IN THE WORKS: A Round-Up of Bands Going Into the Studio - Metric, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jesus and Mary Chain

According to a recent article in NME, JESUS & MARY CHAIN are finally making plans to head into the studio to record the long anticipated follow up their 1998 release "Munki". This is the best news I've heard...well, at least this week.

NME also reports that Emily Haines and her band METRIC have set up camp in Toronto, where they are already in the process of recording their next album. They apparently already have 15 songs written, which I find remarkable. Emily Haines has got to be one of the most prolific figures in music right now. Does she ever sleep?

You may already know by now that the YEAH YEAH YEAHS are doing two free shows Monday night at Glasslands Gallery in Williamsburg for a very special audience of 250. The whole idea sounds like wonderful chaos to me. But even more exciting, the YYY's have announced the release of a brand new EP! No further details can be found, but chances are it will be released very soon.