Wilfully Obscure

Am taking the week off.  Will see you back here for Mystery Monday next week.  Cheers.

Im spoiling you this week.  This is a two CD set compiling a healthy number of this UK band's b-sides, neglected album tracks, and alter...

I usually save most of my revelatory finds for the end of the year, but what the hell.  And a major label release (Polydor) no less, but unl...

From 2004.  Picking up on morsels of everyone from Nada Surf to Creeper Lagoon and even Mercury Rev. Enjoy **Please do not reveal artist in ...

Not as egregiously grungy as many of their counterparts due south in Seattle, Bellingham, WA's  Medelicious were still a mightily noisy...

Just as I was about to drop the "cold case" tag on this Phoenix-area foursome I discovered they have a Facebook page.  Sounding h...

This week it's four eps spanning three decades. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear  

Typically on Record Store Day I share something released on a prior RSD, but I'm quickly run out of "safe" items to post, simp...

From 1998.  I remember being thoroughly immersed and invested in this when it came out. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

I had high hopes for That Hope , given the impression they left me with on their debut, Eight Dollar Hat , which I shared way back in '...

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

Here's a sweet turn-of-the-decade slice of power pop, from an artist I've had minimal acquaintance with but am anxious to hear more ...

Here's one of my better browsing-in-the-wild finds, though I have little in terms of pertinent details to disclose about the Cynthia Isa...

From 2010. Springtime is upon us, but this is truly a band for all seasons.   **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear

Was under the weather this week, and was unable to digitize any analogue goodies for you, bur in lieu of that I have this sterling nugget.  ...

An archival trove of recordings from a neglected Ohio power pop outfit that only released a single in the mid '80s.   **Please do not re...

Employing a full-time violinist, this Aussie bunch exude heavy pastoral vibes if anything else.  I wasn't sure what I was getting myself...

At some point in 1992 I summoned up the misguided notion I could count all of the shoegazer/dream pop bands in the world on my fingers and t...

Chilled out grooves from 2012.  A recent favorite of mine. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!** Hear  

Though they were once the pride of Towson, MD, I'm not sure if Dark Side were exactly my bag.  Not precisely power pop or punk, this co...

A lo-fi masterclass recorded in 2010, but released two years later after multiple, painstaking revisions. **Please do not reveal artist in c...

Not only have I already introduced you to Yazoo Beach (over a decade ago in fact), I've also enlightened and entertained you with pheno...

A compilation capturing the brunt (but not everything) this overlooked C86 proposition put out into the world.   **Please do not reveal arti...

Realistically, I could have shared this one eons ago, but I just kept putting it off.  If someone else out there in blogland got to Souleate...

In what might be the first time I've featured music from a strictly instrumental combo, my working knowledge of Bloomington, IN's Dr...