KEXP Seattle — Even though we’ve covered a lot of the Seattle International Film Festival’s Face The Music films already on the KEXP Blog, still coming up is the live scoring of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by the Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt and Lemony S... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The acclaimed opera soprano performs songs by Arcade Fire, the Mars Volta, Peter Gabriel and others on the album, due out Tuesday. It's safe to say that if Ren... more info

Guardian Music — They will bring an African flavour to the World Cup kick-off concert alongside Alicia Keys and Shakira, but the South African outfit defy categorisationAt the Johannesburg media launch for the Bush Fire festival, which takes place each year in Swazil... more info

DrownedInSound — Told you it was a good time for free EPs from artists of a high quality. Now for the third in the last day or see, as John Frusciante and Mars Volta man Omar Rodriguez Lopez have made available their latest EP entirely for free. Again. They did this ... more info

DrownedInSound — Fans of the expansive-rock (this is the new euphemism for modern prog, by the way) as absolute heroes of the genre The Mars Volta have revealed that they're starting work on their new album, their first since last year's Octahedron, which received a ... more info

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