Pitchfork

It seems the shortly forthcoming Mars Volta record didn't quite get the shredding out of guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's system. Rodriguez-Lopez will follow the January 29 release of the Mars Volta's The Bedlam in Goliath with a new album of his own.

Coming the week after Bedlam is Calibration, featuring contributions from the Mars Volta's Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, and Beastie Boys collaborator "Money Mark" Ramos-Nishita.

Calibration is the seeming zillionth release under Rodriguez-Lopez's name in the past year, and it comes courtesy of N2O Records on February 5 in the U.S. A UK and European release will follow on February 25, and Japanese residents should check their local record store's shelves, since it came out there last month.

As previously reported, the Mars Volta are currently completing their U.S. tour before heading over to Europe in February.

Calibration:

01 Mexico
02 El Monte Tai
03 Una Ced Lacerante
04 Calibration
05 Grey (Cancion Para El)
06 Glosa Picaresca Wou Men
07 Sidewalk Fins
08 Lick the Tilting Poppies
09 Cortar El Cuello
10 ...Is Pushing Luck
11 Las Lagrimas de Arakuine

The Mars Volta:

01-23 Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater
01-25 Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club
01-27 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
01-30 Irvine, CA - The Bren Center
02-17 Hamburg, Germany - Docks
02-19 Oslo, Norway - Sentrum
02-20 Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus
02-22 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
02-24 Berlin, Germany - Huxley's
02-26 Zurich, Switzerland - Volkshaus
02-27 Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
02-29 Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
03-01 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
03-03 Munich, Germany - Elser Halle
03-05 Paris, France - Olympia
03-06 Tilburg, Netherlands - 013 Music Hall
03-08 Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
03-09 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
03-11 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy
03-13 Manchester, England - Apollo
03-14 London, England - Brixton Academy