Blog: Sound the Sirens Magazine

The Foo Fighters recently performed their single, "The Pretender," on Saturday Night Live. Here's the video of their performance. The band just released their latest effort, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.

It's been awhile since we've had television related coverage on the site, and so today we get back to our love of television with Phillip's take on the Showtime program Dexter. Currently in its second season of broadcast, the show has received mostly positive reception from critics- and Phillip weighs in by saying; "Dexter, a [...]

Fueled by Ramen pop rockers Paramore have debuted their video for the track "crushcrushcrush." The song is the third single from their successful second album, Riot!, released earlier this year. The album took off from strong from its opening week, selling more than 40,000 copies and has to date sold more than 300,000 discs in [...]

Today's new audio review is of Parkway Drive's sophomore full length effort, Horizons. The album was released in both Australia and the United States this past week and was once again produced by Killswitch Engage axeman Adam Dutkiewicz. In summary of the review; "Parkway Drive boast a quality unlike no other- the ideal amalgamation of [...]

It can be said that the music industry has always fueled much debate within its producers, consumers, and those watching from behind typewriters and keyboards. From the advent of the cassette tape, to the rise and development of computer-based music files, talk and controversy seems to follow not far behind. My first involvement within the [...]

The first trailer for the upcoming Tom Hanks film, Charlie Wilson's War, has made its way online. The film tells the story of former Texas congressman Charles Wilson, who along with a rogue CIA agent, covertly assisted in the Afghanistan war effort during the 1980s. Based on a book written by Georgie Crile, the film [...]

Music fans trolling the internet over the past 24 hours will surely have come across, whether in discussion or in passing, conversation regarding the just released Radiohead album, In Rainbows. Less than a day after it was officially distributed online via the band's website, much talk has continued to spin forth from online music circles; [...]

The first trailer for science-fiction thriller Jumper has now made its way on to the internet. Starring Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, and Billy Elliot, the tale tells the story of Christensen's character Davey, who has recently discovered he has the power to teleport, or "jump." Unbeknownst to Davey, he soon discovers that his powers [...]

Today's new review is our take on the debut release from Sydney indie rockers Mercy Arms. On the back of much buzz, Brad takes a listen to their Kept Low EP and says; "Kept Low is definitely one of the better indie releases of 2007, which is no mean feat in a year when the [...]

Vagrant rockers Senses Fail have debuted the video for the track "The Priest & The Matador," from their album Still Searching. The release will see a deluxe reissue November 13th. Anyone else reminded of Radiohead's "Just"? (At least a little?)

After ten years together as a band, Connecticut rock band Hot Rod Circuit will call it quits at the end of the year. The band have released a statement on their MySpace page announcing their last ever tour of the United States in December. In the statement, the band thanks many of their peers, before [...]

Just a quick update regarding out 45/78 audio streamer- we've got a bunch of new tunes streaming in our player from all sorts of artists and genres. Our latest preview tracks include new music from Sea Wolf, Dashboard Confessional, Georgie James, Oasis, Office, and Jonah Matranga. We've also got older (but just as sweet) music [...]

Director Jonathan Demme recently completed work on his documentary about former American president Jimmy Carter titled Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains. The documentary was filmed during Carter's tour in support of his book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. Here is trailer for the film:

Today's featured update is our new interview with Detroit multi-band artist John Nash, who bides his time in a couple of area bands including The Witches, Nashinal Debt, and perhaps his most recognized outfit, Electric Six. Becky chats with Nash and talks about his many endeavors, religion, the sexiness (or not) of Electric Six, and [...]

Byron Bay hardcore act Parkway Drive are releasing a new record tomorrow throughout North America, and have been streaming it on their MySpace page for the last couple of days. Check it out if you haven't heard it yet - it's bonecrushing, and in short, perhaps my favorite album of the year to this point. [...]

Texas indie rockers Spoon were recent musical guests on Saturday Night Live, here's the video of their performance (via Stereogum):

Chart conquering pop punkers Green Day have set aside some 40+ songs for their upcoming follow-up to 2004's smash hit, American Idiot. In a chat with NME, Billie Joe has said the band "have a lot of music - something like 45 songs... It's total chaos... I want to dig into who I am and [...]

You may remember Patrick Fugit as the impressionable, aspiring journalist hanger-on in Almost Famous, although considering that was seven whole years and two more wildly veering Cameron Crowe movies ago, you'd be alright in saying you don't remember. After dabbling in not much since then, Fugit pops his head out of the sand for the [...]

Sweeney Todd, the fictional/true life psychotic English barber/mass murderer of 19th century is once again coming to the big screen courtesy of the (similarly crazed) mind of director Tim Burton. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is Burton's big-screen adaption of the Stephen Sondheim musical and stars Johnny Depp in the title role. [...]

Former Q And Not U drummer John Davis has been hard at work on his new project and is now taking the show on the road. Named Georgie James, Davis' new project also features singer/songwriter Laura Burhenn and draws upon 70s rock, pop, and the current landscape of indie for their lush sound. The band's [...]