New Reviews: The Mars Volta, Dinosaur Jr. and Regina Spektor
New on shelves this week is the latest progtastic adventure from the Mars Volta. However, on their fifth album Octahedron, singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez scale back the theatrics for more mellow and acoustic nine-song set “haunted by heartbreak and more focused on soulful vocal emoting than on cool time signatures and guitar [...]
Rolling Stone — New on shelves this week is the latest progtastic adventure from the Mars Volta. However, on their fifth album Octahedron, singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar ... more info
The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Am I the only one who doesn't think Regina Spektor is the best thing to happen to music in the past 20 years? Isn't she just a brunette version of Tori Amos? Don't get ... more info
MTV.com News — 'I'm not a people-pleasing housewife,' Spektor tells Bigger Than the Sound.
By James Montgomery
Regina Spektor
Photo: Sire Records
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VH1 News — Regina Spektor showed up late — as usual — to talk about her new album, Far. "I'm not a people-pleasing housewife," she told Bigger Than the Sound. more info