
Chasing the Essential
Music Podcasts
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...
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Music Podcasts
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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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English
Episodes
Episode 302: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 540 (Jennifer)
4/17/2026
Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body? I don't know. - The Smiths
The Pretty Flowers Came Back Kicking
Phenomenal Cat Seatown®
He's Dead Jim Nothing To Write Home About
The Smiths Still Ill
The Alarm Chimera
Joe Jackson Do Do Do
Greg Williams Every Day It's Your Birthday
Semisonic Singing In My Sleep
Wire Ahead
Roberston To You
The Honeymoon Stallions Another Chance
Anton Barbeau and Allyson Seconds Octagon
Pretenders Didn't Want To Be This Lonely
Romeo Void Chinatown
Wet Leg jennifer's body
Hole Jennifers Body
The Clash Know Your Rights
Quinn Hawkins Souvenir In The Dirt
SHAKE SOME ALLOW ME
Church Shadow Cabinet [Persia]
Duración:01:12:41
Episode 301: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 539 (1996)
4/10/2026
"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
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
Duración:01:13:49
Episode 300: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 538 (Jonses)
4/3/2026
"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 Comes
Army Navy The Mistakes
The Corner Laughers Crumb Clean
The Psychedelic Furs Mr. Jones
Spoon The Devil & Mister Jones
The Vapors Jimmie Jones
Talking Heads Mr. Jones
54•40 Die To Heaven
Velvet Daydream Love
The Spongetones So Long
Tears For Fears The Hurting
Duración:01:13:22
Episode 299: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 537 (Essential Classics "X,Y,Z")
3/27/2026
"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
Young Guv Good Time
THE YOUNG PRESIDENTS Isle of Wight
Young Fresh Fellows Young Fresh Fellows Theme
Zog Bogbean The Dog and His Master
Yo La Tengo Friday I'm In Love
The Zombies She's Not There [45 RPM Single Version]
X I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
Duración:01:02:55
Episode 298: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 536 (Rooster)
3/27/2026
"Cry me an ocean of one liners ... cruel, cruel, cruel" - Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe I Played the Fool (Main Title Theme from "Rooster")
Joyce Manor Well, Whatever It Was
Squeeze I Must Go
Miracle Legion Sea Hag
The Greenberry Woods Whenever You Want Me Too
Velvet Daydream Easy
Jim Trainor Sister Millicent
Mark Ward Point Blank
Public Image Ltd. Happy
With Radiant Action Temporarily
The Weeks This Dance
The Skids The Saints Are Coming
The Cars Night Spots
Mumford & Sons Begin Again
The Railway Children My Word
Marc Carroll Lost and Lonely
Plasticland Euphoric Trapdoor Shoes
The Pandoras It's About Time
Green Pajamas Kim The Waitress
Big Country Chance
Duración:01:11:29
Episode 297: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 535 (Essential Classics "O")
3/13/2026
"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 Dark Telegraph
The Overtures SHE SHINES A LIGHT
Okkervil River Unless It's Kicks
ORBIS MAX w Emperor Penguin Talk To Me -
Oasis The Meaning Of Soul
Odds Crash the Time Machine
The On And Ons Runabout
OK Go Here It Goes Again
Oingo Boingo Ain't This The Life
The Orange Humble Band Down In Your Dreams
Duración:01:05:49
Episode 296: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 534 (Waste)
3/6/2026
"Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinkin' what they're selling," - CAKE
Buzzcocks Queen Of The Scene
Green Circles Dirty Taste
Bleached Black I Was in Your Life
Joe Jackson Precious Time
The Tines Ozone
Radish Falling And Leaving
SERGIO CECCANTI WAITING FOR YOU IN A LONELY TOWN
The Honeydogs Righteous Came the Stranger
The Rentals Friends of P.
Soul Coughing Circles
CAKE Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle
Homie feat. Rivers Cuomo American Girls
Adele & The Chandeliers Treasure
The Overtures YOU'VE BEEN GONE
Jay Byham Just Keep Breathing
54-40 One Day in Your Life
Gunbunnies My Favorite Waste of Time
Marshall Crenshaw You’re My Favorite Waste of Time
Nick Heyward Perfect Sunday Sun
Nick Piunti Darken My Days
Duración:01:09:36
Episode 295: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 533 (Cool)
2/28/2026
"Time waits for no one, then don't wait for me" - Magic Eight Ball
The Weeklings 3
Spoon The Hardest Cut
Velocity Girl Sorry Again
The Tisburys The Anniversaries
The Corner Laughers Dusking
Superchunk Care Less
The Glad Machine Baby It's You
The Scruffs Rock 'N' Roll Heads
The Stranglers 96 Tears
KURT BAKER My Brave Face
Splitsville Southern Hospitality
Strange Witch Assholes Die Too
The Gaslight Anthem Miles Davis & The Cool
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Blow My Cool
Squeeze Cool For Cats
The Go-Go's Cool Jerk
John Doe Painting the Town Blue
Spygenius Get Over Yourself
The Real Numbers Sorry for the Mess
Magic Eight Ball Russian Ballet (Русский балет) (Acoustic Session)
Duración:01:09:15
Episode 294: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 532 (Tell)
2/21/2026
"Next time I see those troubled signs, I'll reach for your heart to get better" - 54-40
Chuck Prophet Tell Me Anything(Turn to Gold)
Starbelly Yes, I Love Her Again
Deathray Check It Over
54•40 Time Will Tell
Potty Mouth Smash Hit
The Bangles Tell Me
Hayley and the Crushers Water On Glass
The Beths Dying to Believe
Pretenders Night In My Veins
Hans Rotenberry & Brad Jones It Would Not Be Uncool
The Throes Tell
Joe Jackson Friday
Odds Someone Who's Cool
The Legal Matters It Doesn't Matter
Tamar Berk Better off Meditating
Cage The Elephant Trouble
Matthew Sweet I Wanted To Tell You
Winter Hours Tell Me Today
Nada Surf Just Wait
Kathleen Edwards Say Goodbye, Tell No One
Duración:01:12:59
Episode 293: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 531 (Hooray)
2/14/2026
"They stood there laughing ... They're not laughing anymore" - The Call
The Shazam Hooray for Me
Joyce Manor I Used to Go to This Bar
Green Circles Said It Would
The Linda Lindas California Sun
The Call The Walls Came Down (featuring Todd Rundgren)
He's Dead Jim Everybody's Little Sister
54•40 Takes A Lot
The Hives Hooray Hooray Hooray
R.E.M. Cuyahoga
Kathleen Edwards When The Truth Comes Out
Djo Gap Tooth Smile
The Junior League Until You Get It Right
Art Brut Hooray!
DOM MARIANI Just Can't Wait
The Jack Rubies Boat Rocker
Icecream Hands The Party Fade Out
Todd Thibaud What May Come
Ratboys Anywhere
The Forty-Fives Never Gonna Leave Here
Talking Heads I'm Not In Love
Duración:01:08:03
Episode 292: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 530 (Gift)
2/6/2026
"Now you look at the clock, beg it to stop" - Ratboys
Adam 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
Duración:01:05:40
Episode 291: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 529 (Essential Classics "D")
1/31/2026
"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 Unga Bunga Make up Your Mind [Explicit]
Duran Duran Girls On Film (2010 Remastered Version)
Dead Kennedys California Über Alles
Divinyls Boys In Town
The Decemberists Down By The Water
Del Amitri Roll To Me
Dada Dim
The Del Fuegos Don't Run Wild
The Dead Milkmen Punk Rock Girl
Dramarama Work For Food
The Dentists Strawberries Are Growing In My Garden (And It's Wintertime)
Duración:01:10:10
Episode 290: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 528 (Black & White)
1/24/2026
"We don't find each other hear now do we? - Janove Ottesen
He'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
Duración:01:05:16
Episode 289: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 527 (Paper)
1/16/2026
"And you may say to yourself, "My God, what have I done?" - Talking Heads
Talking 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
Duración:01:07:00
Episode 288: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 526 (Stuff 2025 B)
1/7/2026
"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 Must Go!
The Hives Roll Out The Red Carpet
Franz Ferdinand Audacious
Superchunk Stuck in a Dream
Sloan Dream Destroyer
The Autumn Hearts Distracted
The Bablers Here I Come
The Lemonheads Love Chant
The Tisburys Water In The Clouds
Jim Trainor Nothing
The Peppermint Kicks Number One Record
Ben Kweller Optimystic
David Byrne Feat. Ghost Train Orchestra Everybody Laughs
Duración:01:11:26
Episode 287: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 525 (Stuff 2025 A)
12/31/2025
"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 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
Duración:01:08:47
Episode 286: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 524 (Christmas 25)
12/21/2025
" Though the years we all will be together, if the faits allow" - Ralph Blane
Nick Piunti and the Complicated Men
Christmas Morning Sunshine Boys
I Love Christmastime
Marcy Playground Keegan's Christmas
The Hangabouts Colors of Christmas
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones This Time Of Year
The Boss Martians 3 Ghosts (A Modern Christmas Carol)
Maple Mars Christmastime In the City
Dance Hall Crashers I Did It For The Toys
Frickin'A Merry Merry Merry Frickin' Christmas
The Dollyrots Fairytale of New York
The Kinks Father Christmas
Old 97's Rudolph Was BluePayolas Christmas Is Coming
Tommy And The Rockets Merry Christmas
Matt Nathanson Donde Esta Santa Claus
The Mavericks Christmas Time Is (Coming 'Round Again)
The Cocktail Slippers Santa's Coming Home
Sammy Rae Last Christmas
Blaine Campbell and the California Sound Electroclaus
Low Just Like Christmas
Catie Cuirtis 2000 Miles
Cliff Hillis Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Duración:01:09:36
Episode 285: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 523 (Absolutely)
12/19/2025
"I Broke Into The Roller Rink, with My Jar Of India Ink" - Future Clouds and Radar
The 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)
Duración:01:12:52
Episode 284: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 522 (1982)
12/13/2025
"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
Modern English Hands Across the Sea
Haircut 100 Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
The Motels Art Fails
The Church Almost With You
The Go-Go's Beatnik Beach
Marshall Crenshaw Rockin' Around In N.Y.C.
The B-52's Nip It In The Bud
The English Beat Save It For Later
Ric Ocasek Jimmy Jimmy
Duración:01:18:52
Episode 283: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 521 (Before and After)
12/5/2025
As the years go by, they take their toll on you. Think of all the things we wanted to do. - Bob Mould
The Vapors Nothing Can Stop Us Now / Trains
Elvis Costello Lip Service / Magnificent Hurt
20/20 Remember The Lightning / King Of The Whole Wide World
Toad The Wet Sprocket Game Day / All I Want
Nick Lowe Heart Of The City / Went to a Party
Bob Mould When Your Heart Is Broken / See A Little Light
The Connells Burden / Universal Glue
The Chesterfield Kings She Told Me Lies / We're Still All The Same
Modern English Crazy Lovers / Someone's Calling
Crowded House Something So Strong /The Howl
Duración:01:06:03