Wilfully Obscure

With a band name that acknowledges a concept as lofty as our very species, you might expect a grandiose gesture or two from the Santa Cruz b...

To make the great American pop album, you have to be the great American pop band. Boston's Cavedogs were just that, and outside of a ...

The Edsel Auctioneer were one of a zillion bands that made a not-so-hot first impression on me during the '90s, but having the pure dum...

A little under two months ago I deluge of albums by a defunct and woefully overlook power pop aggregation dubbed the Spinning Jennies . Hel...

Even though these somewhat non-descript, post-grunge schleps from Atlanta, GA didn't make music that was quite worth writing home about,...

It's about time I got around to doing a post on the humble Poughkeepsie, NY trio known as Agitpop , and from what I can surmise, this mi...

I was thoroughly intrigued by this albums spiffy jacket, so last year, when I stumbled upon Bent Around Corners by The Square Root of Now I...

Thought this would be appropriate in following up my Punch Wagon post from yesterday. I name-dropped a chap by the name of Mike Smithers , ...

This is one for all you Superdrag die-hards in the audience (I'm sure you're well aware of who you are by now). There's not muc...

J Church's fruitful and prolific run by and large peaked at the time of Arbor Vitae's release in 1995. Produced by Frankie Stubbs ...

Ok, here's more arcane, six-string-shredding indie rawk for your (hopefully) appreciative eardrums. Truthfully I am unaware of Forty...

Dewey Defeats Truman were a great and probably now defunct San Diego band whose records not only got lost in the shuffle generally speaking...

Before I proceed, try not to get too weirded out by this outfit’s seemingly outrageous moniker. The Negro Problem are not only more than et...

Recently had a request for this rather oddball compilation from the mid-90s, showcasing a bevy of up-and-crumbling California indie bands. I...

Happy Friday folks. This is going to be a slightly hasty write-up, but in a nutshell, Spiral Jetty were a Jersey City, NJ trio existing fro...

Austin's Sixteen Deluxe were a coed indie quartet with a decent local following, but despite signing to Warner Brothers in the late ...

Well before Merge Records became the tastemakers they are today, jettisoning much of it's roster into the Top-10 Billboard album chart a...

On "Red, Black, Khaki," Asheville, NC's now departed Piedmont Charisma demonstrate their skillful fusion of clangy, rhythmic ...

As long as this blog is in operation we'll continue to celebrate bygone bands that by virtue of their vintage expiration date, managed t...

Received a couple requests for this album since I posted a less well known anthology of Velvet Elvis' earlier material before they mad...

In 2001 a minor miracle occurred by way of this one-off single, featuring four legendary collaborators: Evan Dando ( Lemonheads ), Ben Lee ...

Here's some more New Jersey goodness to follow up my Element 101 post from last night. If at all possible, try not to let the rather atr...

Falling somewhere between an unassuming, bubblegum-punk album and a mini-masterpiece, Element 101's 1999 debut, Future Plans Undecided ...

Yesterday, I was informed by one of my readers that Will Owsley (more commonly referred to as simply Owlsey ) died this past Friday, April ...

Judging from who I normally write about in this lil' corner of cyberspace, you might be surprised to learn that Public Image Ltd was on...