Brooklyn Vegan — photos by James Richards IV Antemasque / Le Butcherettes If all you know of Omar is the talented but quiet guy off to the side on all those ATDI reunion shows, that dude has been replaced by a beast wearing... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Keyboardist Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, who worked as an L.A. session man, member of the Mars Volta, founder of the Free Moral Agents and touring member of Jack White's band, has died while on tour in Mexico. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Isaiah "Ikey" Owens w/ Jack White's band at GovBall 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, a member Jack White's band who was also in The Mars Volta (2001-2009), the Long Beach Dub All Stars, led his own band... more info

NME — Foster The People and Dirty Projectors also appear on singer's second record more info

Brooklyn Vegan — At the Drive-In at Coachella 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) It wasn't long ago that The Mars Volta broke up and At the Drive-In's reunion ended, leaving co-leaders Cedric Bixler-Zavala going solo and Omar Rodriguez Lopez working with new... more info

NME — Self-titled record will be available on July 15 more info

NME — 'People Forget' is the third song to come from Flea, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López' new band more info

Stereogum — After we said goodbye to the Mars Volta last year, it really seemed like the end of Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López’s longtime working relationship, which began with At The Drive In. But as we learned yesterday they have come back t... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — "Woke to find out I'm in a new supergroup," tweets Red Hot Chilli Peppers bassist Flea. Meanwhile, longtime fans of the aggressively challenging punk outfit At the Drive-In and the thinky hard rock of Mars Volta woke to the news that principles of bo... more info

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