Streetlight Manifesto

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The New Jersey ska-punk outfit Streetlight Manifesto grew out of two similar late-'90s groups from the region, One Cool Guy and Catch-22. Delivering a brassy, upbeat brand of third wave ska -- complete with punk-styled melodies courtesy of vocalist Tomas Kalnoky -- the band made its debut in 2003 with Everything Goes Numb. Two years of touring followed as Streetlight Manifesto played countless shows alongside Whole Wheat Bread, Mu330, Bedouin Soundclash, and Gym Class Heroes. However, personnel changes and equipment theft proved to be frequent setbacks. In October 2005, the band was robbed of nearly $80,000 worth of equipment and possessions from its van, only to suffer another robbery while on tour in Europe the very next month. Streetlight Manifesto ended 2005 by touring alongside the Tossers on the brief (and appropriately titled) Please Stop Robbing Us Tour.

Keasbey Nights, a re-recorded version of the 1998 Catch-22 album, was released in March 2006, and the band spent the summer opening for Reel Big Fish and MxPx on a national co-headlining tour. The group continued to tour with Reel Big Fish for much of the remaining year, as well as a large chunk of 2007. Frequent concert dates didn't preclude Streetlight Manifesto from returning to the studio, however, and the band released the full-length album Somewhere in the Between in November 2007. For 99 Songs of Revolution, Vol. 1, the seven-piece took a break from writing new material and compiled an album of ska versions of contemporary pop covers. Victory Records released it as the first in a series in March of 2010. Streetlight Manifesto returned with new material in 2013 with their oft pushed-back fifth record, The Hands That Thieve, an album that would prove to be their last for Victory. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi

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    • A Better Place, a Better Time
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    • We Are the Few
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    • We Will Fall Together
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    • Everything Went Numb
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Tour Dates

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  • Jun 19 Wednesday
    Clifton Park, NY, US Upstate Concert Hall
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  • Jun 20 Thursday
    Rochester, NY, US Water Street Music Hall
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  • Jun 21 Friday
    Cincinnati, OH, US Bogart's Cincinnati
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  • Jun 22 Saturday
    Grand Rapids, MI, US Intersection
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  • Jun 23 Sunday
    Bloomington, IL, US Castle Theatre
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  • Jun 24 Monday
    Des Moines, IA, US Wooly's
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  • Jun 25 Tuesday
    Lawrence, KS, US Granada Theatre
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  • Jun 25 Tuesday
    Lawrence, KS, US Granada Theatre
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  • Jun 26 Wednesday
    Boulder, CO, US Boulder Theater
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  • Jun 26 Wednesday
    Boulder, CO, US Fox Theatre
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  • Jun 28 Friday
    Reno, NV, US Knitting Factory Concert House
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  • Jun 28 Friday
    Reno, NV, US Knitting Factory Concert House
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  • Jun 29 Saturday
    Santa Cruz, CA, US The Catalyst
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  • Jun 30 Sunday
    Ventura, CA, US Majestic Ventura Theater
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  • Jul 1 Monday
    Las Vegas, NV, US Hard Rock Café on the Strip
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  • Jul 3 Wednesday
    Tucson, AZ, US Rialto Theatre
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  • Jul 6 Saturday
    Little Rock, AR, US Rev Room
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  • Jul 7 Sunday
    Nashville, TN, US Exit/In
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  • Jul 7 Sunday
    Nashville, TN, US Exit/In
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  • Jul 9 Tuesday
    Raleigh, NC, US Lincoln Theatre
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  • Jul 10 Wednesday
    Springfield, VA, US Empire
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  • Jul 11 Thursday
    Lancaster, PA, US Chameleon Club
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  • Jul 12 Friday
    Huntington, NY, US The Paramount
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  • Jul 12 Friday
    Huntington, NY, US The Paramount
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  • Jul 13 Saturday
    Providence, RI, US Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
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  • Aug 1 Thursday
    Slavyansk-na-Kubani, Russian Federation Unknown venue
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  • Nov 15 Friday
    Sayreville, NJ, US Starland Ballroom
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  • Nov 16 Saturday
    Sayreville, NJ, US Starland Ballroom
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Discography

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  • The Hands That Thieve (2013)
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    The Hands That Thieve (2013)
    Victory Records
  • 99 Songs of Revolution (2010)
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    99 Songs of Revolution (2010)
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  • Somewhere in the Between (2007)
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    Somewhere in the Between (2007)
    Victory Records
  • Keasbey Nights (2006)
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    Keasbey Nights (2006)
    Victory Records
  • Everything Goes Numb (2003)
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    Everything Goes Numb (2003)
    Victory Records
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