By Doug Pullen, El Paso Times, Texas Jul. 22--The Mars Volta returns to its El Paso roots with a headlining concert at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Abraham Chavez Theatre.

By Jason Silverstein On the Mars Volta's appropriately titled fourth album, "The Bedlam in Goliath," the prog masters take a few small steps toward accessibility. No song on the album exceeds nine minutes in length, relatively tame for the guys who concluded one album with a 32- minute suite.