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New York, United States (2002 – present)

Streetlight Manifesto is a ska/punk band from East Brunswick, New Jersey under the creative leadership of singer/guitarist Tomas Kalnoky. Since forming in 2002, the band has released three full-length albums.

Several of Streetlight’s members were already well known among the New Jersey ska community for their roles in past ska bands from that area, most notably Catch 22’s Tomas Kalnoky, James Egan, Mike Soprano, and Josh Ansley, as well as One Cool Guy’s Stuart Karmatz, Pete Sibilia, Dan Ross, and Chris Paszik.

The band’s first album, Everything Goes Numb, was released on August 26, 2003, and was distributed by Victory Records. They headlined their first ever show at Rutgers University on December 9, 2003 in front of a sold out audience.

The line-up has gone through several changes since the band’s inception and currently consists of Matt Stewart, who plays the trumpet, Mike Brown who plays the alto and baritone saxophone, Jim Conti, who plays the alto and tenor saxophone, Tomas Kalnoky, who plays the guitar and sings, Pete McCullaugh who plays the bass guitar, Mike Soprano who plays the trombone, and Chris Thatcher who plays the drums.

Though the band have enjoyed no mainstream commercial success, they have received acclaim in alternative music circles, and their debut album is currently in Interpunk.com’s top 100 items, over 2 years after its release. In addition, they regularly sell out their live shows, and their first few shows at Rutgers and The Stone Pony not only sold out, but had people coming from as far as Minnesota and Canada. Their second album, a reworking of Catch 22’s Keasbey Nights was released on March 7, 2006.

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ska, ska punk, punk, ska-punk, skacore
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1	Everything Went Numb	874
2	We Will Fall Together	816
3	A Better Place, A Better Time	767
4	We Are the Few	695
4	That'll Be the Day	695
6	Down, Down, Down To Mephisto's Cafe	667
7	Somewhere in The Between	665
8	The Saddest Song	651
9	A Moment of Silence	619
10	Watch It Crash	609
11	Failing, Flailing	605
12	Here's to Life	602
13	Forty Days	597
13	A Moment of Violence	597
15	The Big Sleep	592

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DellBoi wrote:
yesterday morning

i luv ur music its all i listen to, i also love streetlights, i have one outside my house.

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orcaaa wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Last night I spent their entire set about a foot away from Kalnoky, helped hand him his guitar, and got a hug afterwards. It was fucking amazing. They put on such a fantastic show.

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pezhead27 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

One of the few bands that keep me interested in ska, truly amazing band. Get to see them in a headline show on December 4th for the first time since 2005.

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DemonCashew wrote:
last week

I still haven't heard their latest release:/

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justinainsworth wrote:
last week

great

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kylelikescoffee wrote:
last week

GET NAKED

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FeuerTier wrote:
last month

amazing group. Everything Went Numb is a phenomenal album.

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BIGTUNA69 wrote:
last month

ugh

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pandaredski2 wrote:
last month

please listen to my garage spun awkward kasyou punk; http://www.lastfm.pl/music/pandaredski3

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masteraj22 wrote:
last month

good!

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iwilldream wrote:
last month

bad

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luken21 wrote:
last month

saw them play with reel big fish last year! best gig ever! seeing them in 27days!

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FragilePlanet wrote:
last month

Acoustic 8>

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foreveryearning wrote:
last month

Go Jimmy Conti! My awesome alto sax captain from my high school days. So proud :)

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streetlighter wrote:
last month

I also don't really don't like desmond dekker-, Prince Buster-ska.. Actually I think most of it is really boring, but I like ska-punk, skacore and everything in between such as streetlight :D

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HIMYNAMEISCARL wrote:
last month

streetlight transcend ska, or any genre for that matter.

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seedboy wrote:
last month

Tomas doesn't really like ska! http://www.altpress.com/modules/dsp_mediaplayer.cfm?pathXML=xml_mp3.xml&track=33

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greg3064 wrote:
last month

Streetlight is probably more skacore than ska, actually. They've got the horns and the guitar, but other elements are missing. Not that that's a bad thing.

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northsoccer313 wrote:
last month

this band has an amazingly unique sound. they also have the best lyrics of any band on earth. i dont care if they take 7 years to come out with a new album, thier songs are so awesome it does not matter. streetlight is the best band on earth. i only wish they would come tour somewhere near me so i could see them live. un til i see them live my life will not be complete

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ThisIsNoise25 wrote:
last month

tomas kalnoky's voice is perfect for this genre

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