The Strokes will release “Reptilia” as the next single from their sophomore album Room On Fire. The single will include a home demo of the track “Meet Me In the Bathroom”.

In February 2004, Nashville's Lambchop will release not one, but two albums, Aw Cmon and No You Cmon. Why two albums? According to the official site (which is f'ing hilarious), "The two albums were birthed by the same creative process, however, hence their simultaneous release bound together." Of course, we have the tracklisting for both...

Vagrant Records has made available a limited number of Moneen DVD's featuring a live performance, two audio tracks and their new video for "Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now?". You can also preview the new DVD.

Following the release of "Re-Offender", Travis will send "The Beautiful Occupation" to UK retailers and radio on December 15th. The song was originally released on the Warchild Charity album, Hope, earlier this year, but a full-band version was recorded for 12 Memories. The song will be released on 7" vinyl and CD backed with various new songs - "I Don't Mean To Get High" written by Fran Healy, and "Distraction", "Back In The Day" and "The Score" written by bassist, Dougie Payne. So, it might actually be worthy of some import dollars after all.

In more video news, MTV will not air the Mates of State video for "Ha Ha" because it is too "arty". That makes absolutely no sense, considering the questionable quality of the videos that air and the fact that video is pretty good. However, they are hosting on their website. You can download the video directly from here also.

Jon Crosby, better known as VAST, has announced that the Carson Daly / Jonathan Rifkind label 456 Entertainment will be releasing the next VAST album entitled Nude. The disc will include eight songs from the previously released internet album Turquoise, and four from Crimson. Expect a limited edition version of the album sometime this year and a larger national release around February 24th. Also look for some additional Jon Crosby projects through his new company 2 Blossoms sometime in the not too distant future.

Oasis have announced that they will be entering the studio in 2004 with Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes of Death In Vegas handling the production. The duo worked with Liam on the last Death In Vegas record, and thus it began.

The fabulous Unicorns are on a North American tour promoting their latest release, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? and are playing most Canadian dates with hometown heroes Hot Hot Heat. You know what to do for the dates.

Melissa Auf Der Maur, who you may remember best as the bassist for the now defunct Hole, is planning on releasing her first solo album in the Spring of 2004. Tiny Mix Tapes reports that the album will have a slew of cameos, including Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri from Queens of the Stone Age, James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins, Blinker The Star's Jordan Zadorozny, Tinker's Steve Durand, Tomahawk's John Stainer, Hole's Eric Erlandson, Rocket From The Crypt's Atom Willard, Fu Manchu's Brant Bjork, and Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan. Jeez, does she even perform on her own album?

"Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" is the next video from the latest Brand New album, Deja Entendu. You can check out the brand spankin' new video via their MTV.com page.

Thrice have released "Stare At The Sun" as their second single from the Island Records debut, The Artist In The Ambulance. The video is now available for your viewing pleasure over on the band's official site.

Kid Rock just released his new self-titled album, and in case you are into that kind of stuff (ahem... crap), here is a ecard for the album, and the video for "Feel Like Making Love" in Windows Media and Real Audio. We aren't responsible for any after effects or post-traumatic disorders that arise after viewing this atrocity.

On November 15th, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and System Of A Down are teaming up with legendary bassman extraordinaire Mike Watt to help raise money for prostate cancer research and the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. Tickets for the Saturday gig at The Paladium go on sale at 10am on November 13th.

The new Coheed and Cambria album, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, is now available in limited-edition color vinyl. There are only 1000 copies pressed in clear, blue/grey and white/orange, which will be selected randomly. Head over to the Equal Vision store to reserve yourself a copy.

On November 30th, the corner of East 2nd and Bowery in New York City will be referred to as "Joey Ramone Place". The block, which is just north of CBGB's, will be renamed in honor of The Ramones singer who passed away from lymphatic cancer in 2001.

Although their debut full-length, Make Yourself Sick, already dropped September 23rd, that doesn’t mean you can't check out the ecard and preview the new album. You can also see Boys Night Out on their current tour with Catch 22, Slick Shoes and Worthless United. Click more for dates.

Check out the spankin' new video Phantom Planet video for their new single, "Big Brat," on MTV.com. As well, check out this brand new interview with the band over at High Voltage.

Year Of The Rabbit premiered their new video for, "Last Defense", over at Rolling Stone (you can enter fake info, they don't use it). The video isn't going to win them any cool points and they all look a little stiff, but at least they tried. Nevertheless, listen out for the song's radio premiere on November 17th, which should be good promotion for the first date of their upcoming tour with APC.

The Queers are back on tour and apparently won’t touch the East Coast with a ten foot pole. You can hear the Queers on their latest, a split 12” with Manges where they cover the Sufaris’ “Wipe Out”. Hmmmm.

We saw this one coming: Small Brown Bike have broken up. See the more section for the band's official statement from their official site.