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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.

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    Episode 310: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 548 (Stone)

    "I cave, like I was built to break" - The BethsCAKE Long TimeDeer Tick EyelidThe On and Ons Coming On StrongGary Klebe Invading My SpaceViolent Femmes Promise54•40 It's a Rough LifeRansom and the Subset Meet You AgainThe Alarm Soul TownRamones Somebody Put Something In My DrinkThe Contrast BelieveSocial Distortion TonightThe Stone Roses Made Of StoneCliff Hillis The Square RouteFuture Clouds and Radar Chicken OutElliot Easton Tools of Your LaborGreen Circles Ladder In Her StockingBleachers we should talkNoah Kahan DoorsThe Beths A Passing RainThe Motels Only The Lonely

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    Episode 309: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 547 (Liverpool)

    "We are, we are, we are but your children, finding our way around indecision" - The Icicle Works The Alarm OutlierBrian Fallon Not Bad for New JerseyCourtney Barnett Great AdvicePretenders Fools Must DieDavid Woodard Circle Of FriendsRobert Hazard & The Heroes Change ReactionThe Pretty Flowers Tough LoveThe Greenberry Woods December BoyJoe Jackson The Evil EyeSomeone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin Line On YouGo Time! Turn Off Your MindVelvet Crush Hold Me UpThe Icicle Works Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)Echo & The Bunnymen RescueThe Teardrop Explodes When I DreamThe La's Way OutThe Numbers I Remember EverythingStrawberry Alarm Clock The Sky Isn't FallingNick Piunti ft. Ayla Ottenbreit You're PoisonMark Ward Goodbye America

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    Episode 308: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 546 (Geek)

    "The city kids were lost for weeks, pushed out the door.  Searching for a better way, not to feel so torn" - QuiltBrian Fallon Better BeforeDeath Cab for Cutie Punching the FlowersMark Ward King Without a CrownPhoenix LassoThe Fleshtones Love YourselfSleeper InbetweenerThe Rallies This TimeSharp Pins (I Wanna) Be Your GirlIcehouse We Can Get TogetherColman Gota Higher CallingMadness RainJohn Larson And The Silver Fields I'm Happy With Who I AmParsnip The LightBig Country God's Great MistakeRayland Baxter Sandra MonicaQuilt Searching ForGreenberry Woods Super GeekAmerican Hi-Fi The Geeks Get The Girls (Album Version)Green Day Geek Stink BreathJoe Strummer & The Mescaleros Forbidden City

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    Episode 307: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 545 (Essential Classics 1989)

    "I wish I was a fisherman, tumblin' on the seas.  Far away from dry land, and it's bitter memories" - The WaterboysBob Mould See A Little LightElvis Costello VeronicaThe Posies I May Hate You Some TimesThe Stone Roses Elephant StoneThe Call Let The Day BeginConcrete Blonde God Is A BulletHoodoo Gurus Come AnytimeMichael Penn No MythJoe Jackson Down To LondonGuadalcanal Diary Always SaturdayThe Replacements Achin' To BeThe Primitives Sick of ItJohnny Clegg & Savuka Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful WorldThe B-52's Deadbeat ClubMiracle Legion Even BetterWinter Hours Just Like LoveSyd Straw Future 40's (String of Pearls)The Connells Fun & GamesThe Waterboys World PartyLou Reed Dirty Blvd.

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    Episode 306: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 543 (Flowers)

     "Bottom of the barrel on Top of the Pops.  You stole from the best, but you never got caught" - The Pretty FlowersMark Ward Godless CountryRyan Hamilton The Come to Jesus MomentThe On and Ons Speck Of Smiling FacesThe Jam CarnationGary Klebe Not Tough EnoughRic Ocasek Don't Lose MeEmperor Penguin Wittering and ZigoThe Vapors I Don't RememberWhite Town Your Womanotter petter Turn Out the LightsAny Trouble RomanceThe Plimsouls Feeling StrangeGreen Day The American Dream Is Killing Me [Explicit]The Dentists ButterflyThe Pretty Flowers WildflowersRob Bonfiglio Wandering EyesThe Greenberry Woods The One That Makes You HappyA Flock Of Seagulls You Can RunElastica Waking UpThe Tisburys Paulette

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    Episode 305: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 543 (Come Around)

    "When you stray from the beaten path, confusion may be your epitaph" - Guadalcanal DiaryJesse 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 You Never Know Noah Kahan American Cars The Call Oklahoma The Greenberry Woods Summer Song Wet Leg catch these fists Johnny Clegg & Savuka Foreign Nights (Working Dog In Babylon) Rhett Miller Come Around Phenomenal Cat The Little Islanders Joe Jackson I'm Not Sorry The Honeydogs Algebra for Broken Hearts

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    Episode 304: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 542 (Essential Classics 2000)

    "There's a couple from the show me state, knockin' back a little meatloaf plate" - Martin SextonPatti Smith Glitter In Their EyesThe Figgs Cheap CassettesThe Strokes Is This ItMyracle Brah I'd Rather BeThe Muffs Become UndoneThe Shazam RU RecievingSuperdrag Keep It Close To MeThe Dandy Warhols Get OffNina Gordon Number One CameraMichael Penn Out of Its MiseryThe Spongetones My Girl MaryanneJohn Wesley Harding I'm Wrong About EverythingGreen Day Church on SundayThe Living End Read About ItThe Hives Hate To Say I Told You SoThe Forty-Fives Don't Wanna Be the OneNada Surf HyperspaceXTC I'm The Man Who Murdered LoveTeenage Fanclub Accidental LifeCherry Twister Black SummerMartin Sexton DinerEels Mr. E's Beautiful BluesElliott Smith Wouldn't Mama Be Proud

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    Episode 303: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 541 (Parachute)

    "People breaking their hearts just to stay off the street" - The SuburbsThe Greenberry Woods That Won't Make You Love MeThe Rallies Comes And GoesThe Goo Goo Dolls Big MachineTed Leo & The Pharmacists The World Stops TurningThe On and Ons Ride A WaveThe Pretty Flowers Thief of TimeThe Tisburys When A Switch FlipsCourtney Barnett Stay In Your LaneThe Suburbs Love Is the LawBlondie Long TimeNick Piunti Big in MadridThe Format Human NatureStarbelly Everyday (Wife)The Alarm OutlierThe Stars Explode Fill In The BlanksRob Bonfiglio Runnin' From MeFar Out Corporation ParachuteGreenberry Woods ParachuteToo Much Joy ParachuteR.E.M. Pretty Persuasion

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    Episode 302: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 540 (Jennifer)

    Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body?  I don't know. - The SmithsThe Pretty Flowers Came Back KickingPhenomenal Cat Seatown®He's Dead Jim Nothing To Write Home AboutThe Smiths Still IllThe Alarm ChimeraJoe Jackson Do Do DoGreg Williams Every Day It's Your BirthdaySemisonic Singing In My SleepWire AheadRoberston To YouThe Honeymoon Stallions Another ChanceAnton Barbeau and Allyson Seconds OctagonPretenders Didn't Want To Be This LonelyRomeo Void ChinatownWet Leg jennifer's bodyHole Jennifers BodyThe Clash Know Your RightsQuinn Hawkins Souvenir In The DirtSHAKE SOME ALLOW MEChurch Shadow Cabinet [Persia]

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    Episode 301: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 539 (1996)

    "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 TahThe 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 Geggy Tah Whoever You Are Paul Westerberg Ain't Got Me Marshall Crenshaw Twenty-Five Forty-One Reel Big Fish Sell Out Refreshments Banditos Weezer El Scorcho Vigilantes of Love Tempest Barenaked Ladies Shoe Box Wilco Monday Tommy Keene Turning on Blue Matthew Sweet Heaven And Earth Counting Crows A Long December

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    Episode 300: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 538 (Jonses)

    "Movie stars and ads and radio define romance don't turn it on, I don't wanna dance" - Psychedelic FursThe Rallies I BelieveStar Collector The Best ThingSector Frontier Love Goes Out The WindowX Around My HeartNick Piunti Vacant HeartGreen Circles Days Of Blue And Grey And GreenDeath Cab for Cutie RiptidesDrivin' N' Cryin' Count The FlowersThe Flying Lizards MoneyEurythmics When Tomorrow ComesArmy Navy The MistakesThe Corner Laughers Crumb CleanThe Psychedelic Furs Mr. JonesSpoon The Devil & Mister JonesThe Vapors Jimmie JonesTalking Heads Mr. Jones54•40 Die To HeavenVelvet Daydream LoveThe Spongetones So LongTears For Fears The Hurting

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    Episode 299: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 537 (Essential Classics "X,Y,Z")

    "I must not think bad thoughts, what is this world coming to?" - XXTC Respectable StreetYouth Chairs I Want You Different.Yours And Mine Pushing Up DaisiesThe Yes It Is The Night I Heard A ScreamX BreathlessYour Gracious Host Just Like a TrainThe Zutons ValerieThe Zags Play It LoudX-Ray Spex The Day The World Turned Day-GloYum Yums Crush On YouYoung the Giant My BodyXTC Funk Pop A RollYoung Guv Good TimeTHE YOUNG PRESIDENTS Isle of WightYoung Fresh Fellows Young Fresh Fellows ThemeZog Bogbean The Dog and His MasterYo La Tengo Friday I'm In LoveThe Zombies She's Not There [45 RPM Single Version]X I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts

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    Episode 298: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 536 (Rooster)

    "Cry me an ocean of one liners ... cruel, cruel, cruel" - Michael StipeMichael Stipe I Played the Fool (Main Title Theme from "Rooster")Joyce Manor Well, Whatever It WasSqueeze I Must GoMiracle Legion Sea HagThe Greenberry Woods Whenever You Want Me TooVelvet Daydream EasyJim Trainor Sister MillicentMark Ward Point BlankPublic Image Ltd. HappyWith Radiant Action TemporarilyThe Weeks This DanceThe Skids The Saints Are ComingThe Cars Night SpotsMumford & Sons Begin AgainThe Railway Children My WordMarc Carroll Lost and LonelyPlasticland Euphoric Trapdoor ShoesThe Pandoras It's About TimeGreen Pajamas Kim The WaitressBig Country Chance

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    Episode 297: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 535 (Essential Classics "O")

    "Lawn chairs are everywhere. They're everywhere, my mind describes them to me" - Our Daughter's WeddingOutlines High on a Wireotter petter CobwebsOld 97's Bird In A CageThe Outsiders Time Won't Let MeOutrageous Cherry Pretty Girls Go InsaneOwsley Be With YouThe Ocean Blue BitterThe Offspring Gotta Get AwayOh-OK Such n SuchOur Daughter's Wedding LawnchairsOrchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark TelegraphThe Overtures SHE SHINES A LIGHTOkkervil River Unless It's KicksORBIS MAX w Emperor Penguin Talk To Me - Oasis The Meaning Of SoulOdds Crash the Time MachineThe On And Ons RunaboutOK Go Here It Goes AgainOingo Boingo Ain't This The Life The Orange Humble Band Down In Your Dreams

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    Episode 296: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 534 (Waste)

    "Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinkin' what they're selling," - CAKEBuzzcocks Queen Of The SceneGreen Circles Dirty TasteBleached Black I Was in Your LifeJoe Jackson Precious TimeThe Tines OzoneRadish Falling And LeavingSERGIO CECCANTI WAITING FOR YOU IN A LONELY TOWNThe Honeydogs Righteous Came the StrangerThe Rentals Friends of P.Soul Coughing CirclesCAKE Rock 'n' Roll LifestyleHomie feat. Rivers Cuomo American GirlsAdele & The Chandeliers TreasureThe Overtures YOU'VE BEEN GONEJay Byham Just Keep Breathing54-40 One Day in Your LifeGunbunnies My Favorite Waste of TimeMarshall Crenshaw You’re My Favorite Waste of TimeNick Heyward Perfect Sunday SunNick Piunti Darken My Days

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    Episode 295: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 533 (Cool)

    "Time waits for no one, then don't wait for me" - Magic Eight BallThe Weeklings 3Spoon The Hardest CutVelocity Girl Sorry AgainThe Tisburys The AnniversariesThe Corner Laughers DuskingSuperchunk Care LessThe Glad Machine Baby It's YouThe Scruffs Rock 'N' Roll HeadsThe Stranglers 96 TearsKURT BAKER My Brave FaceSplitsville Southern HospitalityStrange Witch Assholes Die TooThe Gaslight Anthem Miles Davis & The CoolThe Soundtrack Of Our Lives Blow My CoolSqueeze Cool For CatsThe Go-Go's Cool JerkJohn Doe Painting the Town BlueSpygenius Get Over YourselfThe Real Numbers Sorry for the MessMagic Eight Ball Russian Ballet (Русский балет) (Acoustic Session)

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    Episode 294: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 532 (Tell)

    "Next time I see those troubled signs, I'll reach for your heart to get better" - 54-40Chuck Prophet Tell Me Anything(Turn to Gold)Starbelly Yes, I Love Her AgainDeathray Check It Over54•40 Time Will TellPotty Mouth Smash HitThe Bangles Tell MeHayley and the Crushers Water On GlassThe Beths Dying to BelievePretenders Night In My VeinsHans Rotenberry & Brad Jones It Would Not Be UncoolThe Throes TellJoe Jackson FridayOdds Someone Who's CoolThe Legal Matters It Doesn't MatterTamar Berk Better off MeditatingCage The Elephant TroubleMatthew Sweet I Wanted To Tell YouWinter Hours Tell Me TodayNada Surf Just WaitKathleen Edwards Say Goodbye, Tell No One

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    Episode 293: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 531 (Hooray)

    "They stood there laughing ... They're not laughing anymore" - The CallThe Shazam Hooray for MeJoyce Manor I Used to Go to This BarGreen Circles Said It WouldThe Linda Lindas California SunThe Call The Walls Came Down (featuring Todd Rundgren)He's Dead Jim Everybody's Little Sister54•40 Takes A LotThe Hives Hooray Hooray HoorayR.E.M. CuyahogaKathleen Edwards When The Truth Comes OutDjo Gap Tooth SmileThe Junior League Until You Get It RightArt Brut Hooray!DOM MARIANI Just Can't WaitThe Jack Rubies Boat RockerIcecream Hands The Party Fade OutTodd Thibaud What May ComeRatboys AnywhereThe Forty-Fives Never Gonna Leave HereTalking Heads I'm Not In Love

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    Episode 292: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 530 (Gift)

    "Now you look at the clock, beg it to stop" - RatboysAdam Schmitt IlliteratureTodd Thibaud Your Little PalsFuture Clouds and Radar The Copy CatThe Format DepressedRatboys The World, So MadlyThe Humbugs Be Careful What You Wish ForMaureens Doing FineOasis HelloBig Star When My Baby's Beside MeThe Knack She Likes the BeatFreddy And The Fourgone Conclusions Little Purple BirdThe Remains Don't Tell Me the TruthGang Of Four Return The GiftOmni Common MistakesStrange Witch Punched Out LockKURT BAKER Undertow AfterglowThe Jam Happy TogetherParthenon Huxley Thank You BethesdaThe Legal Matters Stuck With Me

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    Episode 291: 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)

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    Episode 290: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 528 (Black & White)

    "We don't find each other hear now do we? - Janove OttesenHe's Dead Jim Living In HarmonyThe Lambrettas Cortinaotter petter ToesYeah Yeah Yeahs Sheena Is A Punk RockerThe Junior League Sunset ParkThe Ocean Blue BitterLuxury Liners If I CrySugar If I Can't Change Your MindThe Waitresses Square PegsDramarama ScenarioThe Lovely Basement Small FleasThe Corner Laughers Rainbow CardiganJim Basnight See It In Your EyesMansfield Let's Stop PretendingKris Santalla Uh HuhThe Lodger Black And WhiteElvis Costello & The Attractions Black and White WorldThe dB's Black and WhiteJanove Ottesen Black and White MovieThe Kinks Moving Pictures

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    Episode 288: 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

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    Episode 287: 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 YouLiquid Mike Instantly WastedDropkick Primary ColoursIcecream Hands Do Ya Feel ItThe Flashcubes and Mike Gent ReminiscePortugal. The Man TananaGREG POPE Fallen StarMichigander EmotionalDavid Mead Confidence ManCrossword Smiles Counting By FivesFine China Television SetBob Mould Here We Go CrazyThe Backfires MatadorTamar Berk indiesleaze 2005The Cords FabulistRyan Allen After I’m DeadArmchair Oracles Sudden Rain20/20 Lucky HeartJohn Larson And The Silver Fields The Hits Keep ComingThe Gypsy Moths Tell Me She's Alright

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    Episode 286: 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

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    Episode 284: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 522 (1982)

    "Dawn comes soon enough for the working class" - XR.E.M. Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)XTC Ball And ChainX The Have NotsAdam Ant Friend Or FoeTranslator When I Am With YouThe Jim Carroll Band Jealous TwinLords of the New Church Russian RouletteWall Of Voodoo Spy WorldThe Jam Running On The SpotHuman Sexual Response Marone OfferingThe Psychedelic Furs Run And RunRomeo Void Never Say NeverModern English Hands Across the SeaHaircut 100 Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)The Motels Art FailsThe Church Almost With YouThe Go-Go's Beatnik BeachMarshall Crenshaw Rockin' Around In N.Y.C.The B-52's Nip It In The BudThe English Beat Save It For LaterRic Ocasek Jimmy Jimmy

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    Episode 283: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 521 (Before and After)

    As the years go by, they take their toll on you. Think of all the things we wanted to do. - Bob MouldThe Vapors Nothing Can Stop Us Now / TrainsElvis Costello Lip Service / Magnificent Hurt20/20 Remember The Lightning / King Of The Whole Wide WorldToad The Wet Sprocket Game Day / All I WantNick Lowe Heart Of The City / Went to a PartyBob Mould When Your Heart Is Broken / See A Little LightThe Connells Burden / Universal GlueThe Chesterfield Kings She Told Me Lies / We're Still All The SameModern English Crazy Lovers / Someone's CallingCrowded House Something So Strong /The Howl

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    Episode 281: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 519 (Essential Classics "T")

    "Looking at my watch and I'm half-past caring" - Trashcan SinatrasThe Tubes Talk To Ya LaterTed Leo & The Pharmacists The Mighty SparrowTegan & Sara Speak SlowThey Might Be Giants Your Racist FriendTears For Fears Mad WorldTeenage Fanclub What You Do To MeThe Three O'Clock I Go WildTripping Daisy I Got A GirlToad The Wet Sprocket All I WantThe Thrills Big SurThe Tragically Hip PoetsTelevision See No EvilTranslator UnAloneToo Much Joy Crush StoryTuns Mixed MessagesTinted Windows Kind Of A GirlThree Hour Tour Prancing Horse FarmsThe Telepathic Butterflies Sickly And The Awkward GeneTrashcan Sinatras Obscurity Knocks'Til Tuesday Coming Up CloseTalking Heads This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

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    Episode 280: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 518 (Heart)

    "Funny thing about money for sex, you might get rich but you'll die by it" - Rilo KileyMichigander SocialiteThe Glad Machine Back To YouThe Lemonheads Cell Phone BluesThe Beat Feat. Ranking Roger Public ConfidentialIcecream Hands Leaving Nobody OutThe Make Three Under My SkinGREG POPE Hours, Days and YearsRobin Lane & The Chartbusters What The People Are DoingMidnight Oil Dream WorldThe Peppermint Kicks Out Of The Trashcan Into Your HeartAerial Cartoon Eyes, Cartoon HeartThe Shang Hi Los Aces Eights and HeartbreaksCretonix Lose ControlColor Me Gone Lose ControlThe Sonny Wilsons Summer RainRyan Adams Summer RainHoodoo Gurus I Don't MindSplitsville FallswayShoes Head Vs. HeartRilo Kiley Close Call

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    Episode 276: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 514 (Essential Classics "B")

    "You could make somebody a pretty little wife, but don't let anybody tell you how to live your life" - Bangles / CostelloThe B-52's Nip It In The BudBelle & Sebastian Unnecessary DramaThe Balloon Farm A Question Of TemperatureThe Black Keys Lonely BoyThe Beths Future Me Hates MeThe Brian Jonestown Massacre Not If You Were The Last Dandy On EarthBand Of Horses LaredoBiltmore Dirty PillowThe Bangles Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)The Bongos In The CongoThe Brothers Steve SheBadfinger No Matter WhatBlondie Sunday GirlBow Wow Wow Baby, Oh No The Breeders CannonballThe Buzzcocks What Do I Get?Best Coast Heaven SentThe Bluebells Cath (Longer Version)Big Star September GurlsBlind Melon Change

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    Episode 272: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 510 (Essential Classics "C")

    I don't think there are any Russians and there ain't no Yanks ... just corporate criminals, playing with tanks. - The CallThe Clash Police On My BackThe Cars Got A Lot On My HeadThe Candyskins Submarine SongThe Coral Dreaming of YouCAKE The DistanceThe Call The Walls Came DownThe Castaways Liar, LiarConcrete Blonde JoeyThe Connells Carry My PictureCotton Mather My Before and AfterThe Chesterfield Kings I Don't UnderstandThe Contrast Wireless DaysCARUSO London (2023 Remaster)Carolina Liar I'm Not OverCage The Elephant Ain't No Rest For The WickedThe Cure The WalkThe Caesars Jerk It OutThe Cult She Sells SanctuaryCracker Sweet PotatoContinental Drifters The Rain Song

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    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 PeppermintsScreaming Trees Nearly Lost YouThe Soundtrack Of Our Lives Sister SurroundThe Shazam TurnaroundThe Smithereens Behind The Wall Of SleepSoul Asylum Without A TraceThe Smiths There Is A Light That Never Goes OutSpoon Everything Hits At OnceSiouxsie & The Banshees SpellboundSqueeze In QuintessenceThe Stems She’s FineThe Stone Roses She Bangs The DrumsSuperdrag Sucked OutThe Strokes SomedaySunnyboys Alone With YouShoes Cruel YouSimple Minds All The Things She Said

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    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 Elephant Mess AroundMaritime Satellite LoveBest Coast Heaven SentThe Dazies IdiotDeath Cab For Cutie The Ghosts Of Beverly DriveBaby Shakes Running Through the NightMichael Carpenter Don't Open That DoorThe Decemberists Fits & StartsCaper Clowns Crossword PuzzlesRooni Run (Into My Arms)Nick Piunti Heart Stops BeatingThe Damnwells Money And Shiny ThingsElvyn AMDeco Auto One of a MillionErik Voeks Descending From A DaydreamReno Bo Strange MapsJason Isbell 24 Frames

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    Episode 219: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 454 (PC #10 with Chip Saam of Indie Pop Take Out)

    "Let me begin with a bead time story, let me remind you what you came here for." - David MeadDavid Mead Bedtime StoryElvis Costello & The Imposters Magnificent HurtErik Voeks & The Ghosters Break AwayJanove Ottesen This City KillsMike Adams At His Honest Weight Diem BeThe Connells Universal GlueMark Ward I've Been AroundSuperchunk Wild LonelinessSuburban Hi-Fi The Year In PicturesSloan Dream It All Over AgainGreg Pope Cave DaysTom Curless & the 46% Julie's Crying AgainSalim Nourallah The Sound of SufferingThe Format Wait, Wait, WaitSteven Wright-Mark UndergroundThe Tisburys Exile (On Main Street)Bryde Paper CupsThe Quarter After She RevolvesRolling Blackouts Coastal Fever French PressErik Voeks & The Ghosters Suck It Up, ButtercupImperial Broads I Got A FeelingRuler Fucking UpHanson Don't Ever Change (feat. Rick Nielsen)The Beths Expert In A Dying FieldThanks for the collaboration Chip, you and IPTO are the best!

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    Episode 185: Chasing the Essential - Episode #420 (PC#9)

    "Well, I wonder which song they're gonna play when we go.I hope it's something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow."Gaslight AnthemThe Gaslight Anthem The '59 SoundCotton Mather Never Be ItBest Coast Heaven SentRilo Kiley Portions For FoxesThe Tisburys GardenQuilt Searching ForBread & Butter Good LinesBob Mould City Lights (Days Go By)The Dandy Warhols Smoke ItEveryday Things, The Life Goes OnThe White Buffalo The PilotThe Singles Until you came alongAdele & The Chandeliers German On My MindThe Bopp Keep The ChangeThe Rallies All Over TownThe Beginner's Mynd Don't Lose Your MindArvidson and Butterflies Blank SeasonThe Grapes of Wrath MexicoBrendan Benson Garbage DayPatti Smith Stride Of The MindSo thankful for all the music in my life!

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    Episode 183: Chasing the Essential - Episode 418 (PC#8, with Special Guest Chipper Saam)

    Take a look at what special guest Chipper Saam of Indie Pop Takeout is dishing out in this week's episode featuring Potential Classics #8!Look Park – You Can Come Round If You Want ToThe Legal Matters – The Legend of Walter WrightMichael Head & The Red Elastic Band – KismetThe Persian Leaps – The Company She KeepsMichael Slawter – The Queen of All She SeesYoung Guv – Good TimeRobert LaRoche – Jet BlueSarah Harmer – Take Me OutScott Gagner – Sunless SaturdayQuilt – RollerThe New Pornographers – Falling Down the Stairs of Your SmileAlex Dezen – My Whole LifePile of Love – Divisibly UpsetOnsloow – OverthinkingPleasure Center – Planning an AccidentNorman – Crystal MemoryMacseal – Lucky for SomeThe Jins – MetroThe Tisburys – When Love Knocks You DownPopular Creeps – Gone by 45Thanks for s great selection Chip!

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