Chasing the Essential

Chasing the Essential
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Welcome to Chasing the Essential, where we live for finding the greatest music there is, whether that means dusting off an album on your shelf or downloading a hot off the presses song on your phone. Great music is out there and it is our goal to find it and share it with you.

  1. Chasing the Essential - Episode # 530 (Gift)

    1D AGO

    Chasing the Essential - Episode # 530 (Gift)

    "Now you look at the clock, beg it to stop" - RatboysAdam Schmitt Illiterature Todd Thibaud Your Little Pals Future Clouds and Radar The Copy Cat The Format Depressed Ratboys The World, So Madly The Humbugs Be Careful What You Wish For Maureens Doing Fine Oasis Hello Big Star When My Baby's Beside Me The Knack She Likes the Beat Freddy And The Fourgone Conclusions Little Purple Bird The Remains Don't Tell Me the Truth Gang Of Four Return The Gift Omni Common Mistakes Strange Witch Punched Out Lock KURT BAKER Undertow Afterglow The Jam Happy Together Parthenon Huxley Thank You Bethesda The Legal Matters Stuck With Me

    1h 6m
  2. Chasing the Essential - Episode # 529 (Essential Classics "D")

    JAN 31

    Chasing the Essential - Episode # 529 (Essential Classics "D")

    "But no one seems to hear the music, 'cause no one listens to the band anymore" - The DamnwellsThe Damnwells No One Listens to the Band AnymoreThe Dandy Warhols Bohemian Like YouDeer Tick The Dream's In The DitchThe Donnas Take It OffDreams So Real CaliforniaThe dB's Living a LieDevo Uncontrollable UrgeDM3 One times, Two Times DevastatedDeadeye Dick New Age Girl (2021 Edition)Death By Unga Bunga Make up Your Mind [Explicit]Duran Duran Girls On Film (2010 Remastered Version)Dead Kennedys California Über AllesDivinyls Boys In TownThe Decemberists Down By The WaterDel Amitri Roll To MeDada DimThe Del Fuegos Don't Run WildThe Dead Milkmen Punk Rock GirlDramarama Work For FoodThe Dentists Strawberries Are Growing In My Garden (And It's Wintertime)

    1h 10m
  3. Chasing the Essential - Episode # 528 (Black & White)

    JAN 24

    Chasing the Essential - Episode # 528 (Black & White)

    "We don't find each other hear now do we? - Janove OttesenHe's Dead Jim Living In Harmony The Lambrettas Cortina otter petter Toes Yeah Yeah Yeahs Sheena Is A Punk Rocker The Junior League Sunset Park The Ocean Blue Bitter Luxury Liners If I Cry Sugar If I Can't Change Your Mind The Waitresses Square Pegs Dramarama Scenario The Lovely Basement Small Fleas The Corner Laughers Rainbow Cardigan Jim Basnight See It In Your Eyes Mansfield Let's Stop Pretending Kris Santalla Uh Huh The Lodger Black And White Elvis Costello & The Attractions Black and White World The dB's Black and White Janove Ottesen Black and White Movie The Kinks Moving Pictures

    1h 5m
  4. Chasing the Essential - Episode # 527 (Paper)

    JAN 16

    Chasing the Essential - Episode # 527 (Paper)

    "And you may say to yourself, "My God, what have I done?" - Talking HeadsTalking Heads Once In A Lifetime red skylark Sweat Off Your Soul The Honeydogs Irish Goodbye Hoodoo Gurus In The Wild Counting Crows Daylight Fading Seth Timbs You Don't Want To Go To The Dance Greg Freeman Gone (Can Mean A Lot of Things) The Shirts Boys Will Be Boys [Live] Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Be Straight The Clarks Better Off Without You Geese Cowboy Nudes The Jack Rubies Boat Rocker Men Without Hats In Glorious Days The Glad Machine Gravity Sunshine The Format Shot In The Dark The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound Real Estate Paper Dolls Marcy Playground Paper Dolls The Rosenbergs Paper And Plastic Tommy Keene Paper Words and Lies

    1h 7m
  5. Chasing the Essential - Episode # 526 (Stuff 2025 B)

    JAN 7

    Chasing the Essential - Episode # 526 (Stuff 2025 B)

    "Can’t you see it’s getting late? My head’s on fire and it’s all ending" - The Tisbury'sThe Vapors Hit The Ground RunningSplitsville I Hate Going to Hutzler'sThe Planes Tear the World Apart (MFLB Version)Chris Church I'm A MachineThe Beths Straight Line Was A LieDOM MARIANI World On Its HeadThe Jellybricks Dreaming In StereoPush Puppets Shake It Like You Mean ItStar Collector Everything Must Go!The Hives Roll Out The Red CarpetFranz Ferdinand AudaciousSuperchunk Stuck in a DreamSloan Dream DestroyerThe Autumn Hearts DistractedThe Bablers Here I ComeThe Lemonheads Love ChantThe Tisburys Water In The CloudsJim Trainor NothingThe Peppermint Kicks Number One RecordBen Kweller OptimysticDavid Byrne Feat. Ghost Train Orchestra Everybody Laughs

    1h 11m
  6. Chasing the Essential - Episode # 525 (Stuff 2025 A)

    12/31/2025

    Chasing the Essential - Episode # 525 (Stuff 2025 A)

    "This is the part where it all works out, when you got no doubt who's your lucky number" - David MeadCaper 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 Smiles Counting By Fives Fine China Television Set Bob Mould Here We Go Crazy The Backfires Matador Tamar Berk indiesleaze 2005 The Cords Fabulist Ryan Allen After I’m Dead Armchair Oracles Sudden Rain 20/20 Lucky Heart John Larson And The Silver Fields The Hits Keep Coming The Gypsy Moths Tell Me She's Alright

    1h 9m
  7. Chasing the Essential - Episode # 524 (Christmas 25)

    12/21/2025

    Chasing the Essential - Episode # 524 (Christmas 25)

    " Though the years we all will be together, if the faits allow" - Ralph BlaneNick Piunti and the Complicated Men Christmas Morning Sunshine Boys I Love ChristmastimeMarcy Playground Keegan's ChristmasThe Hangabouts Colors of ChristmasThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones This Time Of YearThe Boss Martians 3 Ghosts (A Modern Christmas Carol)Maple Mars Christmastime In the CityDance Hall Crashers I Did It For The ToysFrickin'A Merry Merry Merry Frickin' ChristmasThe Dollyrots Fairytale of New YorkThe Kinks Father ChristmasOld 97's Rudolph Was BluePayolas Christmas Is ComingTommy And The Rockets Merry ChristmasMatt Nathanson Donde Esta Santa ClausThe Mavericks Christmas Time Is (Coming 'Round Again)The Cocktail Slippers Santa's Coming HomeSammy Rae Last ChristmasBlaine Campbell and the California Sound ElectroclausLow Just Like ChristmasCatie Cuirtis 2000 MilesCliff Hillis Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

    1h 10m
  8. Chasing the Essential - Episode # 523 (Absolutely)

    12/19/2025

    Chasing the Essential - Episode # 523 (Absolutely)

    "I Broke Into The Roller Rink, with My Jar Of India Ink" - Future Clouds and RadarThe Format Holy Roller The Gold Needles I'll Take My Chances Future Clouds and Radar Brass Tacks Echo & The Bunnymen Bring On the Dancing Horses The Legal Matters Everybody Knows Jennifer Foster F*cking up the Friendship Go Dog Go I Don't Wanna The Connells Hats Off Jason & The Scorchers Absolutely Sweet Marie (Fervor / Lost & Found Version) John Larson And The Silver Fields Let's Get Lost (In a Carnival of Sorts) DOM MARIANI World On Its Head Strawberry Alarm Clock Blow Your Mind Andy Bopp The Taste of Her Tears The Jack Rubies Greedy Star Collector Queen Bed The Call Day or Night (Remastered) DM3 Too Late Owsley Got a Lot on My Head The Bangles Jet Fighter - (The Three O'Clock) Reno Bo Almost Alright (Single)

    1h 13m
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Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
4 Ratings

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Welcome to Chasing the Essential, where we live for finding the greatest music there is, whether that means dusting off an album on your shelf or downloading a hot off the presses song on your phone. Great music is out there and it is our goal to find it and share it with you.

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  • Creator
    Chasing the Essential
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Chasing the Essential
  • Show Website
    Chasing the Essential