The Mars Volta Blog Posts

I was in South Texas enjoying the buzz of mexican marimba performances at an ethnomusicology conference, but the night before, McAllen experienced an intense storm that cut a swath of destruction through parts of town. The video footage I saw was te...

While Noctourniquet was, in typical Mars Volta fashion, written by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala and produced by Rodriguez-Lopez, the 13-track album explores musical territories previously uncharted in the duo’s 20 or so years o...

The Mars Volta have released the first single “The Malkin Jewel” off the upcoming new album “Noctourniquet” expected in stores on March 27th. It’s a kind of a new sound, but still chaotic, weird and excellent!