1.Give 'Em the Boot Record Company: Hellcat Records Tracks: 20 Style: Ska and punk Comments: 'Great cd. Hellcat Records, owned by Tim Armstrong of Rancid, Operation Ivy, and Dance Hall Crashers fame, has quite the lineup here. Bands included are: Rancid, the Slackers, Hepcat, the Pietasters, VooDoo GlowSkulls, Dropkick Murphy's, Skinnerbox, the Upbeat, Stubborn All-Stars, the Gadjits, Union 13, US Bombs, Swingin Utters, the Skatalites, the Silencers, Pressure Point, Choking Victim, F-Minus, and the Dave Hillyard Rocksteady 7. This cd portrays very well the swing side of ska.' Recommended if you like:The Skatalites, Rancid, Hepcat.

2.TEN YARD FIGHT- Back On Track Record Company:Equal Vision Records Tracks:14 Style:straight edge hardcore Comments: This is a grrrrrreat cd for those of you who enjoy sXe music. Great message. Recommended if you like: Minor Threat, Earth Crisis

3.SNAPCASE- Progression Through Unlearning Record Company: Victory Records Tracks: 10 Style: Hardcore Comments: At first when i reviewed this I hated it. First impressions are important, and this cd didn't make a good one on me. However, once I got into i said, 'Sheesh these guys are great.' Now, even though it took some getting used to, I would deeply and enthusiastically recommend this album to any hXc enthusiast. Great XXX morals, too. Even includes a bonus track of the loner/rebel himself, Pee Wee Herman, accompanied ny Dottie and an organ. The cd's high point is the first song, 'Caboose.' Recommended if you like: Strife, Strongarm, Earth Crisis.

(no picture available) 4.Forthwright- My Soul Secure Record Company: Morphine/ F5 Records Tracks:6 Style:Straight Edge Hardcore, spirit-filled Comments: This band deserves a great review. They have uplifting lyrics, great vocals, and thrashing guitars. They mix in a variety of spoken parts, ala Strongarm, to comlete the ensemble. Look out for these guys, I think they might be something big. Recommended if you like: Mouthpiece, Ten Yard Fight, 44evergiven

5. MXPX (Magnified Plaid)- Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo Record Company: A&M Records Tracks: 16 Style: Melodic Pop Punk Comments: Ever heard Life In General and Pokinatcha by these punk rock heroes from Bremerton, WA? Think of the faster guitars of Pokinatcha mixed with the beatiful harmonies of Life In General and you will come up with MXPX's newest, 'Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo.' They have taken alot of flak for leaving Tooth and Nail Records, a predominantly Christian label, and switching to the secular A&M, but it obviously hasn't slown them down. An ABSOLUTE must-hear. Recommended if you like: Slick Shoes, Descendants, Craig's Brother, the Cootees

(no picture available) 6. Millencolin- For Monkeys Record Company: Burning Heart/ Epitaph Records Tracks: 12 Style: Pop punk with a bit of ska Commments: These punks, hailing from Sweden, have certainly done it again. They took the harmonies I grew to love on 'Life On a Plate,' and added some poppier tunes. This is on gooooooooood album. Recommended if you like: MXPX, NOFX, I Against I

7. DESCENDANTS- Everything Sucks Record Company: Epitaph Records Tracks: 15 Style: New shool pop punk Comments: Well I've had more e-mails asking me to review this cd than Clinton has girlfriends, so here it is. The Descendants are one of the founding pop punk bands-- they set the standard for who is 'good' and who, well, sucks. The guitars are innovative, the drums are fast, the bass is ground breaking, and Milo Aukerman's vocals are the best I've heard in a loooooooong time. Two words from me to you inspired by this album: BUY THIS. Recommended if you like: MXPX, the Cootees, Osker

8.Punk-O-Rama Volume 3 Rec. Co.: Epitaph Tracks:25 Style: Various Punk styles Comments:This cd kicks butt. There are punk legends like Bad Religion, NOFX, and Rancid, and well as newcomers such as I Against I, Union 13, and the Dwarves. An all around great cd, with the exception of the Cramps, who deeply deserved to have been "given the boot" from this record. Recommended if you like: Bad religion, ten foot pole, nofx, union 13.