Chasing the Essential

"So the dollar-shop shoppers broke the lock and they knocked you down" - The Decemberists Steve Earle The Revolution Starts... Michelle Shocked Hello Hopeville Todd Thibaud Lonesome June Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats S.O.B. The BoDeans American The Decemberists All Arise! Sierra Ferrell Dollar Bill Bar Biltmore Scenes From An American Highway Rest Stop R.E.M. (Don't Go Back To) Rockvil...

"These are the days of miracle and wonder, and don’t cry baby don’t cry" - Paul Simon The Pretty Flowers I Got You (Split Enz) The Bangles If She Knew What She Wants Dexys Midnight Runners & Kevin Rowland Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile) Ramones Little Bit O' Soul Laura Veirs Mr. Mingo (Bonus Track) Doug Powell Candy-O Real Estate Paper Dolls Jesse Malin Rudie Can't Fail Big C...

"It's funny how life turns out, the odds of faith in the face of doubt" - The Josh Joplin Group Jon Auer – Bottom of the Bottle Jon Brion – I Believe She’s Lying Josh Rouse – Directions Josh Joplin Group – Camera One The James Clark Institute – Phantom Girl Jim Trainor – Nothing Joey Sykes – Loveless Crowd Jenny Lewis – Head Underwater Jason Falkner – Eloquence Jill Sobule – Karen at Night Jellyfi...

"I didn’t grow up in the straightest line.  Crooked and bent like broken spine" - Alex Dezen Brigitte Calls Me Baby I Can Take the Sun Out of the Sky Deer Tick Mary Singletary Courtney Barnett Feat. Waxahatchee Site Unseen The Pretty Flowers Convent Walls Alex Dezen I Had a Band Fountains Of Wayne I've Got A Flair R.E.M. Welcome To The Occupation The Beths Out of Sight Beat Rodeo Just Friends Semi...

"I cave, like I was built to break" - The Beths CAKE Long Time Deer Tick Eyelid The On and Ons Coming On Strong Gary Klebe Invading My Space Violent Femmes Promise 54•40 It's a Rough Life Ransom and the Subset Meet You Again The Alarm Soul Town Ramones Somebody Put Something In My Drink The Contrast Believe Social Distortion Tonight The Stone Roses Made Of Stone Cliff Hillis The Square Route Futur...

"We are, we are, we are but your children, finding our way around indecision" - The Icicle Works  The Alarm Outlier Brian Fallon Not Bad for New Jersey Courtney Barnett Great Advice Pretenders Fools Must Die David Woodard Circle Of Friends Robert Hazard & The Heroes Change Reaction The Pretty Flowers Tough Love The Greenberry Woods December Boy Joe Jackson The Evil Eye Someone Still Loves You,...

"The city kids were lost for weeks, pushed out the door.  Searching for a better way, not to feel so torn" - Quilt Brian Fallon Better Before Death Cab for Cutie Punching the Flowers Mark Ward King Without a Crown Phoenix Lasso The Fleshtones Love Yourself Sleeper Inbetweener The Rallies This Time Sharp Pins (I Wanna) Be Your Girl Icehouse We Can Get Together Colman Gota Higher Calling Madness Rai...

"I wish I was a fisherman, tumblin' on the seas.  Far away from dry land, and it's bitter memories" - The Waterboys Bob Mould See A Little Light Elvis Costello Veronica The Posies I May Hate You Some Times The Stone Roses Elephant Stone The Call Let The Day Begin Concrete Blonde God Is A Bullet Hoodoo Gurus Come Anytime Michael Penn No Myth Joe Jackson Down To London Guadalcanal Diary Always Satur...

 "Bottom of the barrel on Top of the Pops.  You stole from the best, but you never got caught" - The Pretty Flowers Mark Ward Godless Country Ryan Hamilton The Come to Jesus Moment The On and Ons Speck Of Smiling Faces The Jam Carnation Gary Klebe Not Tough Enough Ric Ocasek Don't Lose Me Emperor Penguin Wittering and Zigo The Vapors I Don't Remember White Town Your Woman otter petter Turn Out the...

"When you stray from the beaten path, confusion may be your epitaph" - Guadalcanal Diary Jesse Malin Hollywood Forever Courtney Barnett Wonder The Why Oh Whys Without You I'm Nothing XTC The Disappointed Tommy Keene Faith in Love (Bonus Track) Sugar Come Around The Pretty Flowers Bucket Beach With Radiant Action I Saw A Girl Guadalcanal Diary Things Fall Apart Shoes Girls of Today The On and Ons Y...

"There's a couple from the show me state, knockin' back a little meatloaf plate" - Martin Sexton Patti Smith Glitter In Their Eyes The Figgs Cheap Cassettes The Strokes Is This It Myracle Brah I'd Rather Be The Muffs Become Undone The Shazam RU Recieving Superdrag Keep It Close To Me The Dandy Warhols Get Off Nina Gordon Number One Camera Michael Penn Out of Its Misery The Spongetones My Girl Mary...

"People breaking their hearts just to stay off the street" - The Suburbs The Greenberry Woods That Won't Make You Love Me The Rallies Comes And Goes The Goo Goo Dolls Big Machine Ted Leo & The Pharmacists The World Stops Turning The On and Ons Ride A Wave The Pretty Flowers Thief of Time The Tisburys When A Switch Flips Courtney Barnett Stay In Your Lane The Suburbs Love Is the Law Blondie Lon...

"All I wanna do is to thank you, even though I don't know who you are. You let me change lanes, while I was driving in my car" - Geggy Tah The Dandy Warhols The Dandy Warhols' TV Theme Song Billy Bragg Upfield The Lemonheads If I Could Talk I'd Tell You Divinyls Human on the Inside Fountains Of Wayne Survival Car Butthole Surfers Pepper Gin Blossoms Follow You Down CAKE Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps G...

"Movie stars and ads and radio define romance don't turn it on, I don't wanna dance" - Psychedelic Furs The Rallies I Believe Star Collector The Best Thing Sector Frontier Love Goes Out The Window X Around My Heart Nick Piunti Vacant Heart Green Circles Days Of Blue And Grey And Green Death Cab for Cutie Riptides Drivin' N' Cryin' Count The Flowers The Flying Lizards Money Eurythmics When Tomorrow...

"I must not think bad thoughts, what is this world coming to?" - X XTC Respectable Street Youth Chairs I Want You Different. Yours And Mine Pushing Up Daisies The Yes It Is The Night I Heard A Scream X Breathless Your Gracious Host Just Like a Train The Zutons Valerie The Zags Play It Loud X-Ray Spex The Day The World Turned Day-Glo Yum Yums Crush On You Young the Giant My Body XTC Funk Pop A Roll...

"Lawn chairs are everywhere. They're everywhere, my mind describes them to me" - Our Daughter's Wedding Outlines High on a Wire otter petter Cobwebs Old 97's Bird In A Cage The Outsiders Time Won't Let Me Outrageous Cherry Pretty Girls Go Insane Owsley Be With You The Ocean Blue Bitter The Offspring Gotta Get Away Oh-OK Such n Such Our Daughter's Wedding Lawnchairs Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dar...

"But no one seems to hear the music, 'cause no one listens to the band anymore" - The Damnwells The Damnwells No One Listens to the Band Anymore The Dandy Warhols Bohemian Like You Deer Tick The Dream's In The Ditch The Donnas Take It Off Dreams So Real California The dB's Living a Lie Devo Uncontrollable Urge DM3 One times, Two Times Devastated Deadeye Dick New Age Girl (2021 Edition) Death By Un...

"Can’t you see it’s getting late? My head’s on fire and it’s all ending" - The Tisbury's The Vapors Hit The Ground Running Splitsville I Hate Going to Hutzler's The Planes Tear the World Apart (MFLB Version) Chris Church I'm A Machine The Beths Straight Line Was A Lie DOM MARIANI World On Its Head The Jellybricks Dreaming In Stereo Push Puppets Shake It Like You Mean It Star Collector Everything M...

"This is the part where it all works out, when you got no doubt who's your lucky number" - David Mead Caper Clowns Take A Number (Join The Line) The Glad Machine Back To You Liquid Mike Instantly Wasted Dropkick Primary Colours Icecream Hands Do Ya Feel It The Flashcubes and Mike Gent Reminisce Portugal. The Man Tanana GREG POPE Fallen Star Michigander Emotional David Mead Confidence Man Crossword...

"Dawn comes soon enough for the working class" - X R.E.M. Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars) XTC Ball And Chain X The Have Nots Adam Ant Friend Or Foe Translator When I Am With You The Jim Carroll Band Jealous Twin Lords of the New Church Russian Roulette Wall Of Voodoo Spy World The Jam Running On The Spot Human Sexual Response Marone Offering The Psychedelic Furs Run And Run Romeo Void Never Say Never...

"Looking at my watch and I'm half-past caring" - Trashcan Sinatras The Tubes Talk To Ya Later Ted Leo & The Pharmacists The Mighty Sparrow Tegan & Sara Speak Slow They Might Be Giants Your Racist Friend Tears For Fears Mad World Teenage Fanclub What You Do To Me The Three O'Clock I Go Wild Tripping Daisy I Got A Girl Toad The Wet Sprocket All I Want The Thrills Big Sur The Tragically Hip P...

"You could make somebody a pretty little wife, but don't let anybody tell you how to live your life" - Bangles / Costello The B-52's Nip It In The Bud Belle & Sebastian Unnecessary Drama The Balloon Farm A Question Of Temperature The Black Keys Lonely Boy The Beths Future Me Hates Me The Brian Jonestown Massacre Not If You Were The Last Dandy On Earth Band Of Horses Laredo Biltmore Dirty Pillo...

I don't think there are any Russians and there ain't no Yanks ... just corporate criminals, playing with tanks. - The Call The Clash Police On My Back The Cars Got A Lot On My Head The Candyskins Submarine Song The Coral Dreaming of You CAKE The Distance The Call The Walls Came Down The Castaways Liar, Liar Concrete Blonde Joey The Connells Carry My Picture Cotton Mather My Before and After The Ch...

"could it bring somebody down if I never made a sound again?" - Superdrag Sloan Underwhelmed Split Enz What's The Matter With You The Shins Fighting In A Sack Strawberry Alarm Clock Incense And Peppermints Screaming Trees Nearly Lost You The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Sister Surround The Shazam Turnaround The Smithereens Behind The Wall Of Sleep Soul Asylum Without A Trace The Smiths There Is A Light...

Give me all your money and I'll make some origami, honey. - Courtney Barnett Courtney Barnett Pedestrian At Best The On And Ons Rockin' with the Beat The Ravines Tambareen Jesse Malin Outsiders Cage The Elephant Mess Around Maritime Satellite Love Best Coast Heaven Sent The Dazies Idiot Death Cab For Cutie The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive Baby Shakes Running Through the Night Michael Carpenter Don't Op...