Manifesto For Futurism - Dali's Dilemma

Advantages: Amazing, intelligently written Skacore
Disadvantages: None

...'Everything Goes Numb' is another album from the mind of Tomas Kalnoky (of 'Keasbey NIghts' era Catch 22 and Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution fame). Streetlight Manifesto, the amalgamation of half of the original Catch 22 line up and half of One Cool Guy, specialise in writing intelligent, lyrically outstanding skacore that is influenced by a number of musical styles which - going past the obvious mentions of punk and hardcore - include anything from classical to russian folk. 'Everything Goes Numb' ineveitably faces comparisons with (effectively) its predecessor 'Keasbey Nights' and in every way (originality, quality of music and lyrics etc) it is a much stronger, and darker (without infringing upon the inherent upbeatness of ska), album. Here is a quick run down of the tracks on the album: 1.Everything Went Numb - An excellent... Read review

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Advantages: Top of the range Skacore
Disadvantages: Hard to join in with

...Made up from members of Catch 22 and One Cool Guy, this album really does show the experince and talent of all the musicians. This album is very different to most ska revival albums, in that, despite its bouncy feel throughout, it is lyrically far darker than any other mainstream ska band. The closest relateable band would be Howards Alias. Throughout this album you can pick up easily on their influences, as, while reminiscent of the 80's ska scene, it is far more obviously linked with Spanish flamenco stylings. This is especially apparent in the first track 'Everything Went Numb'. The song Point/Counterpoint almost sounds like a remix of the Catch 22 classic Keasbey Nights, in lyrical content and style. The main difference between Streetlight Manifesto and many other Skacore bands, is their apparent mastery of timing, which they use... Read review

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Advantages: Massively melodic and hugely energetic and entertaining music.
Disadvantages: I fail to think of any.

...Jimmy Eat World formed way back in 1993, however it was not until some years later that they'd become the household name that they are today. They started out small, releasing their first album in 1994 through Wooden Blue Records; it was aptly titled simply 'Jimmy Eat World'. Doesn't appear as though they were awfully creative in their early days then but there you go, they were shortly after snapped up by Capitol and in 1996 released their first album through them, 'Static Prevails'. 'Futures' was their fifth studio album and was released in the year 2004, it has to date sold over 607 000 copies in the U.S. alone and has therefore secured 'Gold' status. 'Pain' was the single chosen to lead this album and also released were the tracks 'Work' and 'Futures'. 'Futures' is perhaps the weakest of those chosen to be singles and proved as... Read review

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