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East Brunswick, New York NJ, United States (2002 – present)

Streetlight Manifesto is a third wave band from East Brunswick, New Jersey, under the creative leadership of singer/guitarist Tomas Kalnoky. Since forming in 2002, the band has released four 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 conception and currently consists of Matt Stewart on trumpet, Mike Brown on alto and baritone saxophone, Jim Conti on alto and tenor saxophone, Tomas Kalnoky on guitar and lead vocals, Pete McCullaugh on bass guitar, Nadav Nirenberg on trombone, and Chris Thatcher on 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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  • GusAbreu

    I'm not sure if The Hands That Thieve is their best album, but it's probably my favorite Streetlight album.

    17 May 1:47am Reply
  • Midgetto52

    Definitely worth the wait. Great album from start to finish. [3] I'm hesitant to say it's their best, just because Everything Goes Numb is so perfect through and through, but it's definitely a great album.

    14 May 5:18pm Reply
  • wills316

    Seriously the new album is sex

    14 May 1:12pm Reply
  • Epiphone_ASG

    I love Streetlight Manifesto with a motherfucking passion.

    13 May 3:15pm Reply
  • Epiphone_ASG

    I took the medicine but the pills won't work, the pills they don't do anything but rearrange all the littlest things. I know a little bit, but that bit won't do. The bit I know is irrelevant, so I guess this song is irrelevant too.

    13 May 3:14pm Reply
  • itisincomplete

    Definitely worth the wait. Great album from start to finish. [2]

    13 May 3:02pm Reply
  • Colada1

    Weeeeee! New album is super cool!

    12 May 12:37am Reply
  • Wolf_Cola

    "So wtf is wrong with Victory Records?" - pretty much everything

    10 May 2:41pm Reply
  • markot93

    New album is amazing ! AOTY-Candidate for sure

    8 May 1:27pm Reply
  • callcollectplz

    Definitely worth the wait. Great album from start to finish.

    7 May 4:14pm Reply
  • PyroMonkeyWv

    New album is so amazing. Possibly album of the year so far.

    5 May 11:35pm Reply
  • Papav3r

    new album is unbelievably awesome! it confirms streetlight manifesto as the best ska-punk band worldwide..as far as I'm concerned.. ^^

    5 May 7:55pm Reply
  • Kerplank

    damn it's good, expectations surpassed :)

    2 May 7:57pm Reply
  • AlexGVega

    This new album is unbelievable. I really didn't think it would be this good, my god.

    2 May 6:53pm Reply
  • dreamelectric

    You said.. DON'T LOOK BAAAAACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

    2 May 6:34pm Reply
  • noisydissonance

    New album is great!

    1 May 5:23pm Reply
  • GusAbreu

    Toh Kay's The Hand That Thieves is better than I expected.

    30 Apr 8:33pm Reply
  • Epsilon_X2008

    So wtf is wrong with Victory Records?

    30 Apr 7:20pm Reply
  • SAPPHIREMIRACLE

    Loving the new album! It's perfect for speed writing final papers haha

    30 Apr 2:14pm Reply
  • wills316

    The top 10 now is the 10 tracks from THTT... in the same order as the track listing. WHAT.

    29 Apr 8:06pm Reply
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