Crustcake Picks - New Music 1/29

Tomorrow sees the release of The Mars Volta's much-anticipated or not-at-all-anticipated (depending on your experience with 2006's Amputechture and 2005's Frances the Mute) fourth LP, The Bedlam in Goliath.

Also tomorrow, Hydrahead will be re-releasing Xasthur's 2001 demo, A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors. Xasthur's lone member, a mysterious fellow known as Malefic, has collaborated with Nachtmystium and Sunn O))) but has said that Xasthur will never play live.

Also, mewithoutYou's Catch for Us the Foxes (a favorite of crustcake's beatmasterspeech) will be available on vinyl for, as far as we can tell, the first time.

Lastly, there are a few best-ofs that might be of interest including The Doors, John Lee Hooker, Charles Mingus, Obituary, Suffocation, Sugar Ray... ahh, just making sure you're paying attention!

No, but seriously we are huge Sugar Ray fans. I mean c'mon, how can you not love this (warning: watching the following video in its entirety could be hazardous to your health):



Yeah.

Here are our picks:

Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds [Amazon]

The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath [Amazon]

mewithoutYou - Catch for Us the Foxes (vinyl LP) [Amazon]

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend [Amazon]

Xasthur - A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors [Amazon]

More at Largehearted Boy.

[MP3] The Mars Volta - "Wax Simulacra"
[MP3] mewithoutYou - "Son of a Widow"
[MP3] Vampire Weekend - "Oxford Comma"