The Soundtrack of Our Lives will be hosting MTV's 120 Minutes on January 26. The alt-music program airs from 1am til 3. In other news, the band's upcoming US tour in March is starting to be revealed. Searching the Clear Channel site (ugh, see this for more) shows two dates: 3/20 at Irving Plaza in NYC and 3/23 at Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Should be plenty more coming, so keep your eyes peeled.

The new Logh "Ghosts/White as Snow" 7" is out and the band reports that the recording of the new album is going well. They also have a plea on their site for a pair of Yamaha NS-10 studio monitors, so help 'em out if you can. And lastly, the English label Must Destroy Music will be releasing the "Every Time..." full length and the new 7" over in the UK soon. As I've said before, it's one of my favorites from last year, so check it out.

We are confident that Andy Sneap is the man to capture the whole vibe we've got going on right now...it’s fresh and insanely heavy - it feels so good being in this band right now!

That's guitarist Michael Amott of Arch Enemy talklng about preparations for the next album. Producer Andy Sneap will be arriving in Sweden on February 4 to begin pre-production at the band's rehearsal studio. Then on the 10th they all fly over to the UK to begin recording drums.

Heading to SXSW this year? As posted before, tons of great bands are coming from overseas to play and The Venue is one of em. They'll be playing at Friends in Austin on the 14th along with a short West Coast jaunt. More dates coming when I get them.