Mastodon’s Brent Hinds told Noisecreep recently that he’s working on a project with Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery, and ex-Mars Volta drummer Thomas Pridgen.  Apparently the group is called Giraffe Tongue.  No other information is available just yet, but it sounds good to us.

According to a recent interview with The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s Greg Puciato, former The Mars Volta drummer Dave Elitch has been tapped to handle the drums for Puciato‘s upcoming side project with Max Cavalera.

Marnie Stern is set to release her third full-length album October 5 through Kill Rock Stars, Simply titled Marnie Stern, the band lineup includes Matthew Flegel of Calgary art rockers Women, who plays bass on the new album, and drummer Zach Hill of Hella. Mars Volta mixer Lars Stalfors is also in the mix. Stern has [...]

Less than a month after John Frusciante and Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López put out their first collaborative effort, the pair have already released yet another free record. On this second LP, Frusciante and Rodríguez-López are joined by Marcel Rodríguez-López (Omar’s younger brother), and Juan Alderete De La Peña, who contribute to the eight-part, instrumental [...]

Omar Rodriguez Lopez, key member and primary songwriter of Mars Volta has posted a full album stream of his latest solo effort, Old Money. You can check out the stream here.