20,000 Watt R.S.L.

By pruning two decades of rabble-rousing self-importance down to its punchiest anthems, this best-of shows that even protests about obscure Australian current events can get you shouting along if they’re catchy enough. 20,000 Watt R.S.L.‘s eccentric surf jangles and stomp beats derived from aboriginal folk music add up to a forward motion more convincing in its resolute righteousness than U2, if not quite the Clash. A-