Big hooks abound on this forceful debut by power pop whiz kids Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter. Though not yet old enough to legally buy an alcoholic drink in the year 2002, All-American Rejects are capable songwriters, accomplished vocalists, and skilled instrumentalists. Guitar-driven and underpinned with a humane-sounding drum machine cranking out frenetic backbeats, each cut on this self-titled debut brims with harmonies that recall the early Who and classic Beach Boys. Bolstered by the...   [ read more ]

CD $13.25

Alongside Sham 69 and the Angelic Upstarts, the Cockney Rejects are the quintessential Oi! band -- and this, a 22-track roundup of their entire 1979-1982 singles output, is the quintessential Oi! album. Everything you need to hear by the Cockney Rejects is here, from the ferocious opening shot of "Flares and Slippers" through to 1982's Kinks' cover "Till the End of the Day" -- yes, the band did keep going thereafter, but a name change (to the Rejects alone) and a stylistic bod...   [ read more ]

CD $18.03

CD $18.03