Wilfully Obscure

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  

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...

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 ...

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