Buzzgrinder — Mars Volta frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala recently talked to Drowned in Sound about the band's new album. In the interview, which will be released in full next week, Bixler-Zavala claimed that Octahedron is a pop album. We always threatened we'd make... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — My stay in Norway over the past few months has been great so far. Good weather, a better scooter (despite minor complications) and the fact that soon enough there will be several great summer festivals practically at my doorstep to attend. Hereâ€â... more info

JamBase — Bonnaroo Releases Daily Stage Schedule The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has just released the daily stage schedule. There are over 100 artists packed into four music-filled days at Bonnaroo, it's impossible to see everything, but with the abi... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Second bands are never supposed do as well as first bands. Mars Volta is great...but At The Drive-In is still better. Crowded House has some great hits...even great albums...but the Split Enz are still superior. And don't even get me started on Porno... more info

JamBase — RELIX MEDIA GROUP ACQUIRES RELIX MAGAZINE, RELIX.COM AND JAMBANDS.COM HISTORIC MUSIC MAGAZINE TO RELAUNCH WITH JUNE ISSUE Relix Media Group, LLC announced today that it has acquired Relix magazine, Relix.com, and Jambands.com from previous ... more info

Music Mule — What? The Mars Volta If I didn’t already have a ticket for TV On The Radio this night then I’d be heading top Somerset House to see Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodriguez of The Mars Volta weave their over the top Latin tinged prog-rock meets punk spir... more info

XFM.co.uk — Plus, Super Furry Animals and The Mars Volta will be playing too... more info

411 Mania — Fifth album from prog rock band on its way... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Black Bubblegum The Mars Volta LIVE at Sasquatch 2008 (More by Chris Graham) Through complex mathematics in off-kilter time signatures and pentatonic phyrigian dominant minor scales*, The Mars Volta have constructed an equation to create the ultim... more info

NME — 'Octahedron' will be released in June more info