Wilfully Obscure

At long last the drought is over.  Finally some new content...sort of. I went into this Canadian troupe's lone album cold a few years ag...

From 2020. Smooth, but forward-thinking indie pop exuding a deftly balanced blend of gits and keys. Signposts point to everyone from Roxy Mu...

A debut album from 2003. The last throes of Brit-pop, or a new chapter altogether?  Give this a few listens to sink in. **Please do not reve...

The passing of Dwight Twilley on the 18th of this month was more than just another celebrity R.I.P., it was more akin to the passing of an ...

This one has been a long time coming. Shortly after I shared this in 2014 it was pointed out to me that the third track on this album, ...

 A debut album from 2004. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Thanks for being patient with me while I find an adequate amount of time to prep more vinyl for some uploads in the very near future. Until ...

Four eps.  It's been a few months since I've done one of these. Two decades spanning two millennia represented.   **Please do not re...

So I had some internal debate on whether to share this or not, but if not on Wilfuly Obscure, where?  Per the picture to your right, it'...

It's nearly impossible for a recent passing to not overshadow the music of the artist involved. In the cases of high profile specimens l...

An expanded edition of this English band's 1987 debut.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Here

You'd be forgiven if you took this band's moniker as anything less than frivolous, but fear not, Oingo Boingo Upangybottoms weren...

From 1994. So overlooked that even I'm prone to forgetting about them for extended stretches of time.  **Please do not reveal artist in ...

Just a quick disclaimer, this is not the group of American ex-pats named The Monks who in the mid-60s recorded the lauded, proto-garage ...

As it turns out I may have usurped this from another blog at one point, but I really hope not. That being said, I don't own a physical c...

Recorded in 1982 but remained unreleased until 1990. These are essentially demos or working versions for this UK post-punk staple's abor...

It probably won't be until next week that I have the opportunity to rip some new wax for you, but in the meantime, I do have the fourth ...

From 2002. The second album from my all time favorite "side project."  It's a grower folks... Track nine is a Posies cover.  *...

More like the class of 1980, considering that's the year this thing was copyrighted, but anyway.  Been hanging into this one for a few y...

A 2004 collection of demos and outtakes from one of my top tier favorites of the '90s. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Since another outpost in cyberspace has already written exhaustively on these recordings, I'm probably going to defer to them to do mos...

In the mid-90s I was paying more attention to music than ever, yet there were some artists I just plain missed the memo about. Three Hour To...

From 2019. They got off to a bit of an uneven start with their first reunion album, but this one was an improvement. **Please do not reveal ...

Here's a name that might ring a bell for some of you.   Chewy Marble were an L.A. area trio who did their thing not only when power pop...

From 1997.  A delightful power pop debut bearing an all-important serrated edge. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear