At The Drive-In have posted a teaser in support of their upcoming reunion shows at Coachella. Stream below.
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The lineup has been announced for Coachella Festival in Indio, California, set to take place on two separate weekends: April 13th - 15th and April 20th - April 22nd. Headlining acts include: The Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, among others. Also set to make appearances: At The Drive-In, Refused, Death Grips, The Dear Hunter, Le Butcherettes. The complete lineup can be viewed in the flyer below.  Following a swirl of rumors, At The Drive-In look to be planning some reunion shows after an 11-year hiatus. According to the band's official website, "¡ ATTENTION ! To whom it may concern: AT THE DRIVE-IN will be breaking their 11 year silence THIS STATION IS …NOW…OPERATIONAL" The band members have yet to give official confirmation. Update 11:29am - According to Omar Rodriguez Lopez's Twitter, the ATDI reunion has been confirmed. Details coming... Todd Weinstock (Glassjaw, Men, Women, and Children), Tony Haajar (At the Drive-In, Sparta), and Nick Steinberg (S.T.U.N.) have teamed up to form a project dubbed Afrobots. An album from the band is currently in the works.
Fan video footage of Circa Survive performing part of At The Drive-In's track, "Invalid Litter Department", can be streamed below. The video is from the band's October 16 performance at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.  The Empire Shall Fall recently recorded a cover of At The Drive-In's track "Arcarsenal". Download it directly here.  Back when I was a wee lad, 15 or so, At The Drive-In was by far my favorite band ever. Even today their music is on my top all-time list of kick ass bands next to groups like Fugazi and Faith No More. I remember in my pubescent years always thinking, whoever got to see those early At The Drive-In shows are some lucky mofos. I mean, the dirty things I woulda done to bear witness to an early ATDI gig at backyard party to ten kids, or the ones where they demolished their neighbors’ garages with their insane stage spectacles. All I knew was whoever got to see those first ATDI shows would be influenced to go on to do some crazy cool shit. Man, was I right. Meet Zechs Marquise, one of the most badass bands to come out of the Southwest since At The Drive-In. Now let me tell ya, these guys experienced albums like "Acrobatic Tenement" first hand. In fact, two of the dudes in Zechs -- Marcel Rodriguez Lopez and Marfred Rodriguez Lopez -- are the younger siblings of the infamous ex-ATDI/Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez (it should also be noted that Marcel plays percussion in the Volta as well). These gentlemen, along with their childhood chums Matt Wilkson and Marcos Smith, have joined forces to create an instrumental aphrodisiac for your ears that will make your mind cream its medulla.But despite being forever linked to their ATDI/Volta kin, these dudes know that the way to a person’s heart is through the ears, and the way to many ears is through consistent touring. While the guys were on a layover in L.A. at Matt from Rx Bandits’ house, I met up with them in Mr. Embree’s backyard for a little afternoon chat on life, music, touring, and of course to find out what the hell those first At The Drive-In shows were like. Beginning with the early days as a band in El Paso, here is Zechs Marquise on Ryan’s Rock Show. (From left to right: Marcel, Marfred, Matt, and Marcos)
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