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First Listen: Bosnian Rainbows, 'Bosnian Rainbows'

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First Listen: Bosnian Rainbows, 'Bosnian Rainbows'

Though both are powerful and iconoclastic performers, The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender Bender find a way to join together without crowding each other out.

Bosnian Rainbows, 'Bosnian Rainbows'

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¡Ay Amor! Seven Unusual Latin Love Songs

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¡Ay Amor! Seven Unusual Latin Love Songs

This week on Alt.Latino we feature songs about many different types of love — falling in love, adoring a country and wishing you didn't care so very much about someone.

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Unwelcome Spirits Haunt 'The Bedlam in Goliath'

When The Mars Volta purchased a ouija board in a Jerusalem curio shop and began to use it, the band had no idea how much it would affect its recording. Listening to The Bedlam in Goliath, the paranormal talk might not seem like such a publicity stunt.

Unwelcome Spirits Haunt 'The Bedlam in Goliath'

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Progressive Returns: The Mars Volta

A most unlikely CD has been close to the top of the Billboard charts recently. The Mars Volta, from Texas, somehow missed the news that progressive rock was nearly extinct. Their new CD, Frances the Mute, is a saga based on the diary of a child in search of a birth mother.

Progressive Returns: The Mars Volta

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The Mars Volta, Shout Out Louds, Stephen Malkmus

Music from a found diary: The Mars Volta; Progressive rock classic from Gentle Giant; Stockholm pop from Shout Out Louds New instrumental electronica from Moby; Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and more.

The Mars Volta, Shout Out Louds, Stephen Malkmus

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