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QUIZ: Can you pass this ultimate ska music trivia quiz?

Ska may be one of the most polarizing words in the English language. Many of its superfans have lived and died by the genre from the second they heard their first guitar upstroke, whereas some casual fans dug into it as a flavor of the week for a short amount of time and parted ways […]

Punk Rock Bowling pushes festival into 2021 with new confirmed dates

Punk Rock Bowling And Music Festival has been officially postponed. The announcement was made today in response to the escalation of the coronavirus pandemic. The festival will honor passes and tickets for this year’s event for the new dates, slated for May 28 -31, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. After pushing the event from its […]

Riot Fest Chicago Day 2: Saosin, Taking Back Sunday, Anti Flag, Descendents, Metric, Restorations

Photographer: Rebecca Reed AP photographer Rebecca Reed brings you exclusive Riot Fest Chicago live shots and portraits from Saosin, Taking Back Sunday, Anti Flag, Descendents, Restorations, Metric, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, the Pizza Underground (ft. Macaulay Culkin), Tokyo Police Club and Streetlight Manifesto. Also check out our other Riot Chicago galleries:  City And Colour, Dashboard Confessional, […]

Streetlight Manifesto announce only tour dates of 2014

Streetlight Manifesto have announced what will be their only non-festival tour dates of 2014. Support will come from Dan Potthast and Chris Murray. Purchase your tickets and check out where they will be headed below. Despite going through issues with Victory Records, the band released their latest full-length effort, The Hands That Thieve, on April 30 of 2013. If you […]

Streetlight Manifesto announce last two shows of 2013, on tour now

Streetlight Manifesto have announced their last two shows for the year, taking place Nov. 15 and 16 at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. The opening acts for both nights will be Dan Potthast and Mike Park. Each set will be completely unique, with songs from all of their records (and some surprises, we're told). Tickets are […]

Streetlight Manifesto - The Hands That Thieve

Streetlight Manifesto The Hands That Thieve Ska-punk is neither the most varied nor highly regarded of genres. But Streetlight Manifesto aren’t your average ska-punk band. Formed by former Catch 22 frontman Tomas Kanolky in 2002, they’ve consistently pushed the boundaries of the genre, both through their intelligent, existential take on life and the jazz-inspired touches […]

The Lead: A look inside the Revival Tour

It’s five minutes to showtime on the Revival Tour and the stage is packed with instruments. A leather case filled with harmonicas occupies the empty space on top of an amp. A plastic crate overflows with tambourines. There are so many acoustic guitars, fiddles, banjos and violins that it looks like the folk section of […]

Streetlight Manifesto trombonist lures phone thief with fake OkCupid profile

According to a story from the New York Post, Nadav Nirenberg, trombonist for Streetlight Manifesto, was able to retrieve his stolen cell phone from a crook who was using his phone number and image on dating website OKCupid. When Nirenberg received an OkCupid email alert that his phone was being used to communicate with women […]

Under The Covers: Shai Hulud vs. Streetlight Manifesto

You think it’s hard to write an original song? Try finding a cover song that hasn’t been done before—it’s harder than you think. That’s why we bring you Under The Covers: Each week, we’ll pit two bands who have covered the same source material against one another, and it’s up to you to decide who comes out on […]

Tomas Kalnoky (Streetlight Manifesto) announces solo tour

Streelight Manifesto frontman Tomas Kalnoky will be hitting the road this spring for a tour under his solo moniker, Toh Kay. Check out the dates below. April 22 – Toronto, ON @ Annex Wreckroom April 23 – Montreal, QC @ Underworld April 25 – New York, NY @ Joe’s Pub April 26 – New York, […]

Streetlight Manifesto finishing new album, boycotting Victory Records

Streetlight Manifesto have posted a lengthy update regarding their album, as well as their ongoing issues with their label, Victory Records. In it the band encourage fans to buy merch not from Victory but directly from the group instead, and also discourage fans from downloading their back catalogue from iTunes or Amazon, hinting that they […]

Streetlight Manifesto working on new album

According to an update on the Pentimento Music Co. website, Streetlight Manifesto is at work on a new album. The update also notes that frontman Tomas Kalnoky is also working on a new solo record under the name Toh Kay; that project just issued a new full-length titled Streetlight Lullabies in November 2011. Streetlight last […]

Toh Kay - Streetlight Lullabies

Toh Kay Streetlight Lullabies Tomas Kalnoky faces a particular challenge translating the horn-laden songs of his ska-punk band, Streetlight Manifesto, into his solo acoustic guise, Toh Kay. Not that there’s a lot of choice involved: He turns Streetlight’s boisterous, hard-skanking sound inward, becoming as quiet, understated and meditative as the lyrics. Revisiting 10 songs culled […]

Toh Kay (Streetlight Manifesto's Tomas Kalnoky) to release debut, "Streetlight Lullabies"

Streetlight Manifesto frontman Tomas Kanolky will be releasing his debut full-length under the name Toh Kay on November 22. The record, entitled Streetlight Lullabies, will feature ten stripped-down SM songs recorded acoustically by Kanolky.  Kanolky has been performing solo shows for the better part of a year now, and last released a split 7-inch You […]