In their first full-length release since the death of keyboardist / vocalist Mary Hansen, Stereolab will release Margarine Eclipse on Jan. 27th. Check the more for the full tracklisting.

My Chemical Romance are home for a few months to start recording their follow-up to I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. The album will be their first major-label release after signing on with Reprise Records. Although no release date has been set, they're already titled the new record Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge.

Vagrant Records announced that a new record from No Motiv, entitled Daylight Breaking, will be released on January 27th. We've got the track listing...

Some very dedicated Incubus fans have posted the live versions of new tracks from the upcoming album, A Crow Left Of The Murder, due February 3rd. Head over to Incubus Online, download them while you can, and let me know how they are. I'm not a big fan, but I thought you might like to know.

If you are lucky enough to be seeing The Bronx live on the Poison the Well tour, you can get a limited-edition EP available only on the tour that features 3 songs from The Bats EP, a song from their recent full length, and 2 new unreleased songs. Pick one up for me too.

Count the Stars has has broken up, and thus have dropped of the Early November tour. Details are still sparse.

On February 3rd, Sub Pop will release Me First, the debut album from The Elected. The Elected is a side project of Rilo Kiley's Blake Sennett, and includes Damiel Bruma of Ozma. Some old friends will be making cameo appearances, including Rilo's Jenny Lewis, and Orenda Fink of Azure Ray. You needn't wonder about the tracklisting...

Morrissey has retreated back into the studio to work on his next album, the first since 1997's Maladjusted. Jerry Finn is serving as producer, fresh off working with AFI, Rancid, and The Living End. The album won't see the light of day until at least May 2004, so don't get too excited yet.

Even though they are label-less at the moment, Abandoned Pools are, as we've reported, on tour with A Perfect Circle. More importantly, they've posted a new song on their official website entitled "Tighter Noose." Be sure to check that out.

It's unclear if this is the previously mentioned full-length from Mark Lanegan or something else entirely. But it seems that on December 9th, there will be release entitled Here Comes That Weird Chill from the Mark Lanegan Band. The cover art looks like this, and the tracklisting can be found in the more. Update: It has become clear that this EP consists of outtakes and oddities from the still forthcoming full-length Bubblegum. Look for an appearance from ex-Afghan Whigs singer Greg Dulli on the disc (and supporting on tour).

As we told you, the forthcoming Melissa Auf Der Maur solo release features a slew of guests (including Josh Homme, Eric Erlandson, and James Iha), but now we know that it will hit international shelves on Feb. 2nd and US shores on May 4th. Check the more for tracklisting.

In case you missed the premiere of "Fortune Faded" over at Launch.com, you can head over to IFILM.com and check out the new Red Hot Chili Peppers video.

The new acoustic EP from The Starting Line, Make Yourself At Home, features 5 new tracks and also contains enhanced secret videos and pictures. On November 25th, you can check out the band on the Fuse show IMX from 6-7pm ET. If you are more into the print journalism, check out the band in the January issue of Guitar World Magazine with Blink-182 on the cover - there is a huge feature on Drive-Thru Records (oh joy).

In a continuing series of music videos on IFILM.com, the site has posted a video for "Sex Type Thing" by Stone Temple Pilots. The video, which was taken from the new Thank You greatest hits CD/DVD set, features "Weiland dressed in old-lady drag, shirtless with a megaphone and finally in the buff draped with an American flag". Peep it here.

The DVD, Trouble No More: The Making of a John Mellencamp Album, is a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process that yielded the new John Mellencamp album, Trouble No More. The feature-length documentary was shot during the course of the pre-production, recording and post-production of the Mellencamp's twenty-first album, which saw Mellencamp cover (and hopefully not completely destroy old standards by) Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie and Robert Johnson. If you're interested in Mellencamp's middle-America, middle-aged rock, check out a clip here and go to the official site to find out more.

Last Thursday tickets for KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Xmas gigs went on sale and sold out right away ('cause a lot of fucking people listen to radio in Los Angeles). Problem is the lineup hadn't even been announced. Well, the word is out now and below you can see the full list of bands, which range from craptastic to stellar, for the December 13th and 14th event.

Capitol records will be releasing What's That Sound, the soundtrack to the television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Before you scoff at how they are milking the popularity to death, perhaps it is worth checking out; Basement Jaxx, Liz Phair, Fischerspooner, and Chemical Brothers all contribute tracks. The album drops February 10th.

For those of you who don't know or that care, last week A Perfect Circle sent to radio "The Outsider" as the next official single from Thirteenth Step. In other news, it was announced Abandoned Pools will be filling the opening slot on the upcoming third leg of the current APC US tour. The Pools' dates begin on December 2nd and you can check them out over at their official website.

MTV.com has posted the new Hey Mercedes video for "Quality Revenge At Last" online. The video is for the first single from the band's new album, Loses Control.

Starting next month, the seminal UK electronic label, Warp Records, will post their entire catalogue online, via the website bleep.com. All songs will cost $0.99 per download and will feature entire catalogs from artists such as Plaid and Squarepuher (that includes all hard-to-find and out-of-print singles and albums). To read more about this offer, head over to Warp.