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 a sample of the new Shooting John single "Bright day": https://www.marilynrecords.se/shootingjohn/default.asp?view=shootingjohn/brightday

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: https://www.labrador.se/heartbeat.php3

Kashmir has posted a bunch of new pics on their website, including some from their current recording sessions with famed producer/engineer Tony Visconti: https://www.kashmir.dk/

Apartment Records will be releasing the Faris Nourallah "Gone" 7" EP and Gravel Control's debut 7" sometime around March.

The very-excellent Seven Feet Four have a new website design: https://www.sevenfeetfour.com/

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.

Online label Monotonik has posted a new EP from Finnish IDM artist Planet Boelex who used to work under the name Tweeter: https://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp141.html

The Cricket has posted the top 15 of 2004 for Denmark's Efterklang: https://www.thecricket.nu/blandat.asp?id=704