Chorus.fm — *The Mars Volta (http://absolutepunk.net/themarsvolta)* have begun pre-production for another album (http://twitter.com/infrasonicsound). Submitted by barkingincision more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Mates Of State are gearing up to release Crushes, an entire album dedicated to indie covers. It features an eclectic mix of artists such as Death Cab for Cutie, Girls, Belle & Sebastian, and….The Mars Volta. Gonna be interesting to see how that la... more info

Stereogum — Mates Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner’s Crushes…, their first album since 2008’s Re-Arrange Us, includes covers of 10 fairly diverse artists. There are links between a couple — say Tom Waits and Nick Cave — but the jump from Girls to the Mars... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Crackerfarm This summer, the married indie pop duo Mates of State will release their very own "The Spaghetti Incident?". Crushes (The Covers Mixtape), their album of covers, was recorded and produced by Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner themselv... more info

Altsounds — Free the Robots 'Ctrl Alt Delete' OUT TUESDAY Alpha Pup's latest extraordinary producer unleashes new sneak videos...Ikey from Mars Volta guests... Free The Robots "Ctrl Alt Delete" Promo Video #3... more info

Guardian Music — From Mozart to the Mars Volta: opera star Renee Fleming tells Jamie-James Medina about her new covers album, featuring songs by Arcade Fire, Willy Mason and Death Cab for Cutie more info

Guardian Music — American soprano Renée Fleming has dazzled opera fans for decades. Now, suddenly, she's growling rock songs by the likes of Muse and Arcade Fire. Here she tells us why… Earlier this year New York musical manager Peter Mensch played a guessin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez (for the spanish-challenged, that's The New Group of ORL) is the melding of Omar Rodriguez Lopez (The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In), Zach Hill (Hella), Jonathan Hischke (ex-Hella), Juan Alderete de la Peña... more info

Guardian Music — Celebrated opera singer covers songs by Arcade Fire, the Mars Volta and Death Cab for Cutie on new albumSoprano Renée Fleming has learned "a completely different style of singing" for a forthcoming pop album, which features covers of Muse, Arcade ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Neon Indian's booking agent apparently ducked out on a previously scheduled Boston show so the band could hit up Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. I'm not surprised by that considering they did they exact same thing to us for our upcoming SXSW party (oh... more info