Wilfully Obscure

From 1992.  More of a compilation of early eps than a proper debut album, but this disc made a convincing case for a UK trio who got caught ...

This bygone New Hampshire quartet were audacious enough to dub themselves after a vintage Fender amplifier.  Furthermore, The Princeton Re...

I wasn't able to uncover much relevant info on The Visigoths , so forgive me if this write-up seems a tad brief.  A trio with apparent r...

Sometimes a collection of b-sides, comp tracks and odds 'n ends can be just as useful introduction to a band as one of their proper al...

This San Diego-area quartet may have existed during the cultural apex of the 1980s, but they hardly strove to be a product of it, not sonica...

A 2012 reunion album that turned out to be nearly as satisfying as what they produced in their initial back in the '90s. **Please do...

Since it's been a food seven years since my last Spiral Jetty post it's fair to say this is a long belated follow-up.  In fact, t...

Despite featuring ex- Blake Baby / Antenna John Strohm as part of Velo-Deluxe's three piece lineup in the mid-90s, the band barely ca...

From 2002.  Turns out there was life beyond the milky way - and it was good. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!**   Hear

By request.  Mark Freeland didn't put Buffalo, NY on the map, but within the city and it's environs in the 1980s (and beyond) he ru...

25th anniversary of this one.  A lot of you might find this to be a bit on the simplistic side, but it was and still one of my go-to album...

Rock from Chapel Hill, NC that doesn't necessarily sound like it could have come from the realm of Merge Records?   The now long-gone St...

I intend to get to transferring some more wax soon, but until then I thought I'd follow-up one of my more well received live entries fro...

From 1987.  This legendary British band's semi-conscious effort to make a 'nicer' fifth album. **Please do not reveal artist...

The title of this 30+ year old compilation record reads something like an answer to the hypothetical question, "What exactly is Buffalo...

Straight from the liner notes:  A semi-history of the NYC underground rock scene, represented by rare, out of print singles by mid-70s foun...

I really, really tried to get into To Damascus' 1987 platter Come to Your Senses ages ago, but it just wasn't meant to happen.  Th...

If only music like this was still being made.  Heck, it likely is and I'm probably just unaware of it, but I digress.  Actuel were a ...

A relatively unexamined chapter in the annals of '80s British post-punk. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear 

Sorry I didn't get much in the way of new music to you last week.  Hope this makes up for it.  The DUSTdevils were a stunning bygone ...

Two weeks and some change ago the world at large learned of the unexpected passing of Muffs front-woman, and latter-era Pandoras fixture...

The roots of emo.  Not Rites of Spring, but you're getting pretty damn close.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

I really had fun with the two Trilobites offerings I've thrown your way previously, namely the live document Turn it Around and an e...

I was shocked and saddened as anyone last week to learn about the passing of Kim Shattuck , the embodiment of The Muffs , the band she front...

This debut from 1990 may not seem like a revelation today, but it sure did back then.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear...