Streetlight Manifesto have announced that they are going to tour South America for the first time in September of this year. The only confirmed country so far is Brazil, but there are apparently one or two more countries on the cards, details of which will be released in “the next few weeks”.
After having their copy of their video for “We Will Fall Together” removed from YouTube a while ago for… peculiar reasons, Streetlight Manifesto have now uploaded it to hdfest.com, where it is streamable at a much better quality (even better than vimeo’s “HD” version). Additionally, it is also available for download, this time as a full 720p HD file. For some peculiar reason both the streaming and the download versions have a near minute long quiet opening shot of the moon instead of the usual few second it lasts, but it is otherwise great quality.
Victory Records are finally pressing Streetlight Manifesto’s Everything Goes Numb on vinyl, as revealed by Vinyl Collective yesterday. The standard press will be on red and Vinyl Collective have an exclusive white pressing which is out of 500. In addition they are running a competition giving everyone who buys a copy a chance to win a test press.
It also seems likely that there will be a third pressing, perhaps exclusive to the Victory web store, as there was with Somewhere in the Between, with the obvious choice of colour being black as it is the third colour used for the artwork.
The vinyl is expected to be released sometime in July, though given the delays the SitB pressings experienced it’s probably best not be too expectant.
This is slightly old now but Streetlight Manifesto are confirmed to be playing both the Reading and Leeds festivals this year. They will be playing on the Lock Up stage, in Reading on the Friday (28th August) and in Leeds on the Sunday. They will also be playing a gig at the Glasgow Ivory Blacks on the intervening Saturday.
Streetlight Manifesto have updated their site with the dates of the last few US headline shows they are doing before they embark on the Warped tour. In regards to the current, nearly over, European tour they explained that, due to a personal matter, trumpet player Matt Stewart had to return home, so they have been playing with a short-notice replacement and their song repertoire is, as a consequence, somewhat limited.
Additionally, they had this to say about 99SoR:
As for 99 Songs, sit tight a tiny bit longer. The record is out of our hands now, in terms of recording, so we’re all waiting at this point. We’ll be posting a track list on the site very soon.
The Streetlight Manifesto site was updated today with news that they will be wrapping up recording and mixing the first part of 99 Songs of Revolution within the next few weeks, and that it will be available (in some form) sometime before the Warped Tour starts. A track listing and additional release info should be forthcoming. In addition Streetlight found some time to record a performance and interview for Fearless TV, and promise to inform us of its air date, so hopefully someone will be able to record and upload it for those of us unable to watch it.
The RISC Store is currently having an “economic stimulus sale”, where everything is reduced by 10%. The items are still listed at their normal prices and the discount is only applied after you add them to your cart. So head over there and pick up any CDs you don’t already have, or perhaps treat yourself to a nice print or a hoodie for the cold weather (unless you’re in the southern hemisphere, in which case you’ll probably just want a t-shirt).
I apologise for all this being rather old news now but I’ve been busy/apathetic lately. Anyway Streetlight Manifesto are touring Europe again this March and April, including 4 countries yet to be graced by their musical prowess: Greece, Spain, Hungary, and Tomas’ homeland: the Czech Republic. The tour will finish with just two UK dates (seeing as they just gave us a full tour back in December). They will also be playing all the dates of the Warped tour this year, which runs from June until August. Apart from this however they will not be touring the US again this year, instead they intend to hole up to record some new music and plan for 2010.
A few days ago Alternative Press posted an interview and acoustic set with Tomas Kalnoky. He talks about (among other things) his influences, being on Victory, the writing process, and the 99 Songs of Revolution project, as well as playing acoustic versions of “Somewhere in the Between”, “Forty Days” and “Dear Sergio”. You can listen to it on the AP site or download it from here.
Another date as just been added to the end of the UK leg of the 4 Out of 7 in 3 Before 9 Tour. The show is at The Peel in Kingston upon Thames on 14th December and tickets are available from the promoter Banquet Records.
Reel Big Fish recently announced a tour next year with support from Streetlight Manifesto, as well as One Pin Short and Tip the Van. This will be the sixth time Streetlight have supported Reel Big Fish, and the tour will be hitting the US followed by the UK, Europe and Russia. The tour kicks off at the House of Blues San Diego on 1st January 2009, and the US dates, running until 25th January, are on the shows page now.
Well after months of delays the vinyl of Somewhere in the Between finally shipped last week and is available from various stores. There are 3 colours: the standard tan/695 (pictured), an orange/190 exclusive to the Victory Webstore, and a blue/? exclusive to Interpunk.com.
The upcoming Streetlight Manifesto show at the Brickhouse, Phoenix, AZ on 17th October has been moved to the Venue of Scottsdale a couple of miles away, due to the Brickhouse closing down. All tickets for the Brickhouse will be accepted at the door and if you don’t have one yet SM have provided a link where they can be purchased.
The Pentimento site has updated announcing that The Stitch Up are to head into the studio next week to begin recording their second album, a follow-up to 2007’s Attitude Adjuster, with a release expected before the end of the year.
Nearly 7 years after it was first announced in the A Call to Arms liner notes, new information about 99 Songs of Revolution has finally been released. In updates to both the Streetlight Manifesto and Pentimento sites it was announced that the project will span eight releases in total, two each from SM and BOTAR and the other four split between two yet to be announced SM-related Pentimento acts (could Man Bites Dog be one of them?). The first pair of releases will be out in early 2009, one from SM and one from one of the unknown acts. Victory will be releasing the two SM CDs while Pentimento will be handling the other six as well as vinyl of all of the releases. Read the full updates below.
Pentimento update:
New Cover Records Series
Streetlight Manifesto will be putting out the first of 8 records comprising the “99 Songs of Revolution” Project. For more info, check out their site. 99SOR is a series of cover records from SM, BOTAR and 2 other yet to be announced PMC groups. PMC will be releasing and distributing the vinyl for the first chapter of 99SOR, as well as all forms of the other 6 non-SM releases. 99SOR Volume I hits stores and iTunes in early 2009.
Streetlight update:
New Album(s) News
Ok, technically it’s not a new original record, but here it is: A few years ago, when BOTAR (Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution) released it’s first (and so far only) record, there was a mention in the liner notes of a large project called “99 Songs of Revolution”. This is a collection of 99 cover songs, spanning all kinds of genres, all kinds of artists. Now, a few years later, it’s all going down. And here are the details. Some of them, at least.
The 99 Songs of Revolution Project will consist of 8 full length records. Two from SM, two from BOTAR, and two each from two other SM related groups. Yes, this is indeed the record that Victory mistakingly posted as coming out in Oct of 08. Not sure how they got that date, but it was never even a possibility. The first SM record for 99SOR will be out in early 2009, simultaneously with another of the 8 CDs (no, not the BOTAR one). Victory will be putting out the CDs and mp3s and Pentimento will be releasing and distributing the vinyl. We are aware of our reputation to take forever to release records and miss our self imposed deadlines, so we are not giving anyone solid dates, not even our labels. Early 09 release, that’s it. We are, though, working hard on it. The demos are all but done and we head into the studio to begin tracking in October. Our upcoming tour schedule, as you know, is borderline impossible/insane, so cut us some slack.
This will be a nice way for us to get into the studio and put out some “new” music as well as tide you guys over until our next full length. It’s been a project that’s been on the back burner for too long, and it’s time to do something about it. Stay tuned to this site as well as the Pentimento site for more info over the coming weeks. Also make sure to keep peeking in on our other sites, as we’re in the middle of working on a few projects that have been dormant for way too long.
The upcoming Buffalo, NY show that was at the Infinity has been replaced by Streetlight Manifesto supporting The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at the Town Ballroom (only SM though, none of their tour supports). Tickets are not transferable and will be refunded. Additionally Fear Nuttin’ Band have been announced as the replacement tour support after HiFi Handgrenades’ cancellation.
Streetlight Manifesto have managed to keep to their update schedule this week after missing last Tuesday’s, for which they apologise and promise to compensate for by posting big news on the SM and Pentimento sites next Tuesday.
The main item this week is that the HiFi Hand Grenades are off of the US leg of the 4OO7I3B9 Tour due to financial difficulties, specifically the expense of touring overseas. A full explanation can be found in a blog post on their MySpace.
In addition SM have revealed that they will be offering photo passes for upcoming shows, providing a couple of criteria are met:
You must be at least 18 and you must have some sort of online portfolio (confirmable to be you, ie flickr etc) with decent photos on it (no noobs!). We will be accepting between 1 and 3 photogs per show. Write in to photog (at) streetlightmanifesto (dot) com with your full name, your age, your online portfolio, and your equipment list and if you hear back from us, you’re in. If you don’t hear from us (we get TONS of email, sorry!), please try again next time we’re coming through your town. We figure this will be a nice way to foster up and coming photographers who normally don’t get a chance to get up close at shows. Just be sure to get our good sides.
This week’s Streetlight Manifesto update came a little late, and unfortunately contains no major news. The main item is:
Tomas will be guest DJ’ing Sirius Channel 29 (the Punk Rock Channel) sometime in September. It’s been recorded but won’t be airing for another month or so. He’ll be playing some of his favorite punk rock tunes, commenting on them and in general sounding uncomfortable and awkward.
The rest of the update thanked those who have provided more languages for the new international site; announces a new European booking agent (Ian at Hidden Talent Booking) with a hint at a mainland Europe tour being in the works; and warns that a lot of the upcoming US shows will sell out, especially the Los Angeles show, though it is unlikely that the Omaha show will.
A 6th print was added to the RISC store today, this time showing the art from the Streetlight “Silhouette” shirt. It’s the same size and price (9″ x 22″, $8) as the last two, but is in a smaller run of 200.
“Silhouette” print:
A user on LiveJournal was kind enough to upload scans of the booklets of both Smiles for Macavity and Rules of the Game (scans of RotG were uploaded a while ago but I forgot to post about them and they were of poorer quality). The booklets have quite a few interesting bits of info in them, especially SfM, which includes the line-up, song titles showing that the mp3s drifting around for years have two mistakes, as well as partial lyrics which I’ve used to slightly improve the ones we have on here, though they are still pretty incomplete.
The scans can be found on the Miscellaneous Downloads page along with cleaned up versions of the covers, and I’d like to thank Logan on the forum for bringing this to the attention of everyone as these have been available for a month now without anyone noticing.
