Wilfully Obscure

Metal Flake Mother were one of the more modest spokes comprising the mega wheel that was the North Carolina indie scene circa the early ...

A debut from 1987 that was nothing short of stellar. Here

Set the Wayback Machine to 1991.  During those heady pre-web days around the turn of the alt-rawk decade, I was downright reliant on fanzi...

How could I resist any record bearing the Throbbing Lobster logo (at a buck no less)?  Let's see.  This co-ed Boston clique had X writte...

From 1991.  Enjoy. Here

Their homebase may have been in Boston (or thereabouts), but with such pronounced Americana leanings you'd easily mistake Big Barn Bur...

Woodpecker is/was the province of one Anthony Overtoom , whose larynx amounts to a vague medley of Bob Dylan and Grant Hart, however this t...

It looks like I won't be posting any new music until tomorrow, but to tide you over I thought I'd share this.  A couple days ago I w...

A 1995 album that was unfortunately released under the worst of circumstances. Here

From the standpoint of major labels, say CBS, the trend du jour in the early '80s was relatively staid and formulaic, despite the burgeo...

I'm fulfilling my second request in as many days, and yet another I'm pleased to share for the first time.  The Dentists haven'...

I almost forgot this thing even existed, let alone was resident on my hard drive all these years until someone requested it last week.  Thi...

From 2010...and it just might surprise you. Here

Dead Neighbours were a UK conglomerate who began life as a psychobilly type thing...which is an almost immediate non-starter for yours trul...

I'm a sucker for anything adorning the Incas Records logo - maybe too much of a sucker.  Still, my investment in this tape was meager, ...

The bonus tracks, and only the bonus tracks from the reissues of three relatively esteemed indie rock albums originally released in the twe...

Viv Akauldren sprouted from the remnants of an early '80s Detrot combo, Trancegland , who amended their moniker after a roster shake...

So I've been running into Random Hold's records for a long time, and as often is the case, I dare not take the plunge on an unknown...

From 2011.  Curveball time.  Glitched-up electronica with occasional '80s tangents.  Don't worry, nothing to dancy.  I heard this ...

Even at their inception The Romantics must have struck more than a few people as passé.  With skinny ties, leather suits and fluffy hair in ...

My apologies if entries have been a bit scarce lately.  Haven't had much time to rip any fresh vinyl, but on the heels of my Velvet Crus...

Before I go into any sort of rambling (or otherwise) critique of this release and the band in question, I should mention this is not a ne...

Their 1984 double album was lauded and acclaimed as they come, yet this pair of follow-up releases from just a year later seemed to go relat...

Sort of a dream-pop revival thing going on with this quartet, who ostensibly monikered their album after their Florida locale.  An AllMusi...

In terms of vintage garage-cum-power pop in the environs of Buffalo, NY, the Terry Sullivan helmed Jumpers are one of the few names still ...