Wilfully Obscure

A live album recorded in 2005, but not entirely released until last year. One of my favorite live documents of the century so far.  **Please...

Not that Chapterhouse, but would you believe another one? Yep, and this combo were from the UK as well. Not dream pop, so much as nuanced w...

Though technically this is a label "sampler," so to speak, Hanging Out at Midnight functions and flows as a proper compilation, r...

Talk about a guilty pleasure. Not sure what ya'll are going to make of this one, but I've been listening to it non-stop for the past...

Lots of bands find themselves in the often precarious position of being on a record label that's larger in stature than they are. Biff B...

Reissue of a 1988 album that coincidentally introduced me to the band.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Atlanta, GA was never going to be a post-punk haven, but someone forgot to tell the long departed 86 this. Some of you visited and imbibed ...

Personal recommendations are powerful and downright essential in getting the word out about new and emerging artists, and although I knew of...

Excellent co-ed indie from 1994 you've likely never encountered. Enjoy.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

I apologize again for getting delayed in the mountain of dead links I need to restore. Secondly, I haven't been giving you a ton of new ...

Reissue of a 1985 album. Word arrived last week that the vocalist for this Irish combo passed away on the 18th. Without giving much more awa...

The somewhat oblique purple and green animal-type-thing occupying this otherwise ebony album jacket belies a record with a half-dozen smart ...

Lazy (aka The Lazy Music Group ) were one of hundreds of '90s indie also-rans that deserved a better fate, granted the sheer amount of ...

Disk two of a 2003 box set containing 35 b-sides and ep tracks from this band's halcyon era.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!...

It seems as is there are more bands named The Secrets than records made by bands named the Secrets (or even by combos sporting that word...

The very fact that The Muffs spent the better part of a decade (that would be the '90s) on a major label is as wholly logical as it is ...

From 2006. I can vouch for the entire album, but more specifically,  tracks 2 through 4 deliver a seismic, melodic k.o. **Please do not reve...

Not as high strung as their moniker suggests, for their debut mini-LP, The Psycho Daisies dealt us a cheeky melange of Americana tinged wit...

It's been about three years since we've heard more from mercival aside from a volley of recent singles, but after soaking in 2019...

A long overdue, not to mention frequently excellent solo album from 2019. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

If there's anything I've brought you over recent months/years, this one will certainly qualify as a bona fide curiosity at the very ...

The lone 1991 album from a band gone too soon they neglected to tell you about. Sorry for the lack of content last week folks. Was out of to...

A random two-fer this week. One is a 1992 ep that for some reason felt more like a mini-album, and a 2016 full length that left me wanting e...

Another year, another Record Store Day (This year being the fifteenth), and to one extent or another I've probably attended a good twelv...

From 2010. Smart, assertive and sometimes melancholy indie guitar rock built on a solid singer/songwriter bedrock. **Please do not reveal ar...