Chasing the Essential
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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 72 minutes
- Episodes
- 35
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 271: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 509 (Balloon)
"I was walking up Sixth Avenue when balloon man blew up in my face" - Robyn Hitchcock and the EgyptiansThe Beths TakeThe Replacements I Don't KnowThe Spongetones Nothing Really Matters When You're Yo…
01:08:49 |
Sat 06 Sep 2025
Episode 270: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 508 (Jerkin')
"She took me to her parents for a Sunday meal. Her father took one look at me and he began to squeal" - The Dead MilkmenThe Armoires You're Not The PoliceThe Wellingtons Always Gonna Be That GirlTam…
01:05:42 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Episode 269: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 507 (Essential Classics "S")
"could it bring somebody down if I never made a sound again?" - SuperdragSloan UnderwhelmedSplit Enz What's The Matter With YouThe Shins Fighting In A SackStrawberry Alarm Clock Incense And Peppermin…
01:12:03 |
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Episode 268: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 506 (AmeriSkana)
"Better than just makin' a guess, they bought a home pregnancy test" - Miracle LegionTalking Heads The Good ThingTamar Berk indiesleaze 2005sparkle*jets u.k. Make Something HappenMiracle Legion Madis…
01:10:00 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Episode 267: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 505 (Sha-La-La)
"In a world frozen over with over exposure, let's talk it over, let's go out and paint the town" - Soul AsylumStar Collector Roll That Rock (Up That Hill)Kevin Robertson We Found the SummerThe Jim Ca…
01:10:00 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
Episode 266: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 504 (Honey)
"... and it's true that I stole your lighter, and it's also true that I lost the map" - Liz PhairSloan Dream DestroyerBen Kweller Hold Me DownPulp RazzmatazzThe Flashcubes The Sweet SpotThe Blues Mag…
01:11:49 |
Fri 01 Aug 2025
Episode 265: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 503 (Trash)
'We don't care if you think our party's cool 'cause we do!" - The DonnasJim Trainor I Don't Wanna BeLolas Underneath the WavesThe Bongos HuntingLook Park AeroplaneTrolley A Carnival of Grey and White…
01:08:56 |
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Episode 264: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 502
"Out on the road today, I saw a (Black Flag) sticker on a Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back."" - Don HenleyArt Brut Summer JobThe Hold Steady Con…
01:15:48 |
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Episode 263: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 501 (Cow)
"You never looked as lost as this, sometimes it doesn't even look like you" - The CureThe Chesterfield Kings Your Strange Love (Radio Mix)The Beatles Tomorrow Never KnowsRhett Miller Help Me, Suzanne…
01:10:58 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Episode 262: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 500 (2025 so far)
Let me skip to the part where it all works out, when you got no doubt who’s your lucky number - David MeadDavid Mead Confidence ManThe Autumn Hearts DistractedSplitsville A Glorious LieThe Flashcubes…
01:15:26 |
Fri 04 Jul 2025
Episode 261: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 499 (Hit)
"... but my pretty countryside had been paved down the middle by a government that had no pride" - PretendersSplitsville Cold OpenFranz Ferdinand AudaciousJanne Borgh Fanclub Mona Lisa OverdriveMicha…
01:12:29 |
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Episode 260: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 498 (Sink)
... could these ceilings, contain my feelings? Me down on the floor. - Buffalo TomCaper Clowns QuixoteGREG POPE Born To ReliveThe Plimsouls Great Big WorldSplitsville On Federal HillThe Peppermint Ki…
01:10:02 |
Sun 22 Jun 2025
Episode 259: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 497 (Future / Undone)
I'm gonna get my shit together, 'cause I can't live like this forever. - Fountains of WayneSuperchunk Is It Making You Feel SomethingCherry Fez The King of EverythingChristopher Peifer Ruthless Charm…
01:13:20 |
Fri 13 Jun 2025
Episode 258: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 496 (Reptile)
I feel like I'm pounding on a big door, no one can hear me knocking! - SqueezeCaper Clowns Flavour of the MonthThe Spongetones Lulu's In LoveThe Candyskins WembleySqueeze HourglassSplitsville Beth S…
01:14:24 |
Thu 05 Jun 2025
Episode 257: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 495 (2015)
Give me all your money and I'll make some origami, honey. - Courtney BarnettCourtney Barnett Pedestrian At BestThe On And Ons Rockin' with the BeatThe Ravines TambareenJesse Malin OutsidersCage The E…
01:09:54 |
Fri 30 May 2025
Episode 256: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 494 (Young)
I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's ... and his hair was perfect - Warren ZevonThe Clash London's BurningThe Contrast The Battery PackThe Pillbugs Life as It HappensOasis Roll Wit…
01:06:51 |
Fri 23 May 2025
Episode 255: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 493 (Pittsburgh / Caper Clowns)
Sharing it with anyone, who has the time ... I wish I had the time ... if I only had the time. - Caper ClownsElvis Costello The Other Side Of SummerTelekinesis Lean on MeThe Stayawakes When Your Hear…
01:14:02 |
Fri 16 May 2025
Episode 254: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 492 (Peters)
Living in the backstreets, that's our home from home. The painted walls were all we've ever known. - The AlarmA tribute to Mike Peters, RIP.The Beths Metal The Backfires Never Seen You Before The Ti…
01:14:47 |
Fri 09 May 2025
Episode 253: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 491 (Towers)
Show me all the rules girl, I just want to get 'em wrongShow me all the rules girl, I just want to belong - Ben KwellerCaper Clowns It's My BusinessCrossword Smiles Night TrainDavid Mead Kicking The …
01:09:01 |
Fri 02 May 2025
Episode 252: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 490 (Rubber)
"But don't forget the songs that made you cryAnd the songs that saved your lifeYes, you're older now and you're a clever swineBut they were the only ones who ever stood by you" - The SmithsThe Produc…
01:04:57 |
Fri 25 Apr 2025
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