Wilfully Obscure

I have four eps for you this week.  Boogie 'til ya puke ya'll. **Please do not reveal artists in comments!** 

Another slim week for new content, I know, so apologies in advance.  What can I tell you?  Whether I was even going to share this one or not...

I've been on a review hiatus for quite a few months now, which I apologize for. To whomever has sent me music in late '22 to the pre...

A nice, tidy career summation from 2014, that does an apropos job of collecting most of this band's highlights, dating back to 1981.  **...

A rather miscellaneous Minneapolis bunch, The Form , appear to only be survived by this single, minted on Twin/Tone Records damn near four d...

Another Record Store Day is in the books, and as in years past around the consumer-driven "holiday" I often try to share something...

From 2006. Twelve covers of classic power pop songs from an act you've likely never heard of. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!...

Time for a mini-LP, this one from the noisome and droney, but altogether great Dustdevils , a New York by way of UK export, whose Rhenyard...

From 2007. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

From my understanding Invisible Pedestrian had roots in Czechoslovakia, automatically making this quartet outliers. As for their music they...

Vital Sines were a Toronto quartet who made headway in the Canadian indie-circuit, thanks to this ep's title cut, an icy, noir slab of ...

My apologies for not getting any new music to you last week. I'll try to remedy that in the next two days. As for this week's M/M it...

From 2002. The muscular fourth album from a fellow who finally corralled a backing band, and along the way relegated his oft trademark sad b...

Even after all these decades, not only am I discovering artists from the classic era of Brit punk and power pop, I'm still discovering e...

Recordings from 1985-88. If you're into early Wedding Present and Close Lobsters this will be a treat.  **Please do not reveal artist in...

A friend with Weeds is a friend inde....oh never mind. But chances are this Wisconsin power-trio did have some friends and a gaggle of fans...

Wicked, infectious piano pop from 2019. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

This one was a lot of work to put together, if only due to the sheer heft of the album. Roughly 90 minutes of music from an obscure L.A. pos...

There was a lot of talk last week surrounding the fiftieth anniversary of a certain landmark album.  How about another pivotal record that j...

With a little more amperage and angst Chicago's Throw might have been convincing grunge contenders, and to the contrary, had they posse...

No, they don't really sound like the Pixies, but would you believe a few '90s "small of fame" faves of mine like Fig Dish ...

On February 17th I learned that the frontman for this band (and several others) had suddenly passed away the night before. A musician, photo...

Truth be told, the sleeve on this one almost scared me off - but with a price tag of only a dollar I figured I didn't have much to be fr...

Though the band's influence is debatable, Das Damen's presence on the indie circuit during the Reagan/Bush-era was downright inesca...

A debut from 1992. Won't give away anymore than that.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear