Sound The Alarm’s new video for “Suffocating” can be seen below.

Tyler Read will be hitting the road this August with Sound the Alarm and Meriwether. The tour will hit major markets across the Southern part of the US and will run from August 18th to September 6th.

Aug 18 2007 Headliners Columbia, South Carolina
Aug 19 2007 Sector 7G Augusta, Georgia
Aug 20 2007 Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia
Aug 21 2007 Back Booth Orlando, Florida
Aug 22 2007 Studio A Miami, Florida
Aug 24 2007 High Ground Metarrie, Louisiana
Aug 25 2007 Swellovenue Jackson, Mississippi
Aug 26 2007 The Underground Sea New Iberia, Louisiana
Aug 28 2007 Vino’s Little Rock, Arkansas
Aug 29 2007 Java Jazz Houston, Texas
Aug 30 2007 The Door Dallas, Texas
Aug 31 2007 Chic’s El Paso, Texas
Sep 2 2007 Modified Phoenix, Arizona
Sep 4 2007 Burt’s Tiki Lounge Salt Lake City, Utah
Sep 5 2007 Marquis Theater Denver, Colorado
Sep 6 2007 The Black Sheep Colorado Springs, Colorado

Bryce Jacobson
I was never a huge fan of The Rocket Summer but I’m really digging Do You Feel. Also be sure to check out the new MxPx and Sound The Alarm albums.

Jeff Watson
In between “Take Home Chef” segments, I saw (for the 5th-ish time) a commercial for the new TLC series, “Diagnosis X”.

During each preview-commercial, I progressively got more and more into the theme music..

..Looked up who did the background/theme and found this band, the Athlete.

New to me, they’ve opened for U2.

Also, I can never get enough of Hail Social .

Congratulations to the winners of our Sound The Alarm contest. You’ll be getting some great prizes in the mail soon.

Dave Priewe, Michelle Malone, Kara Poulios

Artist: Sound The Alarm
Album: Stay Inside
Label: Geffen
Purchase: InterPunk
Release Date: July 17, 2007

Overall: 7.5
Music: 8.0
Lyrics: 7.5
Production: 8.0

Pop rock has been one of the faster moving genres these past few years but what about that 90’s pop rock that use to be on every radio station back in the day? Sound The Alarm’s first full length debuts with tracks like “Picture Perfect”, and “Stay Inside” that ring of that 90’s pop rock sound made popular by bands like Third Eye Blind and Stroke 9. Other tracks like “Suffocating”, and “If I Told You” are the perfect fit for todays pop rock fans. “Closer”, the opening track on the album is one that sucks you in with it’s catchy guitar riffs and sing along lyrics. “Suffocating” is perhaps my favorite track along side “Stay Inside” both of which pour out everything Sound The Alarm are good at (catchy riffs, sing along lyrics, classic pop rock sound).

Here are some albums hitting stores tomorrow. Let us know which ones you are picking up!

Sound The Alarm - Stay Inside
Yellowcard - Paper Walls
The Rocket Summer - Do You Feel
MxPx - Secret Weapon CD/DVD
No Hollywood Ending - Everybody’s Talking
Strata - Strata Presents The End Of The World
Rooney - Calling The World
All-American Rejects - Tournado DVD
Avenged Sevenfold - All Excess DVD
Underoath - 777 DVD

Sound The Alarm’s new album, Stay Inside, is streaming on PureVolume. The album is due out this Tuesday July 17th.

In Theory (Shelter from the Storm Records) and Sound The Alarm (Geffen) will both be studio guests tonight, Thursday June 7th 2007 on DJ Rossstar’s Punk Rock Show. The show airs live from 7-8pm PST/ 10-11pm EST. You can listen to the show on Idobi Radio. If you have questions for the guests, send them to the screen name: staridobi.

Sound the Alarm have launched a new website in preparation of their debut full length, Stay Inside, to be release July 17, 2007 on Geffen Records. In addition, the band has announced more tour dates which include shows with Sherwood, Paulson, and Quietdrive.

Paulson, Sound the Alarm, Down to Earth Approach

5/20- Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox
5/23- Gainesville, FL @ 1982 Bar
5/24- Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
5/25- West Palm Beach, FL @ Ray’s Downtown Blues
5/26- Ft. Meyers, FL @ Smiling Dog Saloon
5/28- Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbit
5/29- Charlotte, NC @ The Casbah
5/30- Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Balcony
6/01- South Hackensack, NJ @ School of Rock
6/02- Wilmington, DE @ Harmony Grange
6/03- Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock

Check out a killer MTV News segment on Sherwood starting tonight. The piece begins airing this evening (Wednesday May 16) on MTVu and then will hit MTV, MTV2 and MTVNews.com starting tomorrow (Thursday, May 17). Airtimes listed below!

Also be sure to catch Sherwood on tour as direct support for Motion City Soundtrack this summer. A string of headline dates have also just been announced starting June 14th.

Sherwood on:

MTV
Thurs 5/17- 4:50am, 5:50am, 6:50am, 7:50am, 8:50am, 9:50am, 12:50pm

MTV2
Thurs 5/17: 4:30am, 5:30am, 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am

MTVu
Wed 5/16: 7:45pm, 8:45pm, 9:45pm