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Back in 2001, just after the breakup of At The Drive-In, Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and his late friend Jeremy Michael Ward (Mars Volta "sound manipulator" and member of De Facto) recorded an album together, a minimal affair with nods to composer Steve Reich and the household sound manipulations of Matmos. That album, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Jeremy Michael Ward (or ORL+JMW) was released in an edition of 200 minidiscs (!) and given out to friends.

Seven years later, ORL+JMW will finally be widely available on CD and LP. Infrasonic Sound reissues the album on June 10.

As for the Mars Volta, well, they've already cleared out all the dates we reported on last check, and have a whole new slew to attend to.

ORL+JMW:

01 Sounder of Tame Swine
02 A Tightrope Supports Our Festering
03 Salvo
04 Impoverished Beliefs
05 Heathrow Waltz
06 Swill the Ranks
07 Gidi Prime
08 Swiss Armor Tank
09 Improvised Beliefs
10 Host to Fairweather Friends

Mars Volta:

05-21 Calgary, Alberta - McEwen Hall
05-22 Edmonton, Alberta - Events Center
05-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - PNE
05-26 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch!)
06-10 Osaka, Japan - Hatch
06-11 Nagoya, Japan - Diamond Hall
06-13 Tokyo, Japan - Studio Coast
06-17 Perth, Australia - Metro City
06-19 Sydney, Australia - Hordern Pavillion
06-21 Brisbane, Australia - Convention Center
06-23 Melbourne, Australia - Forum Theatre
06-24 Melbourne, Australia - Forum Theater
06-26 Auckland, Australia - Logan Campbell Center
07-12 Leige, Belgium - Les Ardentes Festival
07-16 London, England - Roundhouse
07-17 London, England - Roundhouse
07-19 Southwold, England - Latitude Festival
07-20 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier
07-22 Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn
07-23 Vienna, Austria - Arena
07-25 Warsaw, Poland - Stodola
07-26 Prague, Czech Republic - Mala Sportovni Hala
07-28 Turin, Italy - Spaziale Festival
07-29 Rome. Italy - Teatro Romano di Ostia Antica
07-31 Bilbao, Spain - Rockstar Barakaldo
08-08 Lisbon, Portugal - Parades de Coura Festival
09-26 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival