M.I.A. - Lost Boys

M.I.A. was one of the 50 best So-Cal punk bands of the great early-'80s second wave explosion, but for some reason never received much lasting acclaim -- while seemingly all their brethren were acknowledged then and since. Sadly, their two best records, Notes From the Underground and After the Fact, are the period directly after this 37-song compendium. But Lost Boys, which captures their faster, harder beginnings, is still worth pursuing. This should have been chronological, as M.I.A.'s first release, the pulverizing, white-hot eight songs on their 1982 split LP, Last Rites for Genocide and M.I.A., is buried on tracks 14-21! Read More