Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

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Album Review: Omar Rodríguez-López – Xenophanes

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Album Review: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – Old Money

Articles about Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

Album Review: Omar Rodríguez-López – Xenophanes

By Maria Murriel on November 10th, 2009

At a remarkable 12 albums in, Rodríguez-López continues to change face and surprise us once more.

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez releases yet another new solo album

By Maria Murriel on October 6th, 2009

It’s like The Mars Volta, only it’s not.

Rodríguez-López of The Mars Volta pens Xenophanes

By David Buchanan on July 10th, 2009

It has been brutally apparent that The Mars Volta’s albums are complex beyond the surface of textured, lengthy sonic mutations. Partly responsible for this depth of character, Omar Rodríguez-López has yet again trekked off to solo work (the fourth time this year!) with the onset of Xenophanes, a release of entirely Spanish-spoken lyrics with a [...]

Juliette Lewis hangs with everyone from Omar Rodríguez-López to The Pretenders

By Alex Young on June 4th, 2009

Yeah, she’s seriously that cool.

The Mars Volta readies Octahedron

By Andy Keil on March 31st, 2009

To say Omar Rodríguez-López is an overachiever would quite possibly be the biggest understatement in history. Having released two solo discs already this year, with another on the way (Cryptomnesia on May 5th), The Mars Volta frontman has been one busy man, and that’s even without mentioning that his main outfit is also gearing up [...]

Album Review: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – Old Money

By Anthony Balderrama on December 10th, 2008

Progressive rock, like hip-hop or country, is an extremely divisive genre. For the unconverted, all songs sound the same and are cause for much head scratching. For the faithful, it’s music that is interesting and inspiring and everything in between. Prog-rockers The Mars Volta headlined one night of this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival, [...]

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