It was bittersweet seeing Streetlight Manifesto play Hard Rock Live on July 1, since it was their Beginning of the End Tour, and I knew it could likely be the last time I see them. They kicked things off with new song "The Three of Us" (which already sounds like a classic) then immediately launched into two of my favorites, "Down, Down, Down to Mephisto's Cafe," and "We Will Fall Together." ...

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I seem to mention this in every ska review that I write, but I have a huge soft spot for the oft-, and unfairly, maligned subgenre of third-wave ska punk that dominated MTV and radio airwaves when I was young. One of the bands that was on constant rotation for me and thousands of other 13 year olds during this time was Reel Big Fish, the poster children of the sillier, sunnier southern California style of ska. ...

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