Wilfully Obscure

From 1999, and I think I've shared this before.  It's not Pet Sounds,  nor in the same genre, but thematically there's some sign...

How is it that I've neglected The Effigies for so long?  For as long as I've been acquainted with the late John Kezdy and Co, they...

Yet another casualty of the pre-internet era, and I'll be damned if i can shed much relevant info on this bunch who boast a Brooklyn cor...

A debut from 2006.  Not dissimilar to the grand gestures Interpol gave us, but with even more flexibility and nuance.   **Please do not reve...

It's been yet another bummer of a week, and I know I haven't provided you with much since MM, but hopefully this lil' reel will ...

This band's parting shot from '93.  Maybe not as glorious as the albums that preceded it, but in terms of the alterna-rock era it...

You'd almost think "I'm in a Love With a German Film Star," was the only song The Passions  ever committed to tape - and r...

Austin's Texas Instruments are no strangers to this site, and tonight I'm dropping what appears to be their debut release.  At this...

From 2020.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear  

Here's one of many records that I'm just not sure how it found it's way into my collection.  What's more surprising is that ...

This weeks it's disc 3 of a deluxe reissue, featuring radio sessions and a handful of live tracks, all originating from 1981-82. **Pleas...

Call it a sheer coincidence, or musical synergy, or whatever you wish, but it didn't dawn on me until just an hour or so ago that tandem...

Perhaps not the most popular opinion, but I was utterly disappointed with the direction this band took on their third album.  Though it did ...

I remember Zeke Fiddler's one-and-done LP, Waterproof being pretty ubiquitous in the mid-90s, so much so that I was armed with a promo...

Well shucks, I don't have much to tell you about this crew, nor does the internet. There's not a tremendous amount to go by on The M...

An almost complete discography from these sardonic, San Diego outliers, circa 1979-89. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Am taking the week off.  Will see you back here for Mystery Monday next week.  Cheers.

Im spoiling you this week.  This is a two CD set compiling a healthy number of this UK band's b-sides, neglected album tracks, and alter...

I usually save most of my revelatory finds for the end of the year, but what the hell.  And a major label release (Polydor) no less, but unl...

From 2004.  Picking up on morsels of everyone from Nada Surf to Creeper Lagoon and even Mercury Rev. Enjoy **Please do not reveal artist in ...

Not as egregiously grungy as many of their counterparts due south in Seattle, Bellingham, WA's  Medelicious were still a mightily noisy...

Just as I was about to drop the "cold case" tag on this Phoenix-area foursome I discovered they have a Facebook page.  Sounding h...

This week it's four eps spanning three decades. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear  

Typically on Record Store Day I share something released on a prior RSD, but I'm quickly run out of "safe" items to post, simp...

From 1998.  I remember being thoroughly immersed and invested in this when it came out. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear