Everyone’s favorite guitarist/composer/song-writer/writer-producer-director (what’s the proper title here?) has already started touring with the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group, debuting at the Solar stage in the Metamorphose Festival in Izu, Shizuoka, Japan. On hand are Ximena Sariñana (Vocals), Deantoni Parks (Drums), Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez (Keyboards/Sound Manipulation), Lars Stalfors (Sound Manipulation), and Juan Alderete De La Pena (Bass) .

Armed with a Spanish-Japanese translator, Omar came out in high spirits, said “Sorry, there are a lot of songs I have not named yet. Basically, they are jumbling now”, thanked the crowd for coming, and jumped right into the set. The set list was comprised mostly of new material, with a few favorites off of Xenophanes and Solar Gambling making an appearance halfway through the show and towards the end.

The boot originally popped up on the Comatorium as one single mp3, but a dedicated fan went ahead and played with the levels, split the tracks up, gave them unique names, and reposted it here. The (pseudo) mastered copy definitely has a better sound than the original, so snag it while you can.

We aren’t going to bother with a review because, after all, this site is dedicated to everything TMV and Omar, so obviously we are going to be gushing about this new sound, the new songs, the new drummer, and everything in between. It really is extremely good and if you haven’t checked out any other ORLG bootlegs this is definitely one you should take the time to sit down and enjoy.

The ORLG played a show last night in San Francisco @ The Great American Music Hall and a few videos have already surfaced:

They play again tonight in Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour. Then it is off the NYC for a show on the 17th, and then to Chicago for a show the very next night on the 18th.

Go see this show live while you have the chance. Bootlegs will never, ever due the real show justice even though we love them very much.

September
-13 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA (+ The Butcherettes)
-14 Troubador, Los Angeles, CA (+ The Butchterettes)
-17 Highline Ballroom, Ney York, NY (+ The Butchterettes)
-18 Congress Theatre, Chicago, IL (+ The Butchterettes)

November
- 18 GlavClub, St. Petersburg, Russia (+ The Butchterettes)
- 19 Tele Club, Ekaterinburg, Russia (+ The Butchterettes)
- 21 Tochka, Moscow, Russia (+ The Butchterettes)
- 24 A38, Budapest, Hungary (+ The Butchterettes)
- 25 Arena, Wiena, Austria (+ The Butchterettes)
- 26 Gagarin205, Athens, Greece (+ The Butcherettes)

December
- 3 Vera, Groningen, Holland (+ The Butchterettes)
- 5 Lido, Berlin, Germany (+ The Butchterettes)

BIG SIR (Juan + Lisa Papineau)
September
-26 Troubador, Los Angeles, CA (opening for RX Bandits)

Yet more music from The Sentimental Engine Slayer has been identified.  Mataxia noticed (and I confirmed) that the music playing during the title card sequence of TSES is the same intro music that The Mars Volta used to open their electric set on New Years Eve of 2007 in San Francisco – showing once again that Omar apparently has a secret arsenal of clips  that he keeps on file for special occasions.

It just so happens that we have that live show available for download here (you must be logged in to download audio).  This show is extremely notable as the first appearance of Since We’ve Been Wrong, the first live acoustic set (the other being the Yahoo series), the longest show, and the largest setlist ever performed by the band.

Unfortunately for any fans who haven’t seen TSES yet, you’ll have to wait for the DVD to see the title card sequence – which is the work of Sonny Kay.   As of now, there is no release date for the DVD because it is still playing in the film festival circuit.