Though the band still hasn't settled on a title, a new album is due in stores from The Killers [ tickets ] on Oct. 2.

The set--which follows the group's hit 2004 debut, "Hot Fuss," was recorded in The Killers' hometown of Las Vegas, with producers Flood and Alan Moulder turning the knobs.

Medeski Martin & Wood [ tickets ] have linked with jazz guitarist John Scofield [ tickets ] to record a new album dubbed "Out Louder," due in stores Sept. 26.

The group--which first recorded together on Scofield's 1998 set, "A Go Go"--is billed on the forthcoming album as Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood.

"'A Go Go' was John's record and we were essentially sidemen, where "Out Louder" musically comes from all of us," Wood said in a press release.

Atlanta rapper Pastor Troy [ tickets ] will issue a new album dubbed "By Choice or By Force" on July 25.

The set follows 2002's "Universal Soldier," which--thanks in part to the Timbaland-produced single "Are We Cuttin'"--topped the Billboard rap chart.

Milan Williams, a founding member of The Commodores [ tickets ], reportedly died of cancer Sunday (7/9) at a Houston hospital. He was 58.

Williams, who played keyboards, wrote the group's first hit, the instrumental "Machine Gun."