Wilfully Obscure

Why Misfit Heartbeat ? Because we're all misfits at heart. This was a double 7" compilation that came out in either 1993 or '94...

Yep, they're at again. Portland, OR's very own distorto-laden noiseniks, The Thermals are in the throes of a US tour and are curren...

The response to last years post of Tommy Keene's very scarce and out-of-print debut record Strange Alliance was so big, I'd be cra...

Technically, this is the second pairing of Fluf and J Church on a split single (the first appeared in the West X North-South 7" com...

Snatched up this gold nugget at a record show today, having virtually no idea what is was all about. Turns out my gamble paid off, as Miles ...

Seattle was more than kind to a clutch of raucous guitar bands during the early-to-mid '90s, but the Emerald City had no pity on the see...

When The Sugarcubes Life's Too Good fell into the hands of a very unsuspecting public in 1988, it was up until that point (and perhaps ...

Todd Newman was half of a short-lived, yet deeply affecting power-pop (with not so much emphasis on the "power" quotient) duo fro...

The curiously monikered Streets Living Theater were a North Carolina quartet whose album was produced by one Mitch Easter . From the sound ...

This slab of wax featuring no less than three prominent Guided By Voices "guildsmen" between both sides ( Tobin Sprout = Bevil ...

Sometimes all the hours I spend each week scouring and trolling various music blogs, websites, and file sharing-type applications occasional...

Some 20-odd years ago, the record industry was beginning to do a damn effective job of convincing music buyers that they needed to upgrade...

Like icons Big Star, Nashville's Rayon City Quartet play undiluted guitar pop as if country music had nary any effect on their collecti...

Back in the day at the good 'ol BBC Radio One , I take it there was only so much John Peel to go around. While the vast majority of mus...

There's not much info to be found on the Laurels, a noisenik indie trio active during the early '90s. From what little I've been...

It's true. Detour , Detroit's premiere magazine for all things "indie" recently chose Wilfully Obscure (or more specifical...

It would be misleading to say the Spinning Jennies were innovative, but they did one thing and did it incredibly well. Hailing from the muc...

This 45 was part of a split 7" series on the Virgina-based Radiopaque Records, featuring live, in-studio performances at WHFS , a Washi...

Though they could boast the rare luxury of having virtually all of their albums and major releases issued in the US, New Zealand's jangl...

Just a quick upload for tonight until I can figure out something more substantive for tomorrow. This 7" (not a flexi ironically) was in...

Parade were a Concord, CA quartet who specialized in edgy, alt-guitar rock, and billowy haircuts. Maybe it's all in bassist Ray Lujan...

Scalping the Guru was the " working title " for Guided By Voices 1995 Alien Lanes album, but ultimately it became the actual t...

Found this rather high quality 1990 Chills bootleg show on a torrent recently. True, it's an audience recording, but pretty impeccable ...

By request, here they are, Not Rebecca's finest two hours (actually, closer to 40 minutes). "Mid-fi" tunecore, with that alway...