Rolling Stone — The Mars Volta wrapped day two at Outside Lands’ Twin Peaks stage with a thundering and delirious 90-minute set that drew Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo and their U.K. tourmates Mastodon to the side of the stage to gawk. The band, le... more info

Live Daily — On the eve of their tour kick-off, progressive alt-rockers The Mars Volta [ tickets ] have expanded the US headlining outing behind their recently released new album, "Octahedron." The Texas-born, Mexico-based group begins the summer and fall excu... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Dyson/WireImage(Vedder), McDonald/Getty(Matthews) Right now San Francisco is rockin’ at the Outside Lands festival — Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Tenacious D, M.I.A., Mastodon, the Mars Volta and dozens more bands will take the stage in... more info

Rolling Stone — The Mars Volta extend their Octehedron jaunt, Sean Kingston embarks on a pretty inclusive tour of the Great White North before roving the States in support of Tomorrow and Breaking artists Dirty Projectors showcase their new LP Bitte Orca. Full dates... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Black Bubblegum The Mars Volta @ ACL (more by Kyle Dean Renford) The live-wire prog wizards of The Mars Volta have scheduled a US tour in support of Octohedron. They make their way back to NYC on October 8th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The final lineup for Monolith Festival, which takes place at the Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, on September 12th-13th, is below. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Girl Talk headline Saturday night at the festival, and the Mars Volta... more info

Psych rock band the Mars Volta will play the London Kentish Town Forum on 14th December. Tickets are on sale now from www.seetickets.com more info

XFM.co.uk — The Texan freak-out specialists will be rocking Minehead... more info

Perfect Porridge — I’ve really been enjoying fun.’s new album, Aim and Ignite, which comes out August 25 on Nettwerk Records. Nate Ruess (The Format), Andrew Dost (Anathallo) and Jack Antonoff (Steel Train) have joined forces to make fun., record an album and emba... more info

Clickmusic — The band announced for the 10 Years Of ATP Festival this December. more info