The Marshalltown is a music, film, television, sports and culture news magazine born from the defunct Sound the Sirens Magazine. We give you cultural commentary, opinions, reviews and interviews on a global scale, from editors and writers based in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States.
HISTORY:
Sound the Sirens Magazine was formed in 2001 as a punk/hardcore music magazine. Since its inception, it has grown exponentially and in the early days of online music/film/culture magazines, shared space amongst the most frequented and trusted sources for reviews, interviews, and features. The magazine went on hiatus in early 2008. It returned in late 2009 as a less business-oriented, personal expression of opinion and thought.
We’ve been there, done that, and probably interviewed your favorite band before they became your favorite band.
STAFF
Founder / Editor-in-Chief
Billy Ho
Executive Editor / Creative Director
Brad Abraham
Alumnus Editor-at-Large
David Walter
Editorial:
AUSTRALIA
Billy Ho
Brad Abraham
Copy Editor
Alexandra Mellas
Current Writers & Contributors
Sara Brewer
Berit Renser
Che-Marie Trigg
Leona Hameed
Nathan Shwaros
Brittany Grimble
Kurt Mayes
David McKenzie
Jan Wisniewski
Sujith Krishnan
Julia Tran
Greg Moskovitch
Philly Wintle
Chloe Stannard
Sam Farringdon
David Nagle
Rebecca Connell
Leigh MacDonald
Francis Hadid
Nick Stevens
Logan Fewster
Jennie Gouck
Megan Howden
Past Writers & Contributors
Dennis Ludin, Chris Moore, Jill Luke, Gabriel Fine, Patrick Green, Megan Toscano, Simone Jung, Phillip E. Hardy, Charlotte Watson, Clair White, Alexandra Patrikios, Yolanda Redrup, Luke Seymoup, Mary Reed, Sophie Rennard, Becky Fritter, Shivani Verma, Luke Daniel Rush, Trent Moore, Ashley Rigazio, Ashley Lefor, Joe Evans, Derek Spahr, Sarah Linn, Allison Kennedy, Andrew Winistorfer, Sable Yong, Alisee Cattebeke, Anna Horevay, Gabriel Kalmuss-Katz, Angela Rodriguez, Joel Oliphint, Kathleen Boyle, Saruhan Batur, Jon Enco, Jason Kirk, Nazarin Hamid, Brian Lerner, Misty Sweet, Renee Cottrill, Kamtin Mohager, Justin Bollenback, Dan Bowyer, Brian Zeidan, Chris Kenny, Hillary Jenkins, AJ Naito, Jamil Kazmi, Marco Dela Torre, Alexander Green, Surya Kalra, Samantha Gildea, Kevin Corazza, Ray Harkins, Kelly Schultz, Sam Bishop, Alayne Wilinsky, Ged Camera, Nick Jackson, Kevin Chang, Clive Drew, Jazmine Ayers, Rais Brink-Forrest, Michael Baradi, Lael Adams, Beth Keeley
Additional Programming and Code
Jeff Nugent
Review Policy
If you are a band/label/zine and would like your material reviewed, please note that we accept all formats except for vinyl (we love vinyl and hope we will be able to support the format soon). If you are going to send us a CDR or home made recording, please make sure that it is properly packaged with appropriate information. We also recommend sending us digital preview versions of albums- via file sharing sites like Rapidshare and Mediafire- so we can access and review material in a timely manner. We welcome unsolicited material.
If you would like to send us material for review, get in touch. *Please note that the editor is located in Melbourne, Australia. It would be best to send us the review information (CD title, artist) and we will add it to our writers list. We will then get in touch with an address.