Wilfully Obscure

What little I've been able to glean about this jangly Fullerton, CA trio are a number of references indicating that Blue Trapeze were...

As ponderous as I find the lofty, orchestral-lite formula wunderkinds du jour The Arcade Fire have taken to the bank (also qualifying, but...

Personally, I don't think this Chapel Hill trio quite came into their own until their sophomore effort, Dead Men , which I featured on...

By request, here is Wool's entry to the '90s Your Choice Live album series.  This is a blatant and pandering follow-up to my Woo...

If you're a longtime Didjits fan, you're likely acquainted with this punishing live bootleg of their performance at London's ...

To know anything about Kustomized is to know a thing or two about ringleader Peter Prescott , a bloke who was one of the driving forces b...

In the early '90s Minnesota's  Walt Mink were adopted by a lot of ear-to-the-ground, indie pop geeks, though the band were hardl...

The moniker of this Oakland, CA four-piece is ostensibly derived from the surnames of drummer Martin Lucas and fret-manipulator Betsy Lu...

Here's a delightful single from a little spoken of Allston, MA trio featuring the vocal stylings of one Cheryl E. Wanner , who tilts m...

Damn, I'm not sure how this killer and amazingly consistent compilation eluded Wilfully Obscure for so long, particularly considering I...

Remember the '90s?  Yep, you sure do. Remember the unremitting hotbed of musical exports that came roaring out of Seattle, Olympia, an...

I didn't know much about this record going into it, but for some reason I had the notion that Civil Rice was going to have some serio...

Better known in some circles as Arthur Lee's backing band for the final touring version of Love , Baby Lemonade have been even more ...

I'm not sure if Cleveland's Revelers were the toast of their hometown of Cleveland during their 1990s run, but if not, I'd be...

Beautiful was (and for that matter still is) the rambunctious and raucous debut platter from Pleasanton, CA's long disregarded Field T...

Don't have an abundance of time for a write-up on this one, but conveniently there isn't much background info to be had on this ...

The Sights were yet another L.A. power pop-leaning combo that never quite grasped their proverbial fifteen minutes of fame, though I hope...

For whatever the reason, The Edsel Auctioneer were a band I would regularly pass over, even in bargain bins.  I finally relented when I ...

There's probably not much I can tell you about this long defunct Michigan trio that hasn't been extolled upon on their archival web...

Ever wonder what happened to the other members of the Treepeople when Doug Martsch made his departure for greener pastures in Built to Sp...

In the waning hours of Halloween 2010, I thought it would be fitting to share this curious 45 (though technically only the sleeve art and ...

Power pop!  Now this was a worthwhile purchase.  Came across  Video Games  on Ebay a few months back and snatched it up sound unheard, ins...

Though I have little to no background info on the Davis, CA based Playground , this album is nonetheless a more than noteworthy footnote i...

With a roster boasting the alumni of such cult-favorite post-hardcore troupes as Texas is the Reason and Rival Schools , Atlantic/Pacific ...

Florida's  Recess Theory harken back to an era, not so long ago, when emo was still a basement/VFW hall movement, and moreover, far l...