Wilfully Obscure

I think I outdid myself in terms of "avant" specimens for this week's Mystery Monday. Surely this 1994 disk is one of the most...

I said it ten years ago when I shared their first album ( ...And Rise ) and I'll say it again - it's impossible to believe Well! Wel...

This strummy, Calvin Johnson -produced quartet gave deference to both electric and acoustic guitars, with the latter winning out in terms of...

My apologies for not posting much of anything last week.  Fatigue really got the best of me. At any rate there's four eps in this weeks ...

Hard to believe it's already the thirtieth anniversary of this one. Absolutely no sophomore slouch here. **Please do not reveal artist i...

Picture this. Christmas party 2006.  A friend who knows I'm a pretty substantial musichead approaches me about what's been rocking m...

This week it's a little spoken of 1998 indie rock platter from a trio that resided in an equally under-the-radar locale, Norway. **Pleas...

Yet Another single Discogs managed to miss (one of these days I'm going to have to become a contributor on there).  The Bamboo Steamers ...

Did they?  Did they really love Ethyl that damn much that they not only took that notion and parlayed it into their namesake, but also turn...

Even if the late Lance Loud had never pitched his hat into the nebulous arena of rock/pop music in the 1970s, his legacy would have still b...

From 1982. Far from the weakest link in their chain of good-to-excellent albums, it is however a bit of a guilty pleasure.  To this day I cr...

So I've belatedly come to post the only Angst album I haven't shared previously.  Fittingly it's the last album in their catal...

From 1984. The frontman for this band calls this album his probable favorite by them, and I'm inclined to agree. **Please do not reveal ...

It hasn't exactly been smooth sailing in Wilfully Obscure world this week.  My "rig" for conveying vinyl to a format obtainabl...

A singles & b-sides compilation of this band's intermittently rewarding "middle" era.  Doesn't quite beat the early st...

Yesterday was Record Store Day (technically the first of two 2021 "drops" thereof).  In the past I've occasionally shared pur...

Yet another record I don't own a physical variation of, so thanks in advance to whomever went to the task of ripping this.  This southwe...

This is probably my favorite album of the last three years. A bit left-field for what I offer, even by MM standards. Enjoy (or not). **Pleas...

Yep, you can discern by the cover alone what this one is all about.  Goth. Darkwave. Deathrock. Embrace it or dismiss it. In the case of the...

Back in the mid-90s, a lot of us who indie folk who got off on Tsunami's guitars-y, but constructive angst (and even front-woman/wunder...

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...