The Mars Volta

Omar Rodríguez-López says the stripped down version of the band’s 2022 album, their first in a decade, is their version of a ”folk record.”

2003 was a crucial year for the 2000s emo/post-hardcore boom. Here are 30 classics from that year, including Thursday, Thrice, Cursive, The Appleseed Cast, Death Cab for Cutie, The Jealous Sound, and more…

Plus: Hiatus Kaiyote, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, My Morning Jacket / Fleet Foxes, Big Thief, Soul Glo, Yaya Bey, Voivod, Brendan Kelly / No Trigger, Nickel Creek, Death Grips, Liv.e, and more tour and festival news.

Plus: Björk, The Smile, Yves Tumor, The Goodbye Party, Courtney Marie Andrews, Desertfest, Adjacent Fest, Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper, Sparks, Kiwi Jr / 2nd Grade, and more tour and festival news.

The Daytona Beach, FL festival’s 2023 edition also features Coheed & Cambria, Converge, Knocked Loose, Anti-Flag, Angel Du$t, Rob Zombie, Puscifer, and more.

Plus Halsey, Baby Keem, Bad Religion, Darkside, Bleachers, The Mars Volta, My Morning Jacket, Drain Gang, and many more.

Iggy Pop, The Roots, City and Colour, Thundercat, and King Princess will also each join RHCP for select dates on their 2023 tour.

Muse and The Lumineers round out Shaky Knees’ headliners for 2023, and the lineup also includes The Flaming Lips performing ’Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots,’ Be Your Own Pet, The Gaslight Anthem, Manchester Orchestra, Tenacious D, and more.

The stacked lineup also features Turnstile, Pet Shop Boys, Calvin Harris, Darkside, Le Tigre, Ghost, FKA twigs, NxWorries, Fred again.., St. Vincent, The War On Drugs, Bad Religion, The Mars Volta, and much more…

Featuring Momma, The Mars Volta, Joyce Manor, Alvvays, and more…