Chasing the Essential

"Impressions that you’ve made here from walking into walls”. - Crossword SmilesCake Sinking ShipThe Tisburys When Love Knocks You DownCliff Hillis Just DriveThe Beths Your SideThe Plimsouls Nickels and DimesRyan Allen The Last Rock BandThe Romantics Let's Get StartedThe Contrast Functional Punk Pop SongAltered Images Happy BirthdayArmchair Oracles During Fragile TimesKid Gulliver Nothing But TroubleThe Young Hasselhoffs Wish You WellMiracle Legion Snacks and CandyReno Bo Baby BluesThe Stayawakes SophieThe Morning Line Looking Right At YouDavid Mead King of the CrosswordsCrossword Smiles Take It on the ChinCaper Clowns Crossword PuzzlesTelevision See No EvilThe Chase continues.

"Bent up but you gotta let it sway.  No firecracker in the dark gonna light your way" - Someone Still Loves you Boris YeltsinSomeone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Sink/Let It SwayThe Rosenbergs Pushing up DaisiesMark Mulcahy Poison Candy HeartMatt Nathanson Kinks ShirtThe Bongos My Wildest DreamsIcecream Hands Yellow & BlueElephant Stone Love The Sinner, Hate The Sin Deer Tick The Dream's In The DitchJason Isbell 24 FramesSon Volt The PictureThe Avett Brothers Slight Figure Of SpeechOkkervil River Unless It's KicksMike Doughty 27 JennifersU2 VertigoTinted Windows Kind Of A GirlBrian Fallon Nobody WinsMyracle Brah Big MistakeTamar Berk in the wildExtra Arms Honey BrownThe Beths Do You Want Me NowThese Essentials aren't going to chase themselves!

"You deliberately defy the rules, 'cause the law's upheld by fools" - PretendersThe Jessica Fletchers Let's Get TogetherMarshall Holland WHATCHA GONNA DOThe Handcuffs I'm Happy Just to Dream With You20/20 The Night I Heard A ScreamSarah Borges & The Broken Singles Stop And Think It OverBlondie Living In The Real WorldBroken Baby Jack White MoneyThe Pretenders Bad Boys Get SpankedThe Feelies Let's GoThe Plus 4 You Look Right Through MeShake Some DONT TELL ME MORELife In Film Get CloserCotton Mather Life Of The LiarSloan She Put Up What She Put DownCliff Hillis Life Gets StrangeThe Dandy Warhols All The Money Or The Simple Life HoneyDanny Wilkerson and Lannie Flowers w/ Orbis Max One Of A KindThe Telepathic Butterflies BonhomieThe Figgs No Time is the Wrong Time to GrooveThe Black Keys Lonely BoyThe Bongos SkydivingChase on!

".Life is good ... Life is flowers!" - Too Much JoyAlvvays After The EarthquakeFLOWERTRUCK Sing Along To Your LifeBelle & Sebastian So In The MomentThe Overtures She Belongs to YesterdayThe Shang Hi Los Aces Eights and HeartbreaksRuin The Nite Sang To MeThe Geezers Get On (feat. Marjorie Etukudo)The Cars Since I Held YouThe Only Ones Another Girl Another PlanetLOS FLECHAZOS Good ThingJim Basnight You Know I KnowStephen Lawrence Really GoodStar Collector Feel It Comin' OnThe Lemon Drop Gang Sweetie PieThe Stayawakes SlumbersThe Living End Read About ItThe Throes All The Flowers Growing In Your Mother's EyesToo Much Joy Life is FlowersThe Rolling Stones Mother's Little HelperTalking Heads (Nothing But) FlowersChasing the essential is not for the faint of heart!

"The band is making it, I guess that's why they keep me around." - The Greenberry WoodsThe Shang Hi Los IngenueIdle Jets Genius of the ObviousPhil Angotti Mystery StreetMichael Head & The Red Elastic Band KismetThe Specials Concrete JungleSomerdale That's Over NowThe Clash GaragelandGreg Kihn Band The Life I GotSimple Minds GhostdancingMichael Penn TryFreedy Johnston On The Way OutChuck Prophet In The Mausoleum (For Alan Vega)Sorrows It's Not Love AnymoreGreat Buildings Hold on to SomethingPulp RazzmatazzPilot Just A SmileThe Connells BustOld 97's Busted AfternoonGreenberry Woods BustedXTC Great FireWe chase, so you don't have to!

"There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder" - Dave EdmundsCrossword Smiles This Little TownChris Richards And The Subtractions Call Me OutPopular Creeps From The PastJeremy Porter & The Tucos HuckleberryGlen Phillips Stone ThroatLiquor Giants Multicoloured HipshakeSemisonic This Will Be My YearLiz Phair Spanish Doors (Album Mix)Better Than Ezra In The BloodDave Edmunds Girls TalkSuburban Hi-Fi Here Comes The BloodNick Piunti & The Complicated Men Upper HandDel Amitri Stone Cold SoberFreedy Johnston Seventies GirlDave Caruso AllendaleThe Hangabouts Twelve SongsHUPP PenpalsThe Legal Matters Don't Read Between the LinesTom Curless Accelerated MoonCrossword Smiles Walk SoftlyThe new year chase begins!

"We'll sing 'bout things we don't know, we'll sing to people and show what it means to be young and growing up" - The Linda LindasThe Beths Expert In A Dying Field Expert In A Dying FieldPhil Angotti Priscilla Once Around AgainRichard X. Heyman Washington Rock 67,000 Miles, An Album Tom Curless Call Time Person of Interest Spoon On The Radio Lucifer On The Sofa Freedy Johnston Tryin' to Move On Back on the Road to You Cheap Star Wish I Could See Wish I Could See Vandoliers The Lighthouse The Vandoliers Sloan Dream It All Over Again Steady Greg Pope Holding On To A Sunny Day The Rise of the Mythical Creatures John Larson And The Silver Fields Too Stupid to Stop Mile a  Minute The Linda Lindas Growing Up Growing Up Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men My Mind (Plays Tricks on Me) Heart Inside Your Head The Smithereens Out Of This World The Lost Album Deadlights Just Let It Go Eleven Step Intervention Dot Dash Madman in the Rain Madman in the Rain The Shang Hi Los Takes One To Know One Aces Eights & Heartbreaks Popular Creeps Window All Of This Will End In Tears Captain Storm FUCKING CRAZY Pop! The Natural Lines The Problem Is Me First Five EP David Woodard Stupid Kid Stupid Kid Lannie Flowers Don't Make Me Wait Flavor Of The MonthAnton Barbeau Power Pop Power Pop!!! Hoodoo Gurus My Imaginary Friend Chariot Of The Gods Andy Bopp King of the Day An Andy Bopp Compendium Reimagined and Compiled by Nick Bertling The Beths Expert In A Dying Field Expert In A Dying Field 4:11 2022Phil Angotti Priscilla Once Around Again 2:31 2022Richard X. Heyman Washington Rock 67,000 Miles, An Album 2:59 2022Tom Curless Call Time Person of Interest 3:07 2022Spoon On The Radio Lucifer On The Sofa 3:20 2022Freedy Johnston Tryin' to Move On Back on the Road to You 3:42 2022Cheap Star Wish I Could See Wish I Could See 2:21 2022Vandoliers The Lighthouse The Vandoliers 3:38 2022Sloan Dream It All Over Again Steady 3:07 2022Greg Pope Holding On To A Sunny Day The Rise of the Mythical Creatures 2:13 2022John Larson And The Silver Fields Too Stupid to Stop Mile a  Minute 2:54 2022The Linda Lindas Growing Up Growing Up 3:06 2022Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men My Mind (Plays Tricks on Me) Heart Inside Your Head 2:15 2022The Smithereens Out Of This World The Lost Album 3:33 2022Deadlights Just Let It Go Eleven Step Intervention 3:56 2022Dot Dash Madman in the Rain Madman in the Rain 2:14 2022The Shang Hi Los Takes One To Know One Aces Eights & Heartbreaks 3:32 2023Popular Creeps Window All Of This Will End In Tears 3:23 2022Captain Storm FUCKING CRAZY Pop! 2:39 2022The Natural Lines The Problem Is Me First Five EP 4:26 2023David Woodard Stupid Kid Stupid Kid 2:38 2022Lannie Flowers Don't Make Me Wait Flavor Of The Month 3:03 2022Anton Barbeau Power Pop Power Pop!!! 4:18 2022Hoodoo Gurus My Imaginary Friend Chariot Of The Gods 4:09 2022Andy Bopp King of the Day An Andy Bopp Compendium Reimagined and Compiled by Nick Bertling

"I'm pulling down my eyelids two at a time" - The RegrettsElvis Costello & The Imposters Magnificent HurtThe Jins MetroAdele & The Chandeliers Up There For ThinkingTom Curless & The 46% My Valuable Hunting KnifeBelle & Sebastian Unnecessary DramaRyan Allen Count With MeRyan Adams Take It BackPeaness WorryThe Tisburys The Tisburys (On Main Street)Push Puppets Your Secret's SafeEmperor Penguin Let Me Take You On HolidayJosh Rouse Hollow MoonSuperchunk Wild LonelinessRichard Öhrn Seal Your MoveThrift Store Halo Not Too LateThe Regrettes MondayCrossword Smiles LotusLibrarians With Hickeys I Better Get HomeThe Glad Machine We All FallFLOWERTRUCK Alright / All RightTamar Berk dandelions in my flowerbedSpygenius Son of the Morning, Go Man Go!The Rallies Must Be Love (promo single)Vista Blue We Don't Think SoKevin Robertson Tough Times (Feel Like That)Part 2 will be posted next

"Through the years, we all will be together, if the Fates allow" - TraditionalDave Caruso GrinchDreams So Real Red LightsThe Weeklings Gonna Be ChristmasThe Dandy Warhols Little Drummer BoyOdds Love Is What You GetThe Hangabouts Colors of ChristmasSloan Kids Come Back Again at ChristmasDavid Woodard Around the Power Pop TreeNick Piunti and the Complicated Men Christmas MorningThe Linda Lindas Groovy XmasThe Three Wise Men (Aka XTC) Thanks For ChristmasSwag Everyday Is ChristmasFountains Of Wayne Valley Winter SongShoes This ChristmasMarcy Playground Keegan's ChristmasBill Lloyd Underneath the Christmas TreeThe Raveonettes The Christmas SongThe Smithereens Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight)The Killers BootsOld 97's Wintertime In The CityThe Beths Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasJuliana Hatfield Make It HomeMerry Christmas!

 "On a road of your own choosing, miss a sign and go too far.  With those strange maps you're using, you don't know how close you are." - Reno BoStarbelly Better Than MyselfCotton Mather Girl With A Blue GuitarSearching For Sylvia Read I for YouA.C. Newman Miracle DrugThe Shazam Fallin' All Around MeThe Romantics Out Of My Mind (Into My Head)The Caesars Sort It OutJoe Strummer & The Mescaleros Coma GirlThe Forty-Fives Daddy Rolling StoneDave Caruso Your Fake FriendsOasis The Meaning Of SoulThe Figgs Regional HitsThe Soundtrack Of Our Lives BigtimeThe Anderson Council Friday's GirlPortugal. The Man Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now)Marcy Playground Blood In Alphabet SoupThe Damnwells No One Listens to the Band AnymoreFreddy And The Fourgone Conclusions TodayThe Chesterfield Kings Stems And FlowersReno Bo Strange MapsRingo Starr I Think Therefore I Rock 'n' RollChasing the classics.