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  Stream Life Coach's Entire Expansive 'Alphawaves'

  April 8, 2013 – In 2011, Trans Am founder Phil Manley put out a pretty piece of krautrock-flavored nostalgia under his own name called Life Coach. Built upon beds of vintage synths and drawing on his experience producing for neo-krauts Moon Duo and Wooden Shijps, Manley used drum machines to dial into an especially delicious motorik groove. …
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  Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's Bosnian Rainbows Announce Debut With Grainy, Cryptic Video

  March 6, 2013 – When the Mars Volta officially broke up earlier this year, frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala loaded his departure announcement with a swipe at Bosnian Rainbows, the new band from Omar Rodríguez-López, his former Volta and At the Drive-In companion."Thank u 2 all VOLTA fans u deserved more especially after the way u rooted for us on [2012's Noctouriniquet]. I tried my hardest to keep it going," Bixler-Zavala tweeted. …
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  Mars Volta Break Up as Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Unveils Bosnian Rainbows

  January 24, 2013 – The Mars Volta are no more. Frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala made the announcement last night via an absurdly long series of tweets, which we guess is somewhat fitting given the band's proggier inclinations. …
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  Best & Worst Moments of SXSW 2011: Day Four

  March 20, 2011 – BEST BAND TO WATCH THROUGH A FENCE: PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEARTCheer Up Charlie's hit capacity for the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, but it wasn't a problem for those left out in the line. All that separated them from the crowd was a chain-link fence, so they stopped sweating the wait and spread out with beer cans in hand. The band seemed relieved to be playing something so endearingly informal. …
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  New Albums from Mars Volta, Gossip, and 13 More

  June 23, 2009 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: The Mars Volta, OctahedronDuo reinjects soulful noise into interstellar freakouts. …
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  Erykah Badu's Festival Memories: Family, Friends, Collaborations

  April 23, 2009 – [Editor's note: For our May issue's summer festival section, SPIN spoke with a number of artists on the festival circuit, from Gaslight Anthem and Metric to Doves and Jane's Addiction. Among them is neo-soul songstress Erykah Badu. Here, she tells us about her favorite moments backstage and waxes on music's power to bring people together. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  April 17, 2009 – This week Green Day gave lucky fans a sneak peek of their summer tour, Jack White's new band, the Dead Weather, debuted live, Rihanna planned her comeback, and Phil Spector was convicted of murder. …
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  Grammys: Coldplay, Radiohead, Plant and Krauss Win Big

  February 9, 2009 – This year, the 51st annual Grammy Awards ceremony was prefaced by a fair bit of drama -- and we're not just talking about T-Pain's suit. …
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  Mars Volta's Rodriguez-Lopez Releases Solo Album

  November 10, 2008 – For well over a decade, Mars Volta and ex-At the Drive-In guitar virtuoso Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has excited fans with a schizophrenic fury. But now with his eighth solo record, the conceptual Old Money, out digitally today via stonesthrow.com and as a CD Jan. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week, September 29-October 5

  October 3, 2008 – We may not be able to see Russia from our new offices, but we here at SPIN.com have heard some sweet sounds this past week: Paramore unveiled their contribution to the Twilight soundtrack, Eagles of Death Metal let us in on their "Secret Plans," Butch Walker reminded us what "Going Home" was like, and Rachael Yamagata made our hearts beat "Faster." Check out our sweet musical finds below, as well as this week's top stories and reviews.N …
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