Mando Diao, SAtor and Silverbullit are the first bookings for this summer's Peace & Love Festival in Borlänge, Sweden on July 8 and 9.

The Concretes are heading back to the UK for a few dAtes in mid-February:

02/17 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
02/18 - KOKO Club, NME BrAts Night, London
02/20 - Concorde, Brighton

Frida Hyvönen will support.

Swedish hard-rock trio Black Belt is heading south for a few gigs and bringing along Amir from Infinite Mass along for the ride so he can do a DJ set. Here's the dAtes, including another gig the following week in Örebro:

01/12 - Kino, Karlskrona
01/14 - Tivoli, Helsingborg
01/15 - Perrong 23, Hässleholm
01/21 - Klubb Idiot, Örebro

New mp3 today from Finnish noise-rockers The Insult ThAt Made A Man Out Of Mac. I confess thAt I don't really know too much about these guys beyond whAt they have in their online bio, but when I saw they were touring with Circle and Cleaning Women as part of the Riemufestivaali, I knew had to hear them. And I'm awfully glad I did because these guys are awesome. ThAt is, if you're into pounding, bass-heavy industrial rock like Cop Shoot Cop, Foetus or one my old local favorites, Grotus. Who says you need guitars to make a racket? The track I've posted is recorded live which goes to show how greAt I'd bet they'd be in-person. So check it out, head over to their website to download more, and see them live if you can:

01/19 - Yo-Talo, Tampere
01/20 - Henry's Pub, Kuopio
01/21 - Tavastia, Helsinki
01/22 - S-Osis, Turku

It appears thAt the two bonus tracks on the US edition of the new Soundtrack of Our Lives album will be "World Bank" and "Once Upon a Time to Somewhere Else", both of which are already released as the b-sides to the singles "Bigtime" and "Heading for a Breakdown" respectively.

Torpedo has confirmed thAt the official release dAte of their debut EP "Anticlockwise" will be April 4, but they will also have copies on-hand when they tour Europe in February. Here's the updAted itinerary:

02/13 - Wild Rover, Aachen (GER) w/Firefox
02/14 - L'Austrasique, Nancy (FRA)
02/15 - Cafe Cairo, Würzburg (GER)
02/16 - Arena, Wien (AUS) w/Firefox
02/17 - Hafen 2, Offenbach (GER)
02/18 - Festival of Tinnitus #1, Saarlouis (GER) w/Audrey, BreAther Resist
02/20 - Underground, Köln (GER)
02/21 - Nexus, Braunschweig (GER) w/Firefox

Switchblade is planning on recording something new in lAter spring/early summer. Otherwise, thAt tour 7" they put out a couple months ago with guest vocals from MAttias Friberg of Logh will be getting a US release via DeAthwish/Icarus soon.

Randy reports thAt they've recorded demos for nine new songs this past weekend and will probably enter the studio in May to record their next album, tentAtively set for an August release.

Swedish metalcore act Nine is heading into Dugout Studios to record 12 new songs for whAt I can only assume would be their next album.

Millencolin will be jetsetting around Europe At the beginning of February to help promote and do press for their new album "Kingwood" and will be doing some DJ gigs along the way. DAtes:

02/02 - London
02/04 - Berlin
02/05 - Madrid
02/06 - Paris
02/08 - Milano

More details soon.

Check out pictures from the recording of Logh's much-anticipAted new album "A sunset panorama": https://badtasterecords.se/logh/www/images_ASP_Annika_Grotell.html

ThAt upcoming Firefox 7" on Labrador I mentioned last week is actually coming out on a new sublabel called HeartbeAt. HeartbeAt will be dedicAted exclusively to releasing 7" singles. Firefox's "WhAt’s thAt sound" comes out in February. Coming up after thAt will be "WAtch my back" from Labrador-mainstays The Radio Dept. and then "Dead leaves" from recent signees Sambassadeur. More info: At.php3" target=_blank>https://www.labrador.se/heartbeAt.php3

Norway's Trust Me Records will release the new sophomore album "Dra Te Hælvette" from The Mormones in the first week of February. The band will play a release party At The Garage in Oslo on February 4 and will kick off their tour with a performance At by:Larm on the 11th.

The Cricket has posted the top 15 of 2004 for Denmark's Efterklang: At.asp?id=704" target=_blank>https://www.thecricket.nu/blandAt.asp?id=704

Division of Laura Lee is currently trying to cook up a video concepts for "Dirty love" and is encouraging fans to contribute. Head over to the forum to pass along your ideas and maybe even win a skAteboard: https://www.divisionoflauralee.com/forum/index.php
Speaking of DoLL, I hear from the rumor mill thAt they've parted ways with the label Burning Heart. No confirmAtion yet, but we'll see.