The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta have released "The Malkin Jewel", the first single from their upcoming album, Noctourniquet , out March 27th via Warner Brothers. The new song is...different, which is odd to say about any Mars Volta track. You've got parts of Pink Floyd, Marilyn Manson, Nick Cave, and Captain Beefheart. Trust me, this ain't your daddy's Mars Volta. Listen to the new track below and let us know what you think. Read more »Read Full Story

Big Sir– the longtime collaboration between singer/composer Lisa Papineau and bassist/composer Juan Alderete ( The Mars Volta ) — announce Spring 2012 EU and UK headlining tour dates in support of their forthcoming new album, Before Gardens After Gardens . Please see current dates below. In anticipation of this new release, Prefix Mag today premieres a new track called “The Kindest Hour” available to download/stream HERE . . RCRD LBL recently posted the song “Our Pleasant Home” (featuring...Read Full Story

Big Sir — the longtime collaboration between singer/composer Lisa Papineau and bassist/composer Juan Alderete ( The Mars Volta ) — premiere the first track from their forthcoming new album today courtesy of Consequence of Sound . The shimmering pop song, “ Ready On the Line “ is available to download/stream HERE . Since its inception in the late 90s, Big Sir has explored a vast array of work centered on the fulcrum of electronic and analog beats, Alderete’s fretless bass and Papineau’s...Read Full Story

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”. I heard this quote somewhere a few years ago. I believed it to be true the moment I heard it, but never really did apply it to my life per say. In the past week or so however, I realized that it can apply to almost every aspect of life. Whittled down simply to the idea that the activities you do everyday can be systematically eliminated until only the ones that make you happy and...Read Full Story

Some shows are just better than others. For as long as I had been a fan of the “grunge” movement, I was never really in love with Soundgarden as much as I was with Nirvana and Alice in Chains . Chris Cornell ‘s voice was always too much for me to handle…the songs themselves were fine, but something about Cornell’s throaty delivery threw me off. When I started delving into all things grunge, including every Nirvana/Kurt Cobain book I could consume and albums by Screaming Trees , Mudhoney...Read Full Story