The Mars Volta Prep For Release Of Fifth Studio Album Octahedron


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It’s called Octahedron, it clocks in at about 49 minutes and practically everyone who worked on it has a compound last name. It’s the forthcoming fifth studio album from The Mars Volta, and it can be in your hands as early as June 23.
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Omar Rodriguez Lopez – “Private Fortunes”


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With the closing of GSL, Omar Rodriguez Lopez was suddenly left without a home label for his many side projects. Not that he wouldn’t have plenty of suiters, but aside from providing a geographical fit, Stones Throw is probably the only label that Lopez could sonically slide seamlessly onto.
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