After Cedric Bixler (The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In) recently teased us by saying he would be announcing a new band "soon," it looks like that new band is called Zavalaz, and they'll be touring Nevada and California in June. Hit the replies for the dates as well as the band's lineup.

Former The Mars Volta drummer Thomas Pridgen is working with Trash Talk.

Cedric Bixler (former The Mars Volta & At The Drive-In) will be announcing a new band "soon."

Louis XIV frontman Jason Hill formed a new project dubbed Vicky Cryer. He collaborated with members of Muse, The Killers, The Mars Volta, Jamiroquai and more on the debut album, The Synthetic Love of Emotional Engineering, which is due out April 16th. Details are in the replies.

Track Listing
1. Smut
2. Girls
3. Krokodil Tears
4. Touch You
5. The Synthetic Love of Emotional Engineering
6. Expensive Love
7. Lady and the Tramp
8. Young Love
9. I'll Take the Pain
10. A Single Cut (Is Worth A Thousand Words)

Stereogum have written up an article on the "The Rise, Demise, and Legacy" of The Mars Volta.

Cedric Bixler has left The Mars Volta. You can read his series of tweets revealing the news. It seems as if the band is going break up with his departure.

This week's episode of The Gorburger Show features Cedric Bixler of The Mars Volta as the guest. Chelsea Wolfe also stops by to perform "The Way We Used To." As always, you can watch the hilarious video in the replies.

Anywhere will release their self-titled debut album on July 24th via ATP Recordings. Listen to a track and see the artwork in the replies. The group is a collaboration between Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta) and Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE).

Track Listing
1. Pyramid Mirrors
2. Rosa Rugosa
3. Khamsin
4. Dead Golden West
5. Anywhere
6. Shaman Mantra
7. Infrared Moses

Click here to enter to win a prize pack from The Mars Volta that includes their new CD, Noctourniquet, a lithograph and a T-shirt.

Stream the new album by The Mars Volta, Noctourniquet, over at Rolling Stone now.

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Check out two new songs from The Mars Volta in the replies.

The Mars Volta's new single from their upcoming album, Noctourniquet, can be heard in the replies. This will be their sixth full length, and it's due out March 27th.

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Update: Pulled by Warner Bros. Music.

Update #2: Here it is.

Big Sir, the project of Lisa Papineau (Air France, M83) and Juan Alderete (The Mars Volta), have a new album titled Before Gardens After Gardens coming out on February 7th through Sargent House. You can hear the songs "Our Pleasant Home" (which features Cedric of The Mars Volta on drums), and "Ready on the Line" in the replies.

The Mars Volta will release their Sixth album, Noctourniquet, on March 27th. The track listing can be found below and the album art can be found in the replies.

Track listing
1. The Whip Hand
2. Aegis
3. Dyslexicon
4. Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound
5. The Malkin Jewel
6. Lapochka
7. In Absentia
8. Imago
9. Molochwalker
10. Trinkets Pale of Moon
11. Vedamalady
12. Noctourniquet
13. Zed And Two Naughts

The supergroup that features members of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Mastodon, The Mars Volta, and Jane's Addiction have begun writing.

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"[The project is] guitarist Ben Weinman (TDEP), guitarist Brent Hinds (Mastodon) bassist Eric Avery (ex-Jane's Addiction) and drummer Thomas Pridgen (ex-The Mars Volta). Weinman seems to be taking the lead on the project, as he and bassist Eric Avery have been jamming in his house and both he and Avery have been tweeting about the events. Weinman has hinted that they are planning to release snippets as the project progresses."

Adrian Terrazas of The Mars Volta, Eric Moore of Suicidal Tendencies, and Javier Reyes and Tosin Abasi of Animals As Leaders have formed T.R.A.M. The band will release their debut album, Lingua Franca, in May through Sumerian Records.

The Mars Volta have begun pre-production for another album.

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The Mars Volta's Omar Rodríguez-López recently directed a movie, entitled The Sentimental Engine Slayer. Trailer can be seen in the replies.

Check out a video of Rx Bandits jamming with Marcel Rodriguez Lopez (The Mars Volta, Zechs Marquise) in the replies.

Omar Rodriguez Lopez will release Xenophanes on November 10th.

Track Listing
1. Azoemia
2. Mundo De Ciegos (MP3)
3. Ojo Al Cristo De Plata
4. Amanita Virosa
5. Sangrando Detrás De Los Ojos
6. Desarraigo
7. Asco Que Conmueve Los Puntos Erógenos
8. Oremos
9. Perder El Arte De La Razón Sin Mover Un Sólo Dedo
10. a) Flores De Cizaña
11. b) Maria Celeste

The Mars Volta's Octahedron on vinyl is up for pre-order. The packaging can be seen here.

Cedric Bixler-Zavala (The Mars Volta) recently was interviewed on Drowned in Sound and released an interesting tidbit after being questioned about an At the Drive-In reunion...

From the Interview

I don't know what to say about that really. We've been making amends with a lot of the members and having some really good talks with them. And we've been trying to get our financial business in order because a lot of people have been ripping off that band really badly...as far as the business side goes. I wouldn't mind it. Y'know, it might happen, we just have to iron out a lot of personal things. A lot of it we've dealt with already and I've apologised for a lot of things I've said and the way...

The Mars Volta's new song, "Since We've Been Wrong" can be streamed here.

The Mars Volta have launched a new interactive site to dispense goodies from their forthcoming album Octahedron.

El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez’s album Cryptomnesia has been named a New York Times Critic's Choice. Album trailer can be seen in the replies.

The Mars Volta have announced their fifth studio album, Octahedron, to be released on June 23. The first single will be "Since We've Been Wrong." A full press release can be found in the replies.

El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez will release Cryptomnesia on May 5th. Press release and trailer are in the replies.

Track Listing
1) Tuberculoids
2) Half Kleptos
3) Cryptomnesia
4) They're Coming To Get You, Barbara
5) Puny Humans
6) Shake Is For 8th Graders
7) Noir
8) Paper Cunts
9) Elderly Pair Beaten With Hammer
10) Warren Oates
11) Fuck Your Mouth

The Mars Volta have announced the release of Octahedron in June.

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A new One Day As a Lion (Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine and Jon Theodore of The Mars Volta) song has shown up online. The band's new EP comes out today.

In this week's Metal File, Chris Harris talks about Cryptopsy's reaction to claims of selling out, Zach de la Rocha and Jon Theodore's (ex-The Mars Volta) new project, One Day as a Lion, and more. Read it here.

Anti Records have signed One Day As A Lion, the new project of Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine) and Jon Theodore (The Mars Volta). They will be releasing their debut EP on July 22nd.

Tracklist
01) Wild International
02) Ocean View
03) Last Letter
04) If You Fear Dying
05) One Day As A Lion

The Mars Volta have added some new headlining dates for September.

Dates

September 12 Columbus, OH LC AMPHITHEATER
September 14 Boston, MA ORPHEUM THEATER
September 17 New York, NY HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
September 20 Philadelphia, PA ELECTRIC FACTORY
September 23 Asheville, NC ASHEVILLE CIVIC CENTER
September 24 Atlanta, GA TABERNACLE
September 26 Austin, TX AUSTIN CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL

The Mars Volta have already started writing for their next two albums.

Check out two acoustic and six live videos from The Mars Volta here.

The Mars Volta have confirmed their first set of spring tour dates.

Dates

04/01/08 - House of Blues - Orlando, FL
04/04/08 - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC
04/05/08 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
04/17/08 - The Pageant - Saint Louis, MO
04/18/08 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH
04/20/08 - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL
04/21/08 - Roy Wilkins Auditorium - St Paul, MN

See what's new from The Aquarian in the replies. This week, you can read interviews with The Mars Volta and Cove Reber from Saosin.

Today's staff reviews:

Staff Reviews

The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath (Tony Pascarella)
Red Room Cinema - Red Room Cinema (Scott Irvine)

The Mars Volta recently spoke to OC Register about their new album and the band's supernatural experiments with a Ouija board.

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The Mars Volta's new video for "llyena" off their upcoming The Bedlam in Goliath can be seen here.

The recent merger between video game developers Activision and Vivendi could prove extremely beneficial for Activision's Guitar Hero series, as Vivendi brings an extensive list of music subsidiaries which could be used in the games, including The Mars Volta, U2, Fall Out Boy, Oasis, Eminem, and more.

Source: Game Informer

The high-resolution artwork for The Mars Volta's The Bedlam In Goliath can be found in the AP Gallery.

Play Goliath the Soothsayer. How far can you get?

Apparently The Mars Volta almost didn't finish their new album due to a curse.

Watch as Omar Rodiguez-Lopez shows the rest of The Mars Volta the infamous "2 Girls 1 Cup" video in the replies.

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The trailer for The Mars Volta's new video game (yes, really), 'Goliath The Soothsayer', can be found in the replies. The online game will be released in January.