Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

Bosnian Rainbows traverses the world in six minutes in video for “Turtle Neck”

Omar Rodriguez Lopez has bounced back from The Mars Volta’s breakup with Bosnian Rainbows, which releases its first album June…

Q&A: Sargent House’s Cathy Pellow on redefining the management-label relationship

Named after the historic home where its offices reside, Sargent House isn’t your ordinary music company. It’s a management company…

Cedric Bixler Zavala leaves The Mars Volta, calls hiatus “an insult”

On January 23, Cedric Bixler Zavala took to Twitter to announce that he was leaving The Mars Volta due to…

Queens of Rock: Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes

With a bicultural identity and an eye for gender politics, Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes talks to us about…

ALARM’s 50 (+5) Favorite Songs of 2012

Last month ALARM presented its 50 favorite albums of 2012, an eclectic, rock-heavy selection of discs that were in steady…

ALARM’s 50 Favorite Albums of 2012

Another year, another torrential downpour of albums across our desks. As always, we encountered way too much amazing music, from…

Fund this: Stones Throw documentary gets Kickstarted

Documentary filmmaker Jeff Broadway, who previously tackled the story of Morphine’s Mark Sandman, has begun fundraising for a documentary about…

ALARM Magazine is back! Download free July/August issue for iPad

ALARM Magazine is back! Get a free iPad download of our July/August issue, featuring Omar Rodriguez Lopez of The Mars…

Video: The Mars Volta’s “The Malkin Jewel” (live)

At the start of spring, The Mars Volta released one of its most diverse, balanced albums to date. Now guitarist/mastermind…

MP3 Premiere: Zechs Marquise’s “Static Lovers”

Zechs Marquise: Getting Paid (Rodriguez Lopez / Sargent House, 9/27/11) Zechs Marquise: "Static Lovers" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/StaticLovers.mp3|titles=Zechs Marquise: "Static Lovers"] El Paso-based psych-prog…

Omar Rodriguez Lopez announces North American tour dates

With a double CD (Telesterion) due in April, prolific mastermind guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez announced he'll take his show on…

Omar Rodriguez Lopez to release massive “best-of” collection

On 4/16/11 (Record Store Day), Omar Rodriguez Lopez (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In) will release a 37-song double CD…