Mars Volta dates added
Experimental jazzpunkwhatever bandits The Mars Volta have added more dates to their live shows this spring. The band, whose members include former At The Drive-In singer Cedric Bixler and guitarist Omar Rodriguez, are already scheduled to play a short string of dates with the R»
Mars Volta (atdi) VS Chilis
The two afro'd parts of At The Drive-In are touring stadiums already? And working with superstars? Cedric and Omar's band The Mars Volta have nearly finished recording their debut album in L.A. with Rick Rubin who's worked with SOAD, RHCP and RunDMC. We've heard that Flea (RHCP) plays bass on the re»
Reading 2002: More bands announced!!
After last weeks Carling Reading+Leeds Festival launch party - where certain dissers drank as much Carling as we could in 3hours - line-up has been added to with some of our favourite bands... The Main Stage has added scandavian gutter-rockers THE HIVES and the sexy post-punk lasses SAHARA HOTNIGHT»
The Mars Volta's new single and Euro tour
Ex-ATD-I members, The Mars Volta are to release a split single with The Apes and Les Savy Fav, as well as their own debut record release, both around the time of their upcoming March Euro tour The Mars Volta, featuring former At The Drive-In members Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodriguez, are set t»
Mars Volta Drive back In
Ex-At The Drive-In members Omar Rodriguez and Cedric Bixler have posted mp3 versions of two tracks by their new band After this summer's (final?) break up of At The Drive-In, Cedric and Omar, now members of the band Mars Volta have posted mp3s and RealAudio tracks online at their official we»
Octahedron
The Bedlam In Goliath
Amputechture
Scab Dates
The Widow
Frances The Mute
Roulette Dares
Deloused In The Comatorium
Tremulant EP
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