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Omar Rodriguez -Lopez — Old Money

Mars Volta fans will eat up the experimental jazz-rock of Old Money. It's the latest solo effort from the band's guitarist and principal composer/arranger, who's also prolific and scarily talented. Heck, this basically is The Mars Volta, minus Cedric Bixler-Zavala's vocals. (Bixler-Zavala appears on the album, but behind the drum kit.) Other...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 27, 2011

Toronto's Dinosaur Bones will release their My Divider debut album on March 8 through Dine Alone. It was produced by Jon Drew, who's handled discs by Tokyo Police Club, Fucked Up and Arkells, so hopefully it'll be pretty good. Born Ruffians have just announced a Canadian tour that'll take place from mid-March to early April. They're out in support...
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I Read The News Today... For June 2, 2010

Do not fuck with Don Henley: The former Eagles member has won a copyright lawsuit against Republican California senatorial candidate Chuck DeVore, who reworked Henley's "The Boys Of Summer" into a parody campaign song called "Hope Of November." —Spinner Kings Of Leon, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir's Furthur, The Strokes, My Morning...
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I Read The News Today... For May 4, 2010

Justin Bieber and Katy Perry will perform at the 2010 MuchMusic Awards, which takes place June 20. Will Perry get confused, think Bieber is a lesbian and awkwardly make out with him? muchmusic.com Bret Michaels has been released from hospital. —TMZ Amazing: Henry And Glenn Forever, a Danzig/Henry Rollins comic book, has been published. It's...
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Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Becomes Film Director

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez can add "feature film director" to his already impressive resume: his first feature is set to have its world premiere in the Netherlands at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on Feb. 4. The Sentimental Engine Slayer stars The Mars Volta co-founder as Barlam, described as a "20-something misfit" who...
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Mars Volta Guitarist Releases New Album

The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez will release a new solo album titled Old Money on Jan. 27 through Stones Throw Records. If a downloadable version is good enough for you, that's available this week. The album was originally supposed to be The Mars Volta's follow-up to 2006's Amputechture, but it seemed out of place with singer...
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Collaborative Album Between Mars Volta Guitarist And Late Sound Tech Gets Reissued

Unless you were a close friend of either The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez or Jeremy Michael Ward, the band's sound tech, it's unlikely you would have acquired a copy of their self-titled collaborative album when it was released in 2001. But you'll be able to buy Omar Rodriguez-Lopez And Jeremy Michael Ward when Infrasonic Sound...
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