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January 30, 2025January 30, 2025

A Coupl’a Yucksters Start A Band

Omar & Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird is a new documentary about two lifelong friends. Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala are the fuse and the spark for two bands: first, At the Drive-In, and then, The Mars Volta. Omar strangles magic from the guitar. Cedric’s vocals range from seedy punk into operatic convulsions. They...Continue reading...

May 28, 2017April 28, 2021

Went to See At The Drive-In & All I Got Was This Bruised Rib

It started with maracas. An afro outlined in white light. Then a train-chugging drum roll along the tom-toms to start off “Arcarsenal,” the first track off the seventeen-year-old album, Relationship of Command. “I must’ve read a thousand faces!” At The Drive-In singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala screamed. When the rumbling breaks, the opening verse brings all the...