Wilfully Obscure

power pop * punk * emo * indie rock * shoegazer

Monday, March 30, 2026

Fine Art - Scan ep (1981, Good)

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Minneapolis, circa the early '80s wasn't all hardcore, and Fine Art were one of several anomalies.  The coed band in question were ...
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Sunday, March 29, 2026

A little bit of fun's never been an insurrection.

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Sorry I wasn't able to bring you any new music last week.  I'll try to rectify that within the next 24 hours.  In the meantime, this...
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Sunday, March 22, 2026

Leave it up to me to mix business with pleasure...

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Four eps, including a devastatingly hot demo from 2005 I recently discovered, and a 1996 power pop jewel. **Please do not reveal artist in c...
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Saturday, March 21, 2026

Club Wig - s/t (1987, Mustang)

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This one's quite a mixed bag, so it's apropos that Club Wig sounded like differing music artists from song to song. Ostensibly call...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Our ideas are adjoining canals.

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From 1997. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear
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Saturday, March 14, 2026

V/A - The Sound of Deep Ellum (1987)

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Once upon a time record labels (including major ones at that) would take a chance on unproven talent, both on an individual basis, and occas...
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Sunday, March 8, 2026

I fly off the handle whenever you're near

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From 2008.  Wish I had been tipped off to them sooner. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear
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The Eighties 7" (1980, Meanwhile)

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Here I go yet again posting a single I don't actually own.  It was produced by the one an only Geza X at Can-Am Studios, giving me a pre...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

Nasty Habits - s/t ep (1987, Big Chief)

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There were a couple of Nasty Habits running amok in the '80s, and though I'm fairly confident this one hailed from America, just no...
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Sunday, March 1, 2026

I can collect myself deep down and then come out punching...

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From 1998. Little else could match my feeling of elation when I first put this on. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Bohemia - Deviations (1981, VU)

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Picked this one up a few years ago based on good looks.   Bohemia  presumably hailed from Chicago, though I should mention there's also ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2026

...at a Mexican Bar Mitzvah for seven hundred years...

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The much ballyhooed alternate mix of a 1989 LP that housed a few exceptional tunes, but as a whole was merely satisfactory. **Please do not ...
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Quix*o*tic - Heliotrope 7" (1998, Ixor Stix)

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Not exactly a toe-tapper, but a veritable curiosity that I think some of you will appreciate.  Until I did my homework on Quix*o*tic , I did...
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Saturday, February 21, 2026

Blood Uncles - Petrol ep (1985, Drastic Plastic)

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So...the gruff vocals on this one were an immediate turn-off, but fortunately not a deal breaker.  Ditch that element of Blood Uncles and yo...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

I want to float upon my memories...

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 Aussie bullion from 2004.   **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear
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The Lost Tropics - s/t (1983)

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It's been another week where I simply didn't get o much of anything in terms of this site, one that feels like it's very slowly ...
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Sunday, February 8, 2026

Hard times right now might be bliss deferred...

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From 1995.  Was saddened to learn of the recent loss of this power pop maven.  He may not have vaulted to the highest tier of my favorites, ...
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V/A - Succulents - The Letter "S" folder mix.

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The idea was to get to all 26 letters in the alphabet, when I initiated the "letter" series compilations way back in 2011.  By 201...
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Sunday, February 1, 2026

...test your faith, you shimmer like a godsend

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From 1993. Likely one of the fifty most listened-to albums in my collection, yet I've been hesitant to share it because I know a good ch...
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Bpeople - Petrified Conditions 1979-1981 (1986, Restless)

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Though this isn't necessarily designed to be an introduction to Bpeople (ideally you might want to go with their two proper self-titled...
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Sunday, January 25, 2026

If this is your world take it with you.

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From 2021. Nuevo post-punk steeped in a tastefully modest stride.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear
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Hetch Hetchy - Swollen (1990, Texas Hotel)

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Often seen as a musical footnote, Hetch Hetchy were seemingly revered more for their lineage than what they committed to tape.  Frontwoman L...
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Sunday, January 18, 2026

Looked inside to a world within, this time it's no easier than it's ever been...

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From 2006.  I didn't intend to make this a twentieth anniversary post, but what do ya know? **Please do not reveal artist in comments!**...
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Saturday, January 17, 2026

The Icicle Works - The Palace, Hollywood, 1984

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I'm tempted to say that I've neglected the Icicle Works this whole time, yet it's hardly deliberate.  Like hundreds of other ma...
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Monday, January 12, 2026

City Lights - Blackout ep (1980, City Lights)

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Playing a stripe of power pop that seems almost quaint by today's standards, City Lights , the pride and joy of Kagel Canyon, CA, ostens...
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