Six Degrees of At the Drive-In’s Relationship of Command
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Daily Download: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, “People Feeding”
In the studio with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorAs if his work with the Mars Volta wasn't daunting or dizzying enough, Octopus Kool Aid is the 22nd — 22nd! — solo album from guitarist/knob-twiddler Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. Presented as part of a synth-shocked, sample-driven trilogy with Un Corazón de Nadie and Saber, Querer, Osar y Callar, it's the first to feature Teresa Suárez of Le Butcherettes on vocals. I'd try to explain it further, but this is an Omar Rodriguez-Lopez album, a guy with a 37-track, groove-engulfing 'best-of compilation'. Savor the flavor of "People Feeding" down below... Download: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, "People Feeding" more »
The 10 Most Unlikely Reunions in Music
By Arye Dworken, eMusic ContributorSummer is festival season, but lately, festival season is actually just reunion season. Beginning with Coachella's uncanny knack for raising the dead (sometimes with the assistance of a hologram), bands are proving with alarming regularity… more »
25 Bands to See at Coachella 2012
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorThere is every other music festival and then there is Coachella, the California-desert weekend that, in many ways, set the template for all that followed. The first U.S. festival to boast big-ticket reunions and all-over-the-map… more »
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Label Guide: Fearless Records
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorWhether you're still mourning the loss of At the Drive-In — the uncompromising wrecking crew that splintered off into Sparta and the Mars Volta — or simply enjoy blasting the skate park anthems of bands… more »
Jim Ward, Quiet In The Valley, On The Shores The End Begins
By Andrew Mueller, eMusic ContributorThe unwieldy title of Quiet In The Valley... is a reflection of its jerry-rigged background: The album is assembled from three limited-edition, largely acoustic EPs (Quiet, In The Valley, On The Shores, The End Begins)… more »
At The Drive-In, Relationship Of Command
By Yancey Strickler, eMusic ContributorBefore splintering into the Mars Volta and Sparta, At the Drive-In recorded their final album, The Relationship of Command, a fiery finish to an eight-year career that elevated frontmen Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López to… more »
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At The Drive-In, Vaya
By Jeanne Fury, eMusic ContributorBefore they split into the prog-operatic Mars Volta and the pounding but atmospheric Sparta, they were At the Drive-In, convulsing between the poles of brainy math-rock and exultant, liberating punk. Vaya is an adventurously gleaming… more »
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At The Drive-In, In-Casino-Out
By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic Contributor"In a small ghost town, there's a little arcade/ Where the poltergeists play their video games/ At the top of the roof he says/Game over," wails Cedric Bixler in "Hulahoop Wounds," one of the rawest,… more »
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eMusic Yearbook: 2006
By Jess Harvell, eMusic ContributorHas any genre suffered more disrespect than emo? Long before it became mainstream rock's default option when it came to loud and fast - back when it was still linked to hardcore, small-run vinyl singles,… more »