Wilfully Obscure

power pop * punk * emo * indie rock * shoegazer

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Greenhouse - Mad as Love ep (1990, Native)

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Wish I'd stumbled upon this band sooner - about a three and a half decades sooner would just have about done the job to be accurate. Lee...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

A weight upon my shoulders, a rope around my neck...

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From 1995. Vaguely like Hüsker Dü, only with Swedish accents.   **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Black Sea - An Early Fall (1990, No. 6)

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Not resembling XTC in the slightest Black Sea mouthpiece Augustine does however manage to evoke Peter Murphy, minus some of the histrionics...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

In my room on a pad is written a letter return-addressed to you.

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From 1995. Incidentally, their first album was recently reissued on vinyl, and is already commanding obscene money.  **Please do not reveal ...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

V/A - Every One a Classic!! Vol. 6

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Before I abscond on my jet setting lifestyle for the next few days, I thought I'd leave you with this, the sixth installment in the Ever...
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Sunday, April 26, 2026

I'm over the precedent of a false security...

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From 2002.  Believe it or not, I already shared the demos for this one closer to when I started this site. **Please do not reveal artist in ...
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Saturday, April 25, 2026

Buffalo Tom - WERS FM, Boston, 1989.

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As much as I love and revere Buffalo Tom's 1992 mature masterstroke, Let Me Come Over, it was that album's two rawer and raucous  ...
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Sunday, April 19, 2026

I don't know what's up ahead, don't think too much it'll hurt your head.

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From 1991. Strangely enough this is the record that introduced me to the band, not their more coveted debut.   **Please do not reveal artist...

The Tearaways - See the Sound (1993, Fried)

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Something of an L.A. power pop institution dating back to the early '80s, The Tearaways didn't get around to issuing an album until...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Itch - Spiraling Paper Planes ep (2001)

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Hmmm.  What to make of this one?  Having zero familiarity with Itch, I chanced on this based on the sleeve art, and an irresistible price ta...
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Sunday, April 12, 2026

No bandwidth, all I do is cry.

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One of 2024's finest albums, and the runaway winner in the post-punk category.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear  
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Monday, April 6, 2026

Curious Ritual - "How Fast" 7" (1993, Gila)

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Sometimes I'm at a loss for describing music in the written word, but goddamn, it feels like my site outright exists for records like th...
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Sunday, April 5, 2026

I'll bring the heavens down screaming with me.

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From 2003.  As was the case last week I wasn't able to deliver you much.  It doesn't help that I have no convenient way to digitize ...
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...
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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...
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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
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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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