Post-Mersh, Vol. 1
Artist: Minutemen

The Minutemen's Post-Mersh is a valuable series, collecting all of the group's official discography, with the exception of Double Nickels on the Dime, 3-Way Tie For Last, and Ballot Result, over the course of three discs. Post-Mersh, Vol. 1 starts at the beginning, combining the trio's first two albums, The Punch Line (1981) and What Makes A Man... Read More

Shape of Punk to Come
Artist: Refused
Community Score: 8.21

Many who listen to this album will say "Hey, this isn't punk" after not finding the power chords and 1-4-5 structures that they associate with poppy skate rock bands like NOFX and Lagwagon, but this is what revolution is all about. Taking a industry of specifications and expectations and turning it fully on its head, yet holding on to some... Read More

Revenge on Society
Artist: Blood for Blood
Community Score: 7.00
Bubblegun
Artist: The Merrymakers

By this point in their career, it seems as if the duo of Anders Hellgren and David Myhr should have four or five acclaimed releases under their belts and be household names in the world of pop music. Bubblegun, however, is only the Merrymakers' second full-length album (and their first in the U.S.), though they have been making unabashedly... Read More

Jah Wobble Presents the Light Programme
Artist: Jah Wobble

Jah Wobble Presents the Light Programme is the second record Wobble released on his independent label, 30 Hertz, after departing Island Records because of their reluctance to release his "uncommercial" music. Certainly, this weird mix of ambient, art-rock and drum-n-bass isn't necessarily commercial, but it isn't inaccessible. It's melodic and... Read More

Omega Sessions
Artist: Bad Brains
Profound Hatred of Man
Artist: Shai Hulud
Community Score: 8.50

Wow, this is intense! It doesn't even matter that there are only three songs on A Profound Hatred of Man, it's good enough to influence another page in the maturity of hardcore. Sure it's heavy, sure there's lots of metallic guitar crunches, and sure enough they're pretty angry, but the Shai Hulud aren't a bunch of muscleheads. Instead, there's... Read More

All Ages
Artist: Bad Religion
Community Score: 8.50

Another title for All Ages might be "The Best of Bad Religion Before Recipe for Hate." Which makes sense: Since the band's last two LPs, Recipe and Stranger Than Fiction, are owned and distributed by Atlantic, this is a great overview of the band's prior six albums for those who only got into the band since the major label got involved. Here's... Read More