A late entry into the psychosis-mapping prog canon, The Mars Volta’s crazed debut smashed together heavyweight riffs, swerving rhythms and unhinged guitar to form a memorable musical maelstrom.
The squall summoned by the late Matt Bellinger and Gared O’Donnell has never sounded more necessary than on Fuck With Fire. Here’s why there will never be another record like it.
On album eleven, Auerbach and Carney return to their whisky-soaked Delta blues roots. Steady it may be but Dropout Boogie also exudes The Black Keys’ magnetic character.
Informed by an industrial landscape and a last-chance attitude, Modern Life is War turned out a hardcore record that’s heavy in every sense of the word.
Possibly divisive but nevertheless captivating, this short-lived band managed to produce an indie classic right before the dark ages of the mid-2000s began.
