The paint is barely dry on the Strokes’ comeback record, Angles, but it looks like we can rest assured LP4 won’t be their swan song. “The best thing we can do right now is put out another one really quick,” Julian Casablancas said last month. “I definitely think there will be a fifth Strokes album.” He wasn’t kidding, as they returned to the studio this week according to plan, beginning sessions for another full-length set. Bassist Nikolai Fraiture — the most reliable source of the quintet — promises to “keep us posted” (via Twitpic, etc.) as they “work on some new ideas.” Here’s to another album from the Strokes, this time with a few less off-putting motives perhaps.

We’re busy gearing up to fly to Austin for Waynestock and the Axis of Audio day party, in addition to a dozen other events taking place during SXSW, so here are some afternoon links to enjoy in the meantime (though more posts are on the way shortly):

• Tom Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night by Neil Young before performing 4 songs, including “Get Behind the Mule” with Young himself. While the broadcast won’t air on FUSE until Sunday (3/20), reports from the event have surfaced with a sneak peek at the ceremony. One great quote (of many) from Waits: “They say that I have no hits and that I’m difficult to work with, and they say that like it’s a bad thing.” For a longer excerpt of his speech, visit Anti Blog.
• Our esteemed friends at Drowned In Sound and yours truly teamed up for the latest chapter in our series of news round-ups with a brand new concept in which updates on artists are accompanied by their most recent streaming songs. Behold! Music News Mixtape #1, featuring Nick Cave, Bat For Lashes, Laura Marling, and many more.
• Iron & Wine covered George Michael’s “One More Try” for AV Club’s ongoing “Undercover” series. Watch the performance here.
• The Strokes are streaming LP4, Angles, in full on their website.
• David Lynch will direct a live webcast of a Duran Duran concert next week. Check out the trailer and other details here.

Happy Radiohead Day, everyone! While we’ve been letting The King of Limbs soak in and getting irrationally excited about a conspiracy theory or two, some links of note made a blip on the radar…

• Step aside, Who Is Arcade Fire?! meme. Dancing Thom [Yorke] arrived.
• Read an excellent (and rare!) interview with the Radio Dept., in which Johan Duncanson and Martin Larsson reveal that they’re not familiar with Coachella (where they’re performing at in April), future recording plans, and their lost collaboration with Jens Lekman.
• With help from Hipsters United, Popdust calculated that Billy Corgan’s claim that current Smashing Pumpkins bassist Nicole Fiorentino was on 1993’s Siamese Dream cover has a 0.33% “Truth Threshold.”
• Lykke Li is streaming another cut off her sophomore LP, Wounded Rhymes, “Love Out of Lust.”
• Enjoy new Ryan McGinley-shot Strokes promo pictures here or below.

Hope everyone’s having a great weekend so far. Here’s a few links of note this Saturday afternoon…

• Drowned in Sound, one of our favorite long-running music sites, let me round up music news highlights from January. Enjoy last month’s bits about Radiohead, Kate Bush, and a slew of other artists here.
• The Strokes’ first single off Angles, “Under Cover of Darkness,” is now up on Amazon, where you can stream a 30-second snippet of the comeback tune.
• LCD Soundsystem announced their last show ever at Madison Square Garden in April: “We will be playing with friends and family for nearly 3 hours–playing stuff we’ve never played before and going out with a bang… If it’s a funeral, let’s have the best funeral ever!!!”
• David Bowie has posted a brief message of support for his former producer/collaborator Niles Rodgers, who is currently fighting cancer.
• New tunes/videos arrived from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Danielson, Cold Cave, Marissa Nadler, The Submarines, and Those Darlins.

Our first taste of brand new Strokes material is imminent, as the band have revealed the full tracklist, their first new promo photo in a half-decade (above), and an announcement that the first single off Angles, “Under Cover Of Darkness,” will arrive very soon. As previously reported, Angles will be released in full on March 22. Without further ado, here are those ten songs that Albert Hammond, Jr. mentioned:

We’ve waited 5 long years for another Strokes album and now the date is set: Bassist Nikolai Fraiture confirmed a recent unofficial report that their fourth LP will arrive in the U.S. on March 22 via RCA. Here’s a screenshot from his Facebook page, where he responded to a fan inquiring about the 3/22 drop date and single set for February: