Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's Bosnian Rainbows will release their self-titled debut album in June.
The record will hit streets on June 25th through Sargent House.Here's a teaser:
at the drive in
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At The Drive-In will release reissues of their 1996 debut album Acrobatic Tenement and 2000's Relationship of Command. Both out through the band's own Twenty-First Chapter Records, the re-releases will be available on CD, digital, and vinyl formats.Acrobatic Tenement will see its re-release on March 5th in North America (March 25th in the UK via Transgressive Records); Relationship of Command will be reissued on April 22nd. Additionally, a special colored vinyl edition of Relationship of Command will be released on Record Store Day, April 20th.  "It's loud in there," says Omar Rodriguez-Lopez in a dark alley behind the Troubadour. It's a cool autumn evening in West Hollywood and inside the venue they're sound-checking for the first Bosnian Rainbows L.A. show, a new project spearheaded by the renowned Mars Volta/At The Drive-In guitarist. While his new band is set to make their L.A. debut tonight, and with dozens of fans lined up at the front of the venue hours before the sold-out performance, Rodriguez-Lopez is calm and focused. His immediate task: to find a quiet place to do this interview. "Do you guys know the area?" he asks, peaking around the dimly-lit street corner. As we set up on Santa Monica Blvd outside a boutique with topiary animals, Rodriguez-Lopez says he's been busy sculpting odd shapes for landscapes of his own. This year the guitarist released three solo albums, put out The Mars Volta’s latest record Noctourniquet, and toured the globe endlessly with the Volta and his eponymously dubbed outfit the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group. Not to mention At the Drive-In’s reunion stint earlier this year – the first run of shows after an 11-year hiatus that made international headlines and launched the band into a trending frenzy on Twitter. But even with a seemingly hectic schedule, somewhere along the road his impulses led him to start Bosnian Rainbows with Le Butcherettes frontwoman Teri Gender Bender, fellow The Mars Volta bandmate Deantoni Parks, and Nicci Kasper -- a project that reflects At The Drive-In’s democratic structure.“I wanted to put together a band where everyone was a band leader,” he says, adding that his goal was for the members to have “no reason to take orders from anyone else.” As star-struck passerbys take snapshots in awe of Rodriguez-Lopez during our conversation, he shows little regard for the limelight and puts more emphasis on being an older brother. "It's his first time over there," he says in a concerned tone of his 21-year-old sibling Riko Rodriguez-Lopez, who's currently on tour in Europe with his band Zechs Marquise. "I need to call them soon." Front page & article photo by Dorothy Gilbert At The Drive-In have confirmed a show in London, England at Brixton Academy on August 28th. Tickets go on sale 9am on Friday, July 13th at Seetickets.com.At The Drive-In's 1998 album In/Casino/Out will be reissued on vinyl through Fearless Records. While a release date has yet to be announced, the record is available for pre-order.Anywhere, featuring Cedric Bixler Zavala (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In), are streaming a new song called "Rosa Rugosa" at Altpress.com. The band's self-titled debut album is now on course for a July 24th release via ATP Recordings. At The Drive-In have been confirmed for Splendour in the Grass on July 27th in Byron Bay, Australia. At The Drive-In's entire performance at Coachella last weekend can be viewed below. Fearless Records will release a limited edition vinyl pressing of At the Drive-In's Vaya EP on June 5th. The pressing will include 1500 hot pink 10" vinyl copies, available online and at independent record stores in North America. One thousand copies of red 10" vinyl will be available at Hot Topic. Another 1500 hot pink copies will be made available internationally. As previously reported, a limited edition pressing of 500 copies will be available both weekends of Coachella. At The Drive-In have plans to re-release their 2000 album Relationship of Command via their own label Twenty-First Chapter, reports LA Weekly. |