In this week's paper, I talked briefly about tonight's Mars Volta show at the Palladium Ballroom...It's been eight years since the break-up of At the Drive-In, the influential post-hardcore El Paso outfit that, post-dissolution, saw its members split off into the separate factions of Sparta and The Mars Volta.The former took a simple enough alt-rock route to moderate success.
The latter, meanwhile, delved off in an altogether new prog rock
direction, with nary a glance back. Sure enough, five s
Gloria LevarioCedric Bixler-Zavala screams for ice cream.You've read the review. Now check out photographer Gloria Levario's slideshow set from Wednesday night's performance right here...
