Out of Obscurity
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Welcome back idiotprogrammer, Robert Nagle, to OoO’s longstanding mini-feature. In it, he mentions an article from 2000 by Courtney Love and follows up, “https://www.salon.com/2000/06/14/love_7/ Courtney Loe wrote this long screed in 2000!
OoO did not intend to take a three-month hiatus, but we’re glad to be back with idiotprogrammer, Robert Nagle.DJ Poseur claims that DL is the best rock band to have its whole discography on Bandcamp on a “name your price” basis: https://dol
It’s been a long, unscheduled hiatus for OoO, but here’s a morsel of what we’ll talk about in OoO EI4, currently being edited. The albums up for arrangement from most to least famous in this quiz are as follows:A. Dandy Warhols - "Thirtee
Buy our album picks on Bandcamp, 3/4 on a “name your price” basis: https://capillaryaction.bandcamp.com/album/capsized & https://discorporate.bandcamp.com/album/squeeze-me-ahead-of-lineSTRUCTURE: OG introduces CA & his history w/ them, a
This is a new mini-feature we’re trying out for the first time, though it was intended to accompany the very first episode of OoO. The idea is to give a very personal review in conversation about a “best of” or “essential” albums list in a pa
Purchase our album picks on Bandcamp https://pitchblackmanor.bandcamp.com/album/monster-classics & eMusic https://www.emusic.com/album/4953371/The-Spits/Scion-AV-Garage-Presents-The-Spits---Haunted-Fang-Castle Structure: Introducing Lovehea
OoO welcomes new cohost Loveheart with a personalized Obscurity Quiz of exceptional taste ranging from the 1970s to 2010s. Our Halloween themed episode with two rock horror album picks by Pitch Black Manor & The Spits is coming soon.
Purchase our album picks on Bandcamp: https://monkturner.bandcamp.com/album/god-complex& https://lesliehall.bandcamp.com/Structure: Robert introduces MT (0:53-8:38); Creative Commons & personal feedback on demos, “making-of” videos, colla
Robert Nagle (idiotprogrammer) is a contestant for a third time in a quick conversation about some seminal concept albums from the 60s & the first decade of the 21st century. We fixate a bit on The Beatles, leading DJ Poseur to bring up the “
This episode features two “unpopular pop” albums. One from a group who apparently survive on viral word of mouth in Eastern Europe, and the 2nd a 2019 album translated as “The Plague” that in a just world would have spread more than Covid-19 o
As a preview for Idiotprogrammer's 2nd episode of OoO on "unpopular pop music," we take a brief look at some of Europe's most popular female vocalists since the 1980s. We have differing views on which we'd actually choose to listen to today an
Purchase album picks on Bandcamp: https://thefaint.bandcamp.com/album/danse-macabre-deluxe-edition-remastered https://nurses.bandcamp.com/album/dracula Nurses’ 2017 follow-up is on Bandcamp on a “name your price” basis and should be owned b
First-time guest host shares his concert memories, thoughts on fame versus obscurity, with reverences to seminal acts like The Fall, The Smiths, and Neutral Milk Hotel. Our episode on The Faint's "Danse Macabre" & Nurses "Dracula" will follow
Purchase our album picks on Bandcamp https://manybirthdays.bandcamp.com/album/black-mountain-blue-sea https://13yearcicadas.bandcamp.com/ or eMusic https://www.emusic.com/artist/rs_3624495/13-Year-Cicada Structure: The first album pick
The first three albums are ones that idiotprogrammer mentioned among his all time favorites, and the latter three are DJ Poseur's favorites from that year. Just imagine that we have the rights to play the hit by Smashing Pumpkins to open and c
As OoO matures, it’s expected that DJ Poseur won’t know some guest hosts personally. After admiring Robert’s work for over a year, this is the first time DJ Poseur and idiotprogrammer met in real time. The guest shares his thoughts and experi
Purchase options: “Music for Mortals” http://www.stuartdavis.com/album/music-mortals “ibn El Leil” https://www.emusic.com/album/84891083/Mashrou-Leila/Ibn-El-Leil Structure: Background on SD (up to 6:13); “Music for Mortals” album: song
Stream our picks here (but do also buy them if you can afford it): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lYasLPwrQ7z0-pepR1n43ZT-Fdl3QSWnc https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nnSVNrj2W6uETwPJK8h-Fl8UzhC6_mUN4 Listen to s
Welcome a new cohost, HannahBackward, to give her thoughts on AMG, a cappella music, and whether megasites like Amazon and YouTube are too evil for OoO. An addendum cross-references AMG user ratings with YouTube views for extra empirical excit
Buy our album picks here: https://gabbysworld.bandcamp.com/album/o-khttps://sharkstears.bandcamp.com/album/experience-of-the-charmhttps://www.emusic.com/album/209403644/-/-GW RIYL: Epoch Collective (Bellows, Florist, etc.), Frankie Cosmo
Our voice of the youth returns to share her views on lo-fi music, hipster bedroom pop, and what she thinks counts as obscure, with another ranking of five albums from famous to largely unknown.
NPR’s Tiny Desk official page: https://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/ Wikipedia lists all the Tiny Desk concerts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Desk_Concerts Structure: Introducing DJ Karev & comparing her listening habits t
For anyone who want to practice listening to Mandarin, the raw audio is also available. This version edits it out for brevity.Supermarket may be the most prolific, if not the most famous, Chinese band making genre-defying experimental electro
Purchase our picks here: https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/1502455?ev=rb https://www.discogs.com/artist/1409280-Danny-The-Champions-Of-The-Worldhttps://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/tw-walsh-songs-of-pain-and-leisure https://www.discogs.c
Midterm exams have slowed our production schedule, but we're gearing up for an episode on two fine albums approaching alt. country from different angles. Consider this Obscurity Quiz a quick background on some fixtures of the subgenre and a te
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