Wilfully Obscure

From 1994. One of the best (and perhaps one of the only) non-sellout major label debut albums I've encountered. **Please do not reveal a...

Ok, so right up front this is not an official releases, so lower whatever expectations you may have down a notch or three.  Even if you'...

It's difficult to fathom spending five years (presumably anyway) preparing and perfecting one album, and later desperately wanting a do-...

A sheik update on keyboard-driven pop, circa 2015.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Even for someone like myself who gorges himself on "fringe" bands from the last century, even my fringes have fringes, so to speak...

So yeah, there was a time when major labels (in this case Geffen) would not only take a chance on (relatively) unknown quantities but even c...

A solid career summation of these one-time Minneapolis mainstays. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Vauxhall Seraux were a New Jersey trio that are/were seemingly impervious to search engines, though the music on this EP isn't quite as...

Ok, I've got something a little different for you this week. How about an entirely, 100% unreleased album, and an ep by the same band t...

Borrowing their moniker from a fairly renown George Eliot poem and once containing drummer Danny Benair (a future Three O'Clock alum) i...

We have another cold case on our hands, this one potentially hailing from Ireland, but not verifiable.  Led by a somewhat androgynous soundi...

They say the squeakiest wheel gets the oil.  In the mid-80s, in large part thanks to MTV, it was pretty easy to discern who was besotted wit...

From 1987. This album was a revelation for me at the time, and got the ball rolling, so to speak.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments...

Reptile House slithered out of Baltimore, MD, circa the mid-80s and boasted enough visibility and talent for Dischord Records to take notic...

Not to be confused with the Bay Area band of the same name (and approximate spelling), these Spinning Jennys were from Norfolk...Britain.  ...

The Japanese variant of this band's 2012 sophomore album. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Blatantly superficial as this judgement may strike you (maybe because it is) this quintet from Pennsauken, NJ had a couple of strikes going ...

There are untold artists who initially accumulate a respectable following based on a few minor/moderate hits only to see diminishing returns...

From 2000. Some people would term this post-hardcore. Others, emo. Me?  Both of the above, but I'd be remiss if I didn't factor in t...

With it's rather budget constrained, Apple McIntosh-generated graphic (which truthfully, I love) adorning it's light silver sleeve, ...

(Sigh).  I hate presenting music in conjunction with a passing.  In fact, it wasn't until about 24 hours ago that I had any intention of...

You've probably heard of them...but have you heard them?  This 1990 compilation is the ideal jumping off point.  **Please do not revea...

Well, it wasn't my intention of going the entire week without sharing any fresh, vintage tunes, but at the very least I was planning on ...

From 1992.  By major label standards this one was downright murky, offering grungy, but cagey sonic maneuvers that belied chilly post-punk u...

Believe it or not there's more than one band that christened themselves Baby Boom , but this one happened to roll out of Red Bank, NJ in...