Wilfully Obscure

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

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...

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...

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...

From 1997. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

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...

From 2008.  Wish I had been tipped off to them sooner. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

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...

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...

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

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

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 ...

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...

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...

 Aussie bullion from 2004.   **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

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 ...

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, ...

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...

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...

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

From 2021. Nuevo post-punk steeped in a tastefully modest stride.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

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

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!**...

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...

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...