Wilfully Obscure

Ingeniously tweaked indie/tronica circa 2010. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear  

So I was a little on the fence about posting this one, because frankly I'm not even sure if I'm down with it.  The Barking Boys wer...

From 2004. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

I can't believe it hasn't occurred to me share this one after all this time (maybe another blogger had this comp covered and I simpl...

Brock Pytel isn’t exactly a household name, so if I may impart a crash course, he was half of the singing/songwriting force behind Montreal...

These '80s wise-asses finally got a bit more serious when the next decade caught up with them. This one includes an intriguing rewrite o...

With it's rather obnoxious and LOUD, flared-out lettering adorning the sleeve, you might venture a guess that The Flex were a cabal of ...

Sorry no lyrical clue this week. This is from 2003, and if you're into the sonic templates laid out by bands like Pinback and Wheat this...

This is merely a self "curated" pastiche of various Mark Burgess and/or Chameleons tracks stitched together from bootlegs and fa...

Sybil .  Co-ed (weighted kinda heavily to the female end of the spectrum) Seattle denizens who later expanded their moniker to Kill Sybil f...

From 1996. Despite being released by a major label, this one might have met a better fate had this trio stayed indie.   **Please do not reve...

The largely under-referenced (online anyway) Brakes were a London quartet, falling several few notches shy of punk. Think more along the li...

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...