Wilfully Obscure

Toronto's second-wave (or arguably third) dream-popsters Mean Red Spiders , didn't approach the heavy handedness of their denser pre...

The Dentists weren’t the most renown ambassadors of the England’s mid-80s, C86 indie scene, but at their most potent they deserved their ri...

Here's another quick and dirty CD upload while I buy myself some time to transcribe more vinyl to ones and zeroes. Not particularly rare...

Providence, RI’s The Halo Bit featured Alex Kemp of Small Factory and Godrays notoriety. This single was released a couple years prior to...

Earlier this year I learned of a CD reissue of a demo cassette from a long-lost ‘80s indie rock troupe from the Midwest dubbed The Squares ....

If you ask me, Vertigo were the most conventional and approachable outfit to ever brandish an Amphetamine Reptile logo on their records, b...

Seafood still seem like a “new” band to me, although they’re practically on the cusp of veteran status, having gestated all the way back in...

To many of you, the names above will instantly conjure up the cult-classiqe, power/jangle pop act Velvet Crush . You know, two-dozen chart t...

Not a whole lot of background on this quartet, hailing presumably from the suburban Boston area. The Norberts' Mishmish, or alternatel...

The once love affair between Superchunk's Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance may not have entailed the turbulence, or for that mater, fa...

Bit of a guilty pleasure here. As was the case with the long defunct MTV News weekly program, the broadcast would often conclude with a spo...

During the mid-to-late '90s, Boston's Bright were loosely lumped in with space rock/ambient revivalists like Fuxa and Windy & C...

A '90s New Jersey coed trio, Moped’s buoyant indie guitar-pop struck me as an infectious merger between the Blake Babies and Versus. Hu...

I loved The Pixies (who didn't?) but after they were put to pasture, I never felt the impetus to hop on Kim Deal's bandwagon. This...

Thought I'd wrap up my Sub Pop Records homage this weekend with a tribute to what helped brand the label, at least in the earlier stages...

Green River's slot this Sunday on Sub Pop Records 20th anniversary shindig at Seattle's Marymoor Park conjures up some bittersweet ...

As a continuation of yesterday's Sub Pop post regarding Swallow, I've decided to zero in once again on another worthy band that had ...

To coincide with Sub Pop Records 20th anniversary celebration this weekend , revolving around a two-day outdoor concert festival in Seattle...

The 21st century has been some mighty slim pickin's for raw talent. It's not as if there is a dearth of bands of personalities, rath...

The Buffalo, NY punk/powerpop scene during the late '70s and '80s certainly wasn't the most prevalent in the nation, but never...

Of the 200+ records I have posted heretofore, it is safe to say that I endorse Red Lorry Yellow Lorry's third album, and in my opinion,...

They may not have been the biggest and loudest (quite the reverse in fact), but The Gloria Record's "slow-core" imbued emo he...

Welcome to module two of Life Before Superchunk, and in depth excavation regarding the various musical projects of one Mac McCaughan , prior...

Just when I was about to write off this Highland Park, NJ as a heretofore forgotten, mid-90s delight, I discover that not only am I no longe...