Both Harkonen and These Arms Are Snakes recently recorded tracks for their upcoming split record titled Like a Virgin. The record consists of five songs, two new original tracks from each artist and one collaborative effort between both bands. The songs were recorded with the legendary Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, etc) and the results are pretty killer. The effort is being mixed and mastered and should see a release date in the summer of 2004, if not sooner.

The Sounds have posted their newest single “Living in America” online for your listening pleasure. You can download the song here.

Are you a die-hard Drive-Thru Records fan? If you'd like to help spread the music of Drive-Thru Records in your town then your in luck, the label is looking for a few hardworking and dedicated fans to be street team leaders in major cities all across the United States. If you want in, download this form and ge at it.

It has been announced that Stereolab will release their new full-length album Margerine Eclipse on January 27, 2004 and will then hit the road for a full tour this Spring. The album marks the band's first release since the tragic death of Mary Hansen last year but you can still expect a "deliciously complex psychedelic confection." Wanna know what that means? Sample these sound clips:

On January 20th, MTV will be launching mtvU, a television network just for college students. According to the press release, mtvU will focus on content, including music programming, news, student life features, events, pro-social initiatives and more. The mtvU website will go live on January 20th along with the “You Want It, You Got It” contest, which lets winners choose from such prizes as a year of tuition, a car with free gas, a tricked out dorm room, and much more. I'm sure we all were hoping for another MTV channel.

The Crystal Method has announced a series of tour dates in support of their new album Legion of Boom that hit stores last week. Go seem them, the band puts on quite a show.

Blink-182 have posted online the their latest single "I Miss You". You can check it out in Real Video or Windows Media. Also be sure and check out the interview we did with the band just before Christmas.

The Mars Volta will be touring with A Perfect Circle. The dates?

The members of Oasis have asked drummer Alan White to leave the band, who had been with them since 1995. (Come on, admit it- you couldn’t name any of the other bands members aside from Liam and Noel.) Oasis plans to release their new album this November. So far no replacement has been found.

Tune into Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday, January 29th to catch Coheed and Cambria preform. Remember to check your local listings for specific channel and time.

ex-Movielife, Brandon Reilly has already formed a new band called Nightmare Of You. Check their website for more info.

Grandaddy and The Fire Theft will be on the road supporting Saves The Day for two months starting in March. Click more for dates.

As reported previously, The Special Goodness have signed with Epitaph Records, Well the new album, Land, Air, Sea is out tommorow and the band has a new e-card with two Mp3's and two videos from the album.

Remember way back when? Yeah we're on top of things here. Anyways, we have a release date for the new Weezer DVD as well as the re-issue of the "Blue Album". Both have a "tentative" release date of March 23rd. Click more for the scoop from weezer.com...

You might remember us telling you about a band called On The Speakers (featuring Ian Sefchick from Creeper Lagoon). Well, they are headed out on a massive tour with The Sleepy Jackson. Check more for dates.

Broken Social Scene have revealed that they are now in the studio working on a follow-up EP to last years amazing You Forgot It In People. The dsic will be called The Bee Hives EP and is expected to feature both new tracks and B-sides. Look for a March 23 release date through Arts and Crafts Records.

The debut album from TV On The Radio will be entitled Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes. It's set for a March 9th release on Touch & Go Records, though it's apparently already been leaked online. Either way, you know where to get the tracklisting.

Matador Records will release a 5.1 mixed DVD entitled Five Point One by Cornelius, From Nakameguro To Everywhere which features all of the videos from the critically acclaimed (and rather enjoyable) Cornelius album Point. The DVD also comes packaged with a 12 track CD entitled PM (short for "Point Mixes") featuring the best results of a fan remix contest held last autumn.

The new N.E.R.D. album Fly or Die will hit shelves on March 16th. The first single "She Wants To Move" can be heard on the bands website.

As I suspected when we told you about the forthcoming ENEMY album Hooray For Dark Matter, the album isn't coming to shelves near you or a website near you at the end of January as originally stated. The band now hopes to have the record available to the public as of March 1st, 2004. Those of you lucky enough to pick up the pre-release are just that much more special now.