Raw Power finally has a follow-up.
On March 20 of the upcoming year, the Stooges will release The Weirdness, their first proper studio album in 33 years. It's hard to put that into proper perspective, but suffice to say that since they stopped making records, the Detroit rockers and punk progenitors have seen a steady flow of less-ferocious bands try and fail to fill their gigantic footsteps. (And at one point in the '70s, Iggy was part a kind of rock-god triumvirate with David Bowie and Lou Reed whose capital city was Berlin.)
The Weirdness is the latest step in a re-formation that first began in 2003, when brothers Ron and Scott Asheton, the Stooges' original guitarist and drummer respectively, contributed four songs to Iggy's album, Skull Ring. Later that year, the band headlined Coachella with their first show in 30 years. In 2005, they were inexplicably rejected from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but are up again for induction at the 2007 ceremony.
In rock'n'roll years, 33 is an almost unimaginable eternity, so it's difficult to imagine exactly what the record will sound like. But the particulars are mighty intriguing:

The Stooges wrote over 30 songs for the record at a cottage in Florida early this year, then rehearsed in Ann Arbor, Michigan before they entered the Chicago studio of esteemed producer Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies) in early October. The album is being mastered in the UK at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Tracks on the album include: "Trollin'," "Greedy Awful People," "Claustrophobia," "Mexican Guy," "I'm Fried," "ATM," "O Solo Mio," "She Took My Money" and "End Of Christianity."

The band will back The Weirdness with a world tour. No word yet if Iggy will reprise smearing himself with broken glass and peanut butter, but you admittedly can't really encapsulate that kind of thing in a press release.