Bosnian Rainbows have just announced more US shows and some more European & South American festival plays in support of their upcoming debut album release on June 25, 2013 on Sargent House and in Europe on Clouds-Hill on June 28th.  The album is now available for Pre-Order on Vinyl, CD and digitally on Itunes in the US and in Europe HERE.



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BOSNIAN RAINBOWS  2013
May 25, 2013 - El Paso, TX @  Neon Desert Music Festival
May 28, 2013 - Dallas, TX @ Trees w/ Zorch
May 29, 2013 - Austin, TX @ Red 7 w/ Zorch
May 30, 2013 - Houston, TX  @ HOB - Bronze Peacock w/ Zorch
June 21, 2013 - Schiphorst, DE @ Avantgarde Festival
June 24, 2013 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
June 25, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA @ First Unitarian Church
June 26, 2013 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
June 27, 2013 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
July 01, 2013 - Bogota, Columbia @ Rock Al Parque Festival
July 10, 2013 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
July 12, 2013 - Washington DC @ U Street Music Hall
July 13, 2013 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
July 14, 2013 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
July 16, 2013 - Hamden, CT @ The Spaceland Ballroom
July 18, 2013 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
July 19, 2013 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
July 20, 2013 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
July 21, 2013 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement
July 23, 2013 - Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
July 24, 2013 - Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Aug 02, 2013 - Cork, Ireland @ Indiependent Festival
Aug 16, 2013 - Groningen, Holland @ Noorderzon Festival
Aug 17, 2013 - Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival
Aug 31, 2013 - Copenhagen, DE @ Vega w/ Tomahawk
Sept 01, 2013 - Oslo, Norway @Rockefeller Music Hall w/ Tomahawk
Sept 02,2013 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser Media w/ Tomahawk
Sept 04, 2013 - Helsinki, Finland @ Circus w/ Tomahawk
Sept 06, 2013 - Berlin, Germany @ Berlin Festival 
Oct 26, 2013  - Asheville, NC @ Mountain Oasis Festival

The word “supergroup” can be a tricky term. It’s one of those words that has a habit of raising expectations, and that’s not always a good thing. Bosnian Rainbows are certainly an act who fit firmly into the supergroup category, made up of former The Mars Volta members Omar Rodríguez-López and Deantoni Parks, plus Le Butcherettes vocalist Teri Gender Bender, and Nicci Kasper on keys.

Considering this musical prog-punk pedigree, it’s no wonder how hard it is to get close to the stage of London’s 100 Club for the band’s headline set. This intimate venue has built its reputation on being the place where numerous punk legends, such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Adicts, have cut their teeth.

This proves to be a fitting lineage for tonight’s show. The low ceiling and tightly packed crowd give proceedings a sweaty house party feel. And as Bosnian Rainbows take the stage, cheers are hushed into near silence and the band launches straight into the sinister synths of ‘Eli’, the opening track from their forthcoming self-titled album.

The fact that the band have been constantly on tour since their inception in 2012 shines through as the four-piece instantly come together like a tightly honed machine. Rodríguez-López’s virtuoso guitar work fits seamlessly with the pounding beats and rhythmic synths of Parks and Kasper.

It’s clear, however, that the stage belongs to leading lady Teri Gender Bender. Having a name reminiscent of ’70s punk icons like Poly Styrene is no accident. Her stage presence is drenched in gloriously exhibitionist spirit as she dominates the stage like a cross between Alice Glass and Patti Smith.

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Bosnian Rainbows continue their non stop touring and will head back out  starting on May 6th in Berlin with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs playing some club dates of their own before returning to the United States for Neon Desert Festival in El Paso on May 25th to kick off their Texas shows with Zorch. Newly announced album release shows are in June on the West Coast. Then in August they head back to Europe for  more Festivals and shows with Tomahawk. We will be announcing many more shows soon, so stay tuned. Bosnian Rainbows self titled debut album comes out on June 25, 2013 on Sargent House and in Europe on June 28, 2013 on Clouds Hill.


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BOSNIAN RAINBOWS  2013
May 06, 2013 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs
May 07, 2013 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
May 08, 2013 - Paris, France @ Olympia w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs
May 09, 2013 - Brussels, Belguim @ Magasin 4
May 10, 2013 - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Rotown
May 12, 2013 - London, UK @ 100 Club
May 14, 2013 - Hamburg, Germany @ Knust
May 25, 2013 - El Paso, TX @  Neon Desert Music Festival
May 28, 2013 - Dallas, TX @ Trees w/ Zorch
May 29, 2013 - Austin, TX @ Red 7 w/ Zorch
May 30, 2013 - Houston, TX  @ HOB - Bronze Peacock w/ Zorch
June 24, 2013 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
June 25, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA @ First Unitarian Church
June 26, 2013 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
June 27, 2013 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Aug 02, 2013 - Cork, Ireland @ Indiependent Festival
Aug 16, 2013 - Groningen, Holland @ Noorderzon Festival
Aug 17, 2013 - Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival
Aug 31, 2013 - Copenhagen, DE @ Vega w/ Tomahawk
Sept 01, 2013 - Oslo, Norway @Rockefeller Music Hall w/ Tomahawk
Sept 02,2013 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser Media w/ Tomahawk
Sept 04, 2013 - Helsinki, Finland @ Circus w/ Tomahawk
Sept 06, 2013 - Berlin, Germany @ Berlin Festival 

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This week’s episode is one from the archive!

This interview with acclaimed drummer, Deantoni Parks, was conducted in the spring of 2011 as part of a special edition of FLABmag featuring drummers. However, that micro-site only remained online foe a few months, and since then I’ve received numerous requests to re-post the transcription of this conversation you are about to hear. I figured people would appreciate hearing his voice rather than reading the words. And why not? He has a casual way of putting some pretty heady things.

Deantoni on the Interwebs:

Bandcamp | Dark Angels | Tumblr | Facebook I Bosnian Rainbows

Photo Courtesy: Maria Colòn

Bosnian Rainbows head to Mexico next weekend to play at the Vive Latino Festival in Mexico City on March 15th then off to Guadalajara to play with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on March 16th. The band has also just been announced to play in El Paso, TX on May 25th at this years Neon Desert Music Festival.  (photo above by Dustin Rabin)

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Check out some live video of Bosnian Rainbows in Chicago below

Drummer Parks has Atlanta gig on Friday night 2/15 at Terminal West

Newnan native and accomplished drummer Deantoni Parks has a new gig with a new band. 

If you’d like to see — and hear — where Parks’ musical journey has led him, make plans to be at Terminal West music venue in Atlanta on Friday when Bosnian Rainbows, featuring Parks on the drum kit, performs.

Bosnian Rainbows is a new band formed in 2012 by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, co-founder of The Mars Volta. Bosnian Rainbows recorded their first CD in late 2012. The result will be released later this year. A single, “Torn Maps,” has already been released and received rave reviews when it was featured on NPR.

Lopez and Parks make up half of Bosnian Rainbows. The other two slots are filled by keyboardist Nicci Kasper and singer Teri Gender-Bender, who is also a member of Le Butcherettes. 

In a recent magazine interview, Rodriguez-Lopez said, “I invited Deantoni Parks into The Mars Volta as our drummer, as a hired musician. But, as I got to know him, I realized ‘Wow, this guy is a brilliant composer.’ He works as hard as me and he’s got thousands of songs in his catalogue. We must have made six records together over the years. It’s the same thing with Nicci Kasper, we all love writing music. It’s really something else.”

Bosnian Rainbows will be appearing at Terminal West, at 887 West Marietta St., Atlanta. Terminal West is a 7,000-square-foot music and special events venue in the King Plow Arts Center.

Bosnian Rainbows performs at 9:30 following opening act, Marriages. 

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The Mars Volta have split and At the Drive-In’s reunion came and went, but Omar Rodríguez-López has been hard at work with his new group, Bosnian Rainbows. Their new song “Turtle Neck” shimmers with wavy, lush guitars and unhurried percussion before shifting to sprawling textures and morphing tempos. It cuts loose in the second half, turning into a spacey post-hardcore assault of jagged chords and gut-punching drums.

“Turtle Neck” is on Bosnian Rainbows forthcoming debut album, out this spring. They’ll hit the road for two weeks starting February 15th in Atlanta and continuing through February 28th in Minneapolis, before playing the Mexico City’s Vive Latino on March 15th.
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click above to hear “Turtleneck” at Rolling Stone

At The Drive-In and The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has unveiled the first track from his new band Bosnian Rainbows. The track is titled ‘Torn Maps’ and you can hear it below


Rodriguez-Lopez, who announced in late 2012 that he and At The Drive-In frontman Cedric Bixler had placed The Mars Volta on hiatus, is joined in the new outfit by drummer Deantoni Parks, keyboardist Nicci Kasper and singer Teri Gender-Bender, who is also a member of noise experimentalists Le Butcherettes.


Speaking to NME about his new band, the axeman revealed that the band’s debut album was recorded in Germany in late 2012 and will be released later this year. He said: “We recorded the record over in Europe, we did a tour across Europe and we recorded the album in Hamburg, Germany. It’s been done for a while and we’ve decided to put it out this year. We’re really happy with it.”

Rodriguez-Lopez has previously collaborated with Gender-Bender on his 2012 solo album ‘Octopus Kool Aid’ and has also recorded extensively with Kasper. Speaking about this, he said: “I’ve collaborated with all three of these artists before. I worked with Teri from Le Butcherettes on a solo record of mine, maybe a year or two ago. I also worked with her on the second Butcherettes record, I realized just how wonderful a musician she is.”


He continued: “I invited Deantoni Parks into The Mars Volta as our drummer, as a hired musician. But, as I got to know him, I realised ‘Wow, this guy is a brilliant composer’. He works as hard as me and he’s got thousands of songs in his catalogue. We must have made six records together over the years. It’s the same thing with Nicci Kasper, we all love writing music. It’s really something else.”

The guitarist also spoke about the different approach he has taken when it comes to writing material with his new band, compared to his days in The Mars Volta, adding: “It’s the classic thing, you stick with one way of doing things for so long that you start to crave a different way of working.”
He continued: “I did eight years in At The Drive-In being in a collective, so after that I wanted something where I was in charge and no one asked me any questions. After 11 years then in The Mars Volta of doing that, I found myself feeling very lonely and I felt like I abandoned my friendships, so I’ve decided to focus on this band.”

Rodriguez-Lopez also spoke about Bixler and revealed that the singer is currently working on his debut solo album, which will mainly consist of acoustic. Asked if he was missing working with Bixler, who he has worked with for almost 20 years, the guitarist said: “It’s been very strange being without Cedric. It’s one of those bittersweet moments, it’s great for both of us because he’s making this great solo record, which is more of an acoustic thing. I’m really excited to hear another side of him and to work on music without me. He’s composing all the music, playing all the instruments, literally doing everything himself, rather than just singing over the top of my songs.”

Bosnian Rainbow’s as yet untitled debut album is due for release later this year. The band are set to tour extensively in support of the record.

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Deantoni Parks will be playing drums for long time collaborator John Cale who is performing TONIGHT, Thursday January 10, 2013 on the Jimmy Fallon Live show along with the Cast of 30 Rock as Jimmy’s guests. TUNE IN.

Vive Latino 2013 has announced its lineup with Morrissey, Underworld and Yeah Yeah Yeahs headlining, with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Japandroids, Tame Impala, and Silversun Pickups and  Bosnian Rainbows - the new band of Le Butcherettes frontwoman Teri Gender Bender and The Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Deantoni Parks amongst the acts surrounding the three day lineup, happening March 14-17, 2013 at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico.

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“Don’t ask me about any other band or whether they’re touring.  This is a new band and it’s what we’re concentrating on now.” — Omar Rodriguez Lopez paraphrased

The Troubadour seems to have once again taken on a Cape Canaveral-like character for Omar Rodriguez Lopez.  Nearly ten years ago, it served as a celebratory launching site for his other band, the indefinitely moored The Mars Volta.  This past Thursday, the loyal but confused remnants of that band’s ever-splintering following–I, being one of them–showed up expectant with hope that Omar & crew could repeat history and lead us, by way of planetary-leap, to another celestial musical orb that resides within that distinctly rare–in astronomer’s parlance–Goldilocks Zone, capable of sustaining our devoted fascination. Colonies are forming as we speak.

Eschewing dictatorial strangulation (and surely, the bulk of compositional burden) in favor of collaborative parity, Omar has banded up with unequivocal creative talent, the likes of which would humble even someone as decorated as himself.  Back from their recent training camp tour overseas, the newly formed but fully realized Bosnian Rainbows, consisting of New Wave power duo  Dark Angels (Deantoni Parks and Nicci Kasper of KUDU fame), the playfully macabre Teri Gender Bender (Le Bucherettes), and an egalitarian-minded Omar Rodriguez Lopez, returned in fighting shape to display the inspired yields of an ad hoc participatory democracy in which each member is more than just an “informed citizen.”

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