The insanely prolific Omar Rodríguez-López blasts his peculiarity all over his thirteenth solo record in five years. Full Article at Blogcritics.org

Posted by aubin on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 4:30 PM (EST) Prolific musician has posted a stream of his new solo album. Titled Xenophanes, the record is due out this week. Full Article at Punk News

by Dan Upton . I got into The Fall of Troy not long after the release of their 2005 album Doppelganger. Full Article at antiMUSIC

Pretty light day today. But that doesn’t mean that what’s here isn’t fascinating/weird/awesome/etc. Let’s get to it: Xenophanes – Omar from At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta has a new project. You might want to sit down for this: it’s a CONCEPT ALBUM. Full Article at 17 Dots

[dTunes is a community organized blog showcasing the musical tastes of Destructoid's users. For two weeks, the editorial team is commandeering the series because, hey, we like music too. Full Article at GamePad

10/20/2009 . The Mars Volta Members To Tour Together This November was a top story for this week. Full Article at antiMUSIC

At MyNC.com we're focused on being your source for community news and information. If you're used to finding your community news by clicking on the name of your city or town, we have reorganized that information by county. Full Article at NBC 17.com

10/20/2009 . (PR) Considering how The Mars Volta's songs are so complexly intertwined, it would only make sense that the band's ever-expanding family of related projects are bound together as well. Full Article at antiMUSIC

If you've been savoring the slow trickle of track list announcements for Activision's tween-oriented rhythm title, Band Hero, your prolonged pleasure is about to come to a satisfying, yet abrupt end. Full Article at Joystiq

"good times. Full Article at Brooklyn Vegan

In Concert Arden Gild Hall 2126 The Highway, Talleyville; 302-475-3126. www.ardenclub.com/. Jerry Douglas. $35. 10/9. 8 pm. BeauSoleil. $33. 10/15. 8 pm. Colonial Theatre 227 Bridge St. ; 610-917-1228. www.thecolonialtheatre.com. Oh, Boy! Full Article at Philadelphia Inquirer

For all of the member Omar Rodríguez-López's massive output in 2009 (including said band's fifth studio album, an album on Stones Throw, two kinda ambient ones, one that name-checks Fassbinder, and a full-length from the band he does with Hella's Zach... Full Article at Village Voice

People listen to music as a way of escaping where, or who they are. Artists write and perform music as a way of bringing the listener close, and sharing a perspective of a new, more ideal and idyllic place. Full Article at Spacelab

The Mars Volta were a controversial pick from the minute organizers announced them as Sunday night headliners. I can say this with authority from the mostly negative responses directed at the festival's twitter site. Full Article at Merry Swankster

The Mars Volta guitarist offers up another solo album in Xenophanes. This one is a concept album that with grand ambition depicts the life journey through birth, death and re-birth. Full Article at PopMatters

At MyNC.com we're focused on being your source for community news and information. If you're used to finding your community news by clicking on the name of your city or town, we have reorganized that information by county. Full Article at NBC 17.com

The Mars Volta came out from at full throttle Wednesday night at the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas. The progressive rock band started fast, opening with “Son et Lumiere,” followed by “Inertiatic ESP,” which has become a common one–two punch for the band. Full Article at Pegasus News

"If a few politicians and some dirty cops can orchestrate the assasination of JFK, how hard can it be to get a couple planes to fly into some buildings -- think about it," singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala told the audience. Full Article at NBC - Dallas Fort Worth

The Mars Volta Palladium Ballroom September 16, 2009 Better than: Watching The Lord of the Rings for the umpteenth time on cable. Full Article at Dallas Observer