Wilfully Obscure

The swell 1988 debut from this Pittsburgh quartet.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Had a request for this one.  Personally, I was never very motivated to sling myself onto the caboose of the Leaving Trains , but I know how ...

So you say you're a Rude Buddha fan (all two of you)?  I guess you can chalk that up to depriving yourself of sleep in the wee hours ...

There's a certain reliability to a Willie Nile album. Not unlike spending an afternoon at the ballpark perhaps. Hot dog in hand, a nice...

A slightly abrasive start to the week.  An ep and full length from 1993 and '94, respectively. **Please do not reveal artist in comm...

This past week I've been all over the map...so why not end it with a Cure bootleg?  I haven't featured Robert Smith et al on these ...

What little there is to glean on The Critics makes the case that this suburban Illinois quartet fancied the Beatles.  Even the most casua...

Welcome back!  Though it is a shame that it took a grotesque and traitorous Republican administration to jostle The Poster Children's ...

It's summer.  A little guilty pleasure never hurt anybody...right? **Comments are permitted, EXCEPT for revealing the name of the art...

Damn, where has this band been all my life?  Minneapolis, MN from what I understand, but it wasn't 'til last year that I caught wind...

My recent post of The Woodies '89 ep Train Wreck went over big with a lot of you, so I thought I'd share one of their prior conv...

Thoughtful modern rock from 2002 with a graceful singer/songwriter acumen. ** As a friendly reminder, please do NOT reveal the artist(s)...

The modicum of buzz fulflej were accorded seemed to dissipate not longer after this ep and a subsequent album, Wack-Ass Tube Riff, hit t...

It wasn't my initial observation regarding this Dutch combo, but their moniker conjures up the name of an over-the-counter antihistamine...

EP time again.  Four of them to be exact, from four disparate artists spanning just as many decades.  Some absolute gems.  Perhaps the best ...

Chico, CA has never been much of a musical epicenter, but for the lucky few that made their acquaintance with a local mid-80s trio dubbed Su...

For a band whose lone marketplace offering was just one measly punk 45 in 1977, Scotland's Johnny and the Self Abusers nevertheless c...

A lot of you have gotten a charge out of my Reivers postings over the years, specifically their debut Translate Slowly , and demos for sub...

From 1981.  Hear

Never evil but only inconsistently good, I took a chance on this Twilight Idols platter based largely on the intriguing album jacket.  Oste...

Actually, everything in this join is on the house...so who am I kidding?  I'll try to get a full length of some sort up for you tomor...

From 1982.  Hear

I was a profound Johnny come lately when it came to this bunch of Philly wunderkinds, whose 1988 Nauseous and Cranky ep I posted a couple y...

Ok, decided to fulfill a couple of requests...for records I don't actually own.  Was able to track down digital files of them however, a...

So...these folks down under never had much of a Stateside following.  My intro to the Eurogliders ?  None other than a cameo appearance i...