Wilfully Obscure

I hope you willing to indulge me this week with one of my most listened to albums of the last six months.  It's a tribute album filled w...

Yet another Beantown proposition, who to their/our detriment only produced this one platter, a mere ep no less, but hey, I'll take six s...

It's time for another round of four eps. A dazzling quad-fecta of unrelated artists spanning as many decades as there are titles occupyi...

This week I stuck primarily to reviving dead links (see my last two entries for details), and I didn't have a chance to fool around with...

Two CD compilation of b-sides spanning this band's career from 1991-2003, including an entire disc dedicated to covers. **Please do not ...

Population only counts for so much. Cities like Houston and Phoenix each boast roughly double the populous of Boston, MA, yet Beantown (at l...

Doctors' Mob were part and parcel of Austin, TX's so called "new sincerity" indie movement circa the mid-80s, alongside c...

From 2001. A not-so difficult sophomore solo record to say the least - though technically it's not a "solo" affair.  Sorry for...

I've been a sucker for U2's tell-tale guitar technique upon hearing "Pride (In the Name of Love)" in '85.  The Edge...

I'm not sure what became of Shelf Life , if only due to the fact that I have no pertinent details on how/where they originated.  This si...

From 2000.  One of the first great albums of the twenty-first century. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear  

Though it does take me awhile (in this case almost five years!) I eventually make it through the mounds of bargain bin CDs I buy, and just a...

Arriving in the London new music scene in 1979, Classic Nouveaux were born a few minutes late to be forerunners of the soon-to-be-ample got...

Hard to believe this one has reached the thirty year mark. One of '91s most transcendent and immersive albums. This is the 2005 reissue ...

According to the mighty Discogs, there are/were no less than fifty bands running amok at one point or another named The Unknown .  I wouldn...

This was a sweet dollar bin surprise I snagged a few years ago (not that you see many quality dollar vinyl bins anymore, but I digress).  Pe...

No clue other than the title. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear  

Well, another week of embarrassingly minimal content for ya'll. Sorry folks.  Dramarama .  No strangers to this page , but I haven't...

I was reminded this weekend that it's the twentieth anniversary of this one.  My favorite album of 2001, a debut so good the band didn...

Not to be confused with a covers band of the same name, this DT and the Shakes called the environs of Washington D.C. home and were mostly ...

By the looks of the record sleeve you might surmise Expando Brain weren't competing on the same wavelength as contemporaries U2 or Tear...

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