Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Q&A With Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta

Over the Weekend...Mars Volta @ the Fillmore

In case you missed it: Backbeat's ten most-read blogs of 2008

The Mile High Music fest drew a lot of interest from local music fans in '08. This blog churned out more than 1,400 posts in 2008, about life, death, plastic surgery, and even some music. Here, in case you just joined us or are really taking stock of your year, a quick-clicking guide to the ten mo ... More >>

Best Concert (Since March 2003)

The Mars Volta

Class of 2008

Here are the other six artists worth keeping an eye on this year.

The Mars Volta

Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez created a spirited affair with The Bedlam in Goliath.

The Mars Volta

Amputechture (Universal)

The Mars Volta

Tuesday, May 31, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Mars Volta

Frances the Mute (Gold Standard Labs/Universal)

Sparta

Friday, November 26, Gothic Theatre, 303-788-0984.

The Mars Volta

De-loused in the Comatorium (Universal)

Mars Attacks

The Mars Volta isn't interested in your expectations.

Drive Away

The members of Sparta leave At the Drive-In, expectations and a so-called hiatus behind.

Politically Indirect

Eschewing overt dogma, Texas rockers At the Drive In don't encourage riot, they embody it.

Q&A w/ Isaiah Owens of Free Moral Agents

​Isaiah "Ikey" Owens is better know these days as the keyboardist of the Mars Volta. His versatile and creative musicianship, though, was honed in the '90s when he played with Sublime and later Long Beach Dub Allstars. Ikey first played with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala in the ... More >>

Ghostland Observatory tops a stacked bill at this weekend's Westword Music Showcase

​Isaiah "Ikey" Owens is better know these days as the keyboardist of the Mars Volta. His versatile and creative musicianship, though, was honed in the '90s when he played with Sublime and later Long Beach Dub Allstars. Ikey first played with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala in the ... More >>

Review: Soundgarden at Red Rocks, 7/18/11

Aaron ThackeraySoundgarden last night at Red Rocks with the Mars Volta​SOUNDGARDEN at RED ROCKS | 07/18/11With turrets of light bathing the stage in purple, the opening strains of "Searching With My Good Eye Closed" set the stage perfectly for the entrance of Soundgarden. It certainly felt lik ... More >>