Chasing the Essential

"Doing all right. A little jiving on a Saturday night" - Sniff and the Tears
Nina Gordon Badway

Golden Richards Hey Mr. Softee

Blur Barbaric

The Never Never Big Kid

Rob Laufer Open

Pete Yorn How Do You Go On?

The Bye Bye Blackbirds All In Light

World Party Best Place I've Ever Been

Sniff 'n' the Tears Driver's Seat

The Covasettes Duvet Thief

Spygenius Let Me In (The Monster Song)

The Pretenders A Love

The Dandy Warhols Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth

Danny Wilkerson Enough for Somebody

The Kooks Sofa Song

Locksley The Past And The Present

The Fleshtones The Girl From Baltimore

The Minus 5 The Girl I Never Met

Fountains Of Wayne The Girl I Can't Forget

Nada Surf Inside Of Love
Leave sooner, drive slower, CTE longer.

"I can't reveal what's inside or behind me and thoughts that are real I can't feel they won't find me" - The E-Types

13th Floor Elevators You're Gonna Miss Me

Push Puppets Small Doses

Bob Mould I Don't Know You Anymore

The Beths Whatever

Continental Drifters The Rain Song

The Turtles Outside Chance

Sloan Who Taught You to Live Like That?

Lisa Mychols Right On Time

Any Trouble Open Fire

The Bongos Apache Dancing

The Magic Mushrooms It's-A-Happening

Parthenon Huxley A Feeling That Won't Fade Away

The Castaways Liar, Liar

The Contrast Side FX

Odds 25 Words

Marshall Crenshaw Never Gonna Happen

Deer Tick Forgiving Ties

Dream Syndicate Tell Me When It's Over

Hurry Beggin' For You

The E Types Put The Clock Back On The Wall

James Mastro My God
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch essential ...

"I'm not ever quite together, I'm not sorted out." - The Connells
X Burning House Of Love

Nick Piunti Til The End of The Day

The Singles You Can't Hurt Me Now

Tamar Berk walking hurricane

The Connells Burden

The Dead 60s Start A War

Future Clouds & Radar Get Your Boots On

Michael Penn Seen The Doctor

David Brookings And The Average Lookings And It Feels Like

Beebe Gallini To Love Sombody

Tim Anthony It Was You

Tom Curless & the 46% Don't Shoot the Messenger

The Connells '74-'75

Wavves Daisy

The Beatles Paperback Writer

Josh Joplin Group Camera One

The Easybeats Sorry

Everyday Things, The Just Out of Reach

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Fix It

The Connells Eyes On The Ground
Music always rings essential

This is we episode 400! Co-Creator, @alexwarhall is back to cohost and the episode is filled with the bands that got us this far! Special thanks to friends over the years that made this journey special... @chippersaam and @icecreammanpowerpop for filling in and collaborating, @davecarusomusic for his witty ending spots, @andyhartley49 for immortalizing the show in song and Alex for giving me much more than a hobby! Peace and Love to all.
Tisburys When A Switch Flips

The Armoires Walking Distance

Old 97's Turn Off The TV

Icecream Hands Roll It Back

Tom Curless and the 46% Move Aside

Rick Kingo Zephyr's Reign

Dave Caruso The Drop

Ed Ryan LIGHTHOUSE

The Lemonheads My Hero, Zero

The Gaslight Anthem "45"

Elvis Costello 45

Spoon Rainy Taxi

Searching For Sylvia Play That Song (On The Radio)

The Remains Don't Look Back

Franz Ferdinand Michael

Ramones My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)

Andy Bopp Hello

Greenberry Woods #37 [Feels So Strange]

Myracle Brah I'd Rather Be

Starbelly Ballad of Baltimore

Star Collector Beat It To Death

Aimee Mann Barfly

Talking Heads This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

Essential love to all!

"If he was from Mars, then that'd be cool?" - The Replacements
drop in the bucket Tamar Berk

Better Than A Hit Cotton Mather

Pigeon Farm Marcy Playground

Walk Among the Stars Odds

Outsiders Jesse Malin

Breaking Through These Gates The Figgs

No No No The Candyskins

I Made A Work Of Art Swansea Sound

Heartbeat The Psychedelic Furs

Fireball The Josephines

My Street (North Florida Version) Lannie Flowers

Ashes Arthur Alexander

Ya Gotta Go Crazy BoDeans

I'm So Ashamed The Mosquitos

Perfect Skin (Remastered) Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

The Ologist Song Graham Parker

Alex Chilton The Replacements

When You Find Out The Nerves

Bright Future In Sales Fountains Of Wayne

Confident In Time Rick Kingo

... and we all Chase on!