Wilfully Obscure

With all due respect to Minneapolis' grand '80s trifecta (Husker Du, The Replacements, and Soul Asylum) there were more than a few...

An Australian indie rock act worth their collective weight in gold who opened shop in 1990, and I just found caught wind of them...last w...

This is a follow-up to my share of Oversoul Seven's self-titled long player which I posted all the way back in January.  Since Fool ...

Cyberspace hasn't been kind to this ostensibly long defunct combo from Omaha, NE, but for a no-name find, Gift of Tongues are so to s...

Spatula rarely receive a mention when folks recount the burgeoning '90s heyday of the band's legendary locale of choice, Chapel H...

Here's one that's pretty self explanatory (for a change).  This promotional interview record was issued in conjunction with the Fu...

I had a request for some live Psi Com material recently, and this is one of two shows by the pre-Janes Addiction Perry Farrell lead group ...

From parts unknown, really?  Only if you qualify the metro D.C. area as some far flung outpost I suppose.  In actuality, this record reall...

The passing of Shirk Circus frontman Josh Silverman  in February of this year is not likely to go down as the biggest music casualty of 2...

This single is a follow up to Brave Tears 1985 Silver in the Darkness ep that I unleashed on an unsuspecting blogosphere a few weeks ago...

The Animated , presumably from the environs of Los Angeles, kick their 1981 ep off with "Edith C. Sharp," a wondrous synthesis o...

Well, this entry has been a long time in coming.  Given the volume of material I've shared over the past four years some of you are ap...

Thought I'd share this until I get the chance to rip more vinyl.  Boy, I knew just what I was in for by a quick glance at the cover ar...

Here's one of my more recent after-the-fact-finds.  Twenty-five years late better than never.  Scotland's Two Helens strike me a...

The relentless volley of clangy chords and mid-fi propensity coursing through D.C.-based Dot Dash's premiere outing, Spark>Flame...

...And you won't have a single atom left, to call your own... It kinda went like this.  Back in 1990 me and my Father were on a road...

It's not often that I'm enamoured by a band that's so slavishly groomed for Top-40 playlists, but I'm going to make a big ...

By popular demand, I'm here to serve up another helping of vintage I-Rails recordings.   Heading on the backwards trajectory I set in...

For all intents and purposes, Belfast native Gary McKendry was Papa Sprain , a little known post-pretty-much-everything combo that were...

When I was compiling my write up for two Mommyheads reissues this spring (the retrospective Finest Specimens , and an expanded version ...

Where was this album back in the early '90s when I couldn't get my fill of the Senseless Things and Ned's?  Sure, I had heard ...

Considering that it's received a hair over one hundred downloads, I'm surprised no one left a comment regarding the Kinetics sing...

Back in the late '90s when the Four Dots compilation graced my cd player for what seemed like months, one of the unknown quantities o...

Issued in 1997, but not arriving on my radar until thirteen years after the fact, Hushpad's sophomore 45 (that would be this one) was...

Not a shred of info to be found online regarding  Bust , a D.C. area trio whose record came courtesy of the same imprint that brought us t...