Wilfully Obscure

This dandy ep was the product of a Long Beach, CA duo consisting of Bob Waller and Rafe Atkinson .  Desperate Hours exuded a colorful an...

Aside from a pair of split singles and some compilation tracks, this ep, so far as I can tell is the only other document of this stellar ...

My buddy over at Punk Archives blog notified me last week that he had finally come into possession of one of his holy grails, the Pink Li...

Sometimes twangy, sometimes sneering with punky bravado, The Contras never take themselves too seriously, yet throughout Ciphers in the...

When Bob Mould disbanded Husker Du in 1988, he both branched out and mellowed out.  About ten years later, another power-trio that was far...

A few weeks ago, a little birdy was kind enough to tip me off on Petey , an upstart Raleigh, NC trio whose clangy chords and feeble yet en...

Three boys from Edinburgh, Scotland dole out this rousing slice of funk-upped dance pop, recalling the work of contemporaries APB and Gang...

Some Massachusetts action for you on this stormy Monday night, courtesy of the co-ed, female fronted Demilos , a quartet that's manage...

For whatever the reason, I've been hoarding this one for a rainy day, and now that a thoroughly rainy day is upon us, here goes.  Ther...

A shame this jewel didn't appear on my radar 23 years ago when it was initially issued, but I still have the rest of my life, right?  ...

This strikingly clean-cut Ocean State quartet proved to be more left of center than I expected - and all the better.  Parallel 5th's s...

The fittingly titled parting shot for Nashville mainstays the White Animals , didn't find them going out on a crescendo, but by the mi...

This is one of the more interesting UK retro discoveries I've come across in the past few months.  Sheriff Jack was the brainchild of...

I had heard of the The Screaming Believers for probably a good two decades or so, but was afraid to take the plunge until this platter ca...

Ever wonder what Barrett Jones was up to before he produced the first Foo Fighters album?  Good, neither did I, but I'm going to sha...

This is a follow up to an entry I did for Lost Luggage this spring, specifically their 1991 Chateau Relaxeau CD.  The tape I'm prese...

What can you say about an obscure, long-defunct group that have a Myspace page without a shred of biographical data?  In the case of New Y...

I wanted to give everybody a heads up on the extremely limited cassette release of the latest Kent State (as in the band, not the univer...

My share of the WBNY Alive on Air compilation from a few nights ago had me reminiscing about many of the bands on there, not the least of...

For approximately five years during the Clinton-era, I dedicated three hours a week to hosting a radio show (in prime-time I might add) on...

Another fine Spiral Jetty album courtesy of Incas Records - the label that never put out an unsatisfactory release (at least the stuff I...

It's a pity The Sneetches didn't turn enough heads during their tenure from the late '80s to the mid-90s, and doubly unfortun...

We have another cold case on our hands, this one coming from Seattle as it would appear.  The Anglo-worshiping Living Dolls just barely ...

Last summer one of my readers suggested an album by New York's Alter Boys dubbed, Soul Desire .  I did a little homework on the Boys ...

Thought I'd pass along a link, that from what I understand has just recently been making "the rounds" as it were.  Die hard ...