Wilfully Obscure

I marvel that there was a time when major labels would have the gumption (and purse) to simply take a chance and release something seemingly...

Indie rock, 2002 style.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!**

Not to be confused with the British Mission U.K. (in fact, this Maryland-based quartet may have been responsible for forcing them to graft ...

Power pop-adjacent from 1991. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

What better way to commemorate another Record Store Day in the books than with a visit to a preceding RSD release?  Perhaps the only reason ...

Chilled-out, smooth-as-glass pop from 2019. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

I've had a full week to get my act together and rip some new (or more accurately, used) vinyl...but alas, I never got around to it.  Whi...

From 2016. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

This one has been on the burner for at least a decade and a half.  The fact that I had a request for this several months ago was certainly a...

What time is it?  Time for four eps, that's what!  I'm not sure if I've featured any of these artists on Mystery Monday before. ...

I'm not sure how much demand is out there for this but here goes. I haven't dedicated too much space to Arcwelder , simply because m...

Eugene, OR's Dose made their way onto my ever-lovin radar when they dropped the wonderful "Eyesore" on the Teriyaki Asthma Vo...

Seattle indie rock from 1994.  **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Hailing from Salt Lake City, UT, The Stench were SLC punk by default, although the cult movie referencing the near-non existent scene in th...

From 1980, bundled with a contemporary EP. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear  

Yet more Boston guitar-rawk bluster.  The Blackjacks  suspiciously remind me of another Beantown bunch, the equally bar-busting Classic Ruin...

Demi-legends in Australia's garage-punk underground, the Exploding White Mice often veered to sheer power -punk overdrive, a la the Ram...

From 2023. A return to this band's gritty roots. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

It's been awhile since I dedicated any meaningful space to the Texas Instruments .  About a decade and a half, and that's not an exa...

From 2015.  This band's sixth but hopefully not final album. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Occasionally I share music not based wholly on it's merits, rather on other surrounding factors. Though I'm an admirer of the Swimmi...

Better known as Double Naught Spies , this L.A.-based quartet made minor ripples in their local power pop sphere, and managed to crank out t...

From 1990. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Talk about music that was completely devoid of the prevailing norms of it's era.  Enter Tubular Face , a San Antonio, Texas duo ( Mike E...

From 1981. This L.A. institution's oft overlooked third album. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear