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Music: Festival LA Weekly Detour Festival feat. the Mars Volta, Gogol Bordello, Hercules & Love Affair, Cut Copy, and Black Lips

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LA Weekly brings the action off the coast and into downtown for the third annual Detour Festival. The Mars Volta headline with their polyrhythmic, guitar-thrashing experimental rock that twists and turns in surprising ways. Energetic melodies are a staple for the hometown sextet, but the group's music is more than just speedy, flashy riffs. While "Asilos Magdalena" seems to start out as a psychedelic ode to the Doors' "The End," the track quickly turns into a haunting Spanish ballad featuring delicately picked guitar lines. With a supporting cast that includes heavy names such as Black Lips, Cut Copy, and Hercules & Love Affair, there's no reason to arrive late.

– Phil Kropoth

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