Omar Rodríguez

Music Review: Omar Rodríguez-López - Xenophanes

Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Rodríguez-López takes the vocal reigns on yet another 2009 record.

Omar Rodríguez-López: "Xenophanes"

Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Prolific musician Omar Rodríguez-López has posted a stream of his new solo album. Titled Xenophanes , the record is due out this week . In 2009 alone, Rodríguez-López released albums with The Mars Volta , as El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, and under his own name. A total of eight releases in 2009. For this release, Omar took the helm vocally and lyrically, as well...

Now Downloading: New Releases 11.10.09

thus spake drake (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Another week closer to the holidays, and even more gift-oriented releases -- this week featuring live (Robyn Hitchcock) and greatest hits (Snow Patrol) collections. There were a few new releases as well, from The Cribs (featuring Johnny Marr), Asobi Seksu, Wale, Grant-Lee Phillips, Caroline Herring, Ray Davies, Pants Yell! and Echo & the Bunnymen. Playlist: New Releases 11.10.09 Robyn Hitchcock...

New Omar Rodriguez Lopez Album Streaming On MySpace

Brooklyn Ski Club (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Apparently this is only available to stream today, so get while it's hot. I did not realize that Omar apparently records like 12 solo albums every year. I guess there's a lot leftover from 25-minute Mars Volta jams. I haven't listened to the whole thing yet but I dig it so far.Link:Stream Xenophanes on MySpace

A Mars A Day

The Devil Has The Best Tuna (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

Zechs Marquise Genre: Rock / Progressive / Psychedelic From: El Paso, Texas, United States Free Moral Agents Genre: Psychedelic From: Long Beach, California, United States Considering how The Mars Volta's songs are so complexly intertwined, it would only make sense that the band's ever-expanding family of related projects are bound together as well. In November, two of the Mars Volta's progeny, Zechs...

Health Care Industry Leader Joins Health by Design Executive Team

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Health by Design of San Antonio, TX, a leading provider of health care services to businesses and individuals, has recently appointed Omar Rodriguez as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategic Planning.

AWARD: Charlie Haden to Receive a Lifetime Achievement Award

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

On Saturday evening October 24 at 8:00 p.m., Juan Alderete, Thomas Pridgen and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta will perform at a concert at Hollywood's Key Club which will include a presentation of Bass Player magazine's Lifetime Achievement Awards to jazz legend Charlie Haden and R&B legend Rocco Prestia. Haden (in duo with pianist Alan Broadbent) and Prestia (backed by Tower Of Power bandmates...

Health Care Industry Leader Joins Health by Design Executive Team

EPR Network Blog (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

Prevention, Knowledge and Personal Care is at the Heart of Quality Health Care Released on: October 7, 2009, 4:46 am Author: Mark Rapp/ The Brand Marketing Group Industry: Healthcare San Antonio, October 07, 2009 – Health by Design of San Antonio, TX, a leading provider of health care services to businesses and individuals, has recently appointed Omar Rodríguez as Executive Vice [...]

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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez releases yet another new solo album

Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009

It's like The Mars Volta, only it's not.

A Grand Design: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

BUZZGRINDER (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – Xenophanes Release date: September 29, 2009 [amazon.com] This is trying to be a Boredoms cover, which makes sense because this is a Japanese import. Actually, it’s a U.K. import, but once I get past Cape Cod or Seattle it’s all Japan to me.

omar rodriguez lopez

Top Search - cariaja.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009

Omar Alfredo Rodriguez-Lopez (born September 1, 1975 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico) is a Grammy award winning multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, lead guitarist and producer for the …

Omar Rodríguez-López to release "Xenophanes"

Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009

Prolific musician Omar Rodríguez-López has announced plans to release his next solo album. Titled Xenophanes , the record is due out November 10, 2009 . In 2009 alone, Rodríguez-López released albums with The Mars Volta , as El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, and under his own name. A total of eight releases in 2009. For this release, Omar took the helm vocally and...

Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Xenophanes (new album / MP3) (Mixed Media)

PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009

Omar Rodriguez Lopez Xenophanes (Rodriguez Lopez Productions) Releasing: 28 September (Europe) / 10 November (US) The Mars Volta guitarist offers up another solo album in Xenophanes. This one is a concept album that with grand ambition depicts the life journey through birth, death and re-birth. Lopez sings the whole record in his native Spanish and it's the first album to spotlight lead vocals from...

Mars Volta Maintain Their Intensity While Mellowing Out

Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive A mellow Mars Volta ? Never say never. "I definitely see it happening," Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez admits to Spinner. But just don't confuse "mellow" for "less intense." As the band's new album, 'Octahedron,' proves, the Volta boys don't always have to be shredding faces to get your full attention. "As people get...

Cuba told to pay millions for jailing journalist

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009

MIAMI (AP) | A federal judge ordered the Cuban government and the ruling Communist Party on Wednesday to pay $27.5 million in damages to the mother of a journalist jailed since a 2003 crackdown on dissent. U.S. District Judge Alan S. Gold ruled in the case of Omar Rodriguez Saludes, who is serving a 27-year sentence in Cuban prisons that the judge described as "deplorable and degrading" in...

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Health Care Industry Leader Joins Health by Design Executive Team

eprnetwork | 10/07/2009

Health by Design of San Antonio, TX, a leading provider of health care services to businesses and individuals, has recently appointed Omar Rodríguez as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategic Planning. With nearly 30 years in the health care arena, Rodríguez assumes a newly created role to help Health by Design reach more companies with its unique approach to medical care. His