Wilfully Obscure

My power pop kick is very much your gain this week.  With that, here's a gem from that genre's classic, turn-of-the-decade ('70s...

Way back in April '08 I shared a trio of eps from this southern Cali band.  Today I'm presenting their stupendous 2004 full length...

It seems this Ottawa four-piece had a thing for Tommy Keene, or at the very least his ringing guitar tones.  Call it jangly, call it chiming...

Well, I'm probably going to lose some serious punk points with this one.  In fact there's barely a power chord punctuating this rath...

Just in time for summer, a mildly surreal power-pop classic from the mid '90s.  A lot of you may have this already, but I've tacke...

I haven't really brought them up on here, but I'm a big Ultra Vivid Scene acolyte, or more specifically prime-mover Kurt Ralske .  ...

Back in 2009 when I went milf crazy (as in the band folks) and posted the bulk of their discography , I left out two important pieces of...

The '91 sophomore LP from Bay Area, popcore mainstays whose career has spanned four decades. http://www18.zippyshare.com/v/36316246/fi...

In reference to the title, quite.  Perhaps choosing such a ubiquitous moniker hampered BOB's efforts to make a name for themselves (p...

Before doing my homework, I was prepared to reference Nixon's Head exclusively in the past tense, but not only do they have an online p...

It's singles like this that make all the dollar bin rummaging I do worth the dusty task it so often is.  Per the back sleeve, Richmond...

The 1993 solo debut from a Chapel, NC luminary.  Also included are a couple of singles that were issued shortly thereafter.  http://www45....

As some of you may have noticed, all Netkup links are currently not functioning. While the Netkups website is still active, their servers ar...

Nobody needs another live Buzzcocks album.  Nobody.  Happy 4th everyone. Recorded in Paris, 1995 01. I Don't Know What to Do With My...

Before Buffalo, NY's main claim-to-lame was being the snow capital of the nation (though technically, Syracuse, three hours down the roa...

When I attended the final Hey Mercedes concert at the Metro in Chicago in 2005, the opening act was celebrating their debut album release....

A little pedigree action going on here.  File under Yo La Tengo and Hypnolovewheel , cos' A Special Pillow entailed James McNew and D...

Two months ago, I introduced many of you to Crocodile Shop's 1987 ep, Head .  With a quintessentially indie rock sound that drew from...

The 1986 album from an unheralded Minneapolis combo.  Lots of ringing guitar leads on this one, not dissimilar to another troop from this er...

Thirty links or so revived from the dead.  Some of these were requests, others were items that may have been neglected or passed over when ...

I went into this one with a couple of serious misconceptions.  Doll Congress' lineup contained a pre-solo/pre-fame Michael Penn , who w...

Presumably taking their name from the R.E.M. song, it's virtually inevitable for me to draw some sort of parallel between this Cleveland...

From 1993.  Stellar indie rock from Canada, with nods to Sonic Youth and Superchunk.  Loads of sweet jangly breaks throughout. http://ww...

I didn't rip much vinyl this week, nor do I have much time on my hands today, but since I've been on a bit of a Swell Maps kick o...

The gentleman on the cover is flipping us da bird, and for the life of me I can't figure out why.  Maybe I shouldn't take it so pe...