April 18, 2012

The Mars Volta: Noctourniquet

Noctourniquet is undoubtedly the most accessible Mars Volta album yet, one that replaces the overreaching bloat of their last two or three titles with the most DIY display of prog-rock dazzle since Adrian Belew toured with Talking Heads. If The Bedlam in Goliath was their Tormato, then consider this excellent outing to be their 90125. And I mean that in the best possible way.

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Rocky Votolato – Quiet Is The New Loud

Despite his rough and tumble sounding first and last name, Rocky Votolato is anything but a brute -as he himself best pronounces:   “quiet is the new loud.”  Like M. Ward, Votolato echoes a timeless quality that better serves on vinyl courtesy of soulful chords and worn melodic vocals, via a discography that started in 1999.

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