Wilfully Obscure

From 2013. For fans of The Drums (the band), or for that matter The Smiths. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

I don't have much info to go on regarding this Canuck trio, whose 1988 platter may have been the only release to their name. While not r...

A 1986 compilation that was a high school staple for me. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear 

A recent reissue of a 1980 album that should have cast a wider net. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Howdy.  If it seems I've been cutting back on posts even more lately there's a reason for that. I'm dealing with some unexpected...

Welcome to Mystery Tuesday everyone. We've got a live one from '07. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

It's summation time again - my annual wrap for the year that's just passed us by.  Behold, yet another sampler of the creme de la cr...

A 26-track singles compilation spanning 1982-87. And while I'm at it, Happy New Year. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

One more for 2023.  This is the first LP from Dutch denizens, The Meteors , a six-piece no less.  Released in their homeland in 1979, Teenag...

Merry Mystery Christmas Monday.  Here's a very non-holiday centric album from 2019.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Not everything I share necessarily stimulates me, and this one is a fairly representative case in point.  No, Thin White Rope were never a ...

This single surrounds two bands who were eventually scooped up by the majors in the wake of the Smashing-vana hoopla circa the mid-90s.  In ...

A guilty pleasure from 1996.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

And so we've finally arrived at night number eight.  The big enchilada.  The one that everyone will be talking about (well a few dozen o...

Tonight I've decided to blur the lines between traditional Chanukah uploads and Mystery Monday.  Yes, I'm keeping this one (relative...

Mostly a coincidence, this one ties in with another Chanukah entry I gifted you this week, and even a second one (tangentially anyway).  As ...

I wasn't planning on doing another volley of singles until next year, but I've been sitting on a lot of interesting titles, plus let...

It's not the first time I've hosted material by Game Theory and with any luck it won't be the last (but you never know). On thi...

So the story goes, and unnamed record dealer in Europe was sitting on a stash of scarce, private-press power pop singles from a bevy of Yank...

In a nutshell, when singer/songwriter Bobby Sutliff passed away after a battle with cancer on August 29, 2022, the world in general didn...

Welcome to night one. So I'm going into this one with more than a little bit of trepidation.  By now a lot of you have disavowed The Pos...

  Another year and another Chanukah is upon us.  2023 is almost in the books and ready to be sealed away, but not before the annual Festival...

A fairly astonishing debut from 2001. RIYL Seaweed and Ultimate Fakebook. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Here are a couple of really inventive bands that for whatever the reason I've rarely brought up on these pages before. Rhode Island deni...

From 1981. Essentially a one-off album from a band commandeered by a prolific singer, songwriter and toiler of cult renown. One of his most ...