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

The Mars Volta, BEAK (featuring Geoff Barrow of Portishead) and Afrirampo are confirmed for the Ten Years of ATP Festival, which takes place this December in Minehead and is on sale now. more info

NME — Portishead's Geoff Barrow will also make an appearance at the event more info

JamBase — San Francisco's Outside Lands Music & Art Festival Announces Stage Schedule JoJo Hermann - WSP :: Outside Lands 2008 by Weintrob Over 70 musical acts have been crammed into a three-day schedule for the 2009 Outside Lands Festival, set to take plac... more info

A Walking Disast3r — Just over a month from now The Monolith Music Festival will take residency at the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheater showcasing some of the finest indie, electro, hip-hop, alternative music bands in the world. This will be my third time covering the e... more info