The Mars Volta - Live in Fairfax, Virginia

As was often the case with The Mars Volta, the end of a tour often indicated the next album was just right around the corner, its menacing fangs peering in the shadows.  Things instead were a little more confusing than that this time around, with a plethora of mixed signals and false starts that ultimately led to the band’s splintering.  While the Octahedron tour technically concluded in late 2010 wit... read more

July 2011