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Show c ' 1 j, mi u 1 ! 1 s Sy i ( The Mars Yolta Reaches for the Stars on Amputechture English, Spanish lyrics back twisting melodies Nick Parker Staff Writer There is truly only one word to describe The Mars Volta: epic. Their new album, Amputechture (released Sept. 12), is par for the gigantic sonic course that the band has built. Its winding guitar experimental sounds and smooth bass reverberations push the boundaries of music. Various intertwining time signatures make it seem like hundreds of instruments are being played at once, but are all barely hanging onto the other rhythmically. This chaos is one of the most impressive weapons in The Mars Voltas arsenal against the versechorusverse world of popular music. If Pink Floyd had an affair with Bjork on Frank Zappas suede Mexican beach couch, youd get The Mars Volta nine months later. Amputechture, like 2005s Frances debut Deloused in The The Mute and their alt-ro- ck formed and Rodriguez-Lope- z and Sparta. Bixler-Zava- la The Mars Volta and the rest created emo group Sparta. Hinojos would later leave Sparta and join The Mars 1 1 Sr Volta as a sound manipulator. th studio alAmputechture marks the third bum from founders lyricistvocalist Cedric Bixler-Zava- la The and composer guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lope- z. have toured the world two (formerly ofAt The Drive-I- n) in support of their chaotic melodies and even stopped in Salt Lake City with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in August. Their show is as entrancing as it is experimental, with the spastic twitching and harried movements from full-leng- 4 i ,l i i the singer and guitar player. The Mars Volta is truly different in the pantheon of modem music. The band mixes hundreds of elements, but manages to execute the melding with precision and grace not an easy task f full-leng- th sounds Comatorium, has many layers of rushing around your ears like snakes in Arabian palace. Some slide around slowly and subtly to the Eastern beats, while others jump frantically across the room in search of their next meal. The band is the perfect Hispanic acid trip. The albums second track, Tetrogrammaton, is a sways of nearly voyage into pulsing, sea-siconsciousness. It then segues into a delayed, floating drop in the ocean. Finally, the song finds a waterfall of colliding passages where it is laid to rest as a screaming behemoth. Day of the Baphomets includes Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers on bass in a schizophrenic opus of percussion and throbbing grooves. It then explodes into a cornucopia of moving lights and sounds. The second half of the song is a spastic helping of bumping rhythms, space trips. tightly knit falsetto and 2001-esqsnake the final The album ends with flailing for its life on El Ciervo Vulnerado . A slow saxophone backs intermittent guitar tangents and vocal distortions. One of the most interesting things about The Mars V trans-elemen- tal 17-min- ute Across Fewer 5 Banner 9 Articulated 1 ck 13 Upon 14 Marketing term, for short 15 16 17 18 19 ue lyrics. Both Bixler-Zava- la and Rodriguez-Lope- z grew up in El Paso, Texas and spoke both languages. The two were childhood At The Drive-I- n with Jim Ward, friends and Paul Hinojos and Tony Hajjar. Before ATD-- I enjoyed commercial success, the band split into The Mars Volta Volta is its half-Englis-h, one possible solution. Page 10 23 24 26 half-Spanis-h To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and box must contain the numbers 1 to 9. There is only Copvriaht 22 2006 PuzzleJunction.com Apiary Constructed Hindu princesses Garden resident Tropical Afr. climbing plant Angers Emmet Food product Excellent! 31 Prearranged - fights Cowboy show Fr. okay Tears Inferior 32 33 34 35 36 Ceremonial elegance Copyright 2006 PuzzleJunction.com For solutions, visit www.westminstercollege.eduforum and dick on entertainment. Volume XXXX: Issue 3 |