Wilfully Obscure

So, what on Earth compelled my blind purchase of an album with a cringy, Red Hot Chili Peppers-esque title such as this?  Best I can remembe...

I know I didn't give you much last weeks folks, but I'll try to compensate later on today. For now, here's a corker from 2022.  ...

God knows I've probably passed up on buying Barking Tribe's 1991 LP, Serpent Go Home, from many a cut-out and bargain bin over the...

One of 2015's best.  Sumptuous nodes of jangle and power-pop filtered through an updated, Slumberland Records-esque delivery system.  Bi...

From 2000.   **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear  

I don't know much about The Bishops' hometown of Alton, IL, but if in fact they were the biggest success story from the locale (not...

Even if Scarce frontman, Chick Graning , hadn't suffered an amnesia-inducing brain hemorrhage in 1995 (running right into the Stateside...

From 1996.  Just about the best indie rock album you didn't know existed. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

This is the first cold case I've brought up in awhile, and the combo this concerns doesn't help matters by omitting their moniker fr...

Disk one of a two-CD reissue of this UK bands scant '80s discography, who in their original incarnation only managed a single and an EP....

I often ponder the sizable slate of UK rock acts that took their home country by storm, yet nary made a dent Stateside.  The rock and roll d...

Splendid atmospheric, shoegazer-adjacent fare from 1992.  Melody Maker says: ...nerve-sizzling guitars and evocative soul voices. **Please d...

Got a treat for you this weekend, and it isn't even Chanukah - a live KCRW session with none other than New Zealand's Chills , or mo...

 A bratty, pop-punkin' fireball from 2023.   **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

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...

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

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

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

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...

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 ...

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  ...

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

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...

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...

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