The Strokes stick with 'Is This It' producer

The Strokes have been telling MTV that they intend to stick with Is This It producer Gordon Raphael when they record their follow up album. "It's not gonna be like, 'Oh, now that we're successful, we're gonna work with all these super-producer guys that are going to make us a top-selling hit'," singer Julian Casablancas said. "That's never been the goal for us. We just want to do something special. We want to progress, but at the same time you still want that edge. You don't want to lose it." The Strokes, who have already written several new tracks for their still-untitled next record, say they have a strategy to keep the music progressing. "We don't have a new song unless it's better and different than the other songs," Casablancas continued. "So we'll stick to the same criteria, and that's all we're doing. We're trying to do something that's original that still sounds good, whether you know a lot about music or you know nothing about music."