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Chasing the Essential

248 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

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Episodes

Episode 210: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 445 (Run, Kid)

May 11, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MB

"Then she reached in her purse and she pulled out a gun and said,  "Now, just shut up and keep your hands on the wheel..." - Stan Ridgeway Vegas With Randolph I Feel Great Hayley and the Crushers Unsubscribe The Hi-End Save Your Soul The Brothers Steve She The Vaccines Heartbreak Kid Ben Kweller Heart Attack Kid The Never Never Big Kid Nada Surf Happy Kid Stan Ridgway Drive, She Said The Jags Tune Into Heaven Sunshine Ponies If Our Days Are Numbered Matthew Sweet Quiet H...

Episode 209: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 444 (Four)

May 04, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 83 MB

"Look at the world through your Polaroid glasses, things'll look a whole lot better for the working classes" - Gang of Four The Vapors Eyes On the Prize Lieder Answer My Call David Woodard I Can't Make The World A Better Place The Damnwells Easy, Tiger (feat. Morgan Wade) The Embryos HE'S A HYPOCRITE Power Of Dreams The Jokes On Me The Amplifier Heads The Best It's Gonna Be Belle & Sebastian Come On Sister Wall Of Voodoo Far Side of Crazy Dada Gogo Sweet Peppermint Twist ...

Episode 208: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 443 (Knave)

April 27, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 80.8 MB

"Raindrops like bullets on my fragile skin, insecurities I've had are creeping within" - Deer Tick Mansfield Dreams of Desire Adam Schmitt Brilliance In Failure The Real Numbers Lydia Pinkham Hey What’s Going On_ The On and Ons  Old 97's Somebody The Loud Family Look Through Any Window Christopher Peifer Anywhere Nina Gordon Kiss Me 'Til It Bleeds Divinyls Science Fiction The Swimming Pool Q's The Knave Ratboys Crossed that Line The Mighty Mighty BossTones Green Bay, Wis...

Episode 207: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 442 ()

April 20, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 80 MB

"I wouldn't leave you on your own.  I'd be beside you, that's the truth" - The Vapors The Armoires We Absolutely Mean It Lolas Work is the Blackmail of Survival Extra Arms Inflatable Boys The Call Beaten at Your Own Game The Silver Seas The Country Life Ramones Danny Says Miracle Legion I Wish I Was Danny Kaye Lisa Loeb The 90'S The A's A Woman's Got the Power Ratboys Morning Zoo The Night Times Tell Me The Bangles Tell Me 01 Looking Out Of A Mirror The On and Ons Dave...

Episode 206: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 441 (Stuff 2009)

April 12, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 88.4 MB

"It goes in one ear and right out the other, I'm only playing music 'cause you know I f$#@ing love it" - Cage the Elephant The Shazam A Little Better Jets Overhead Sure Sign Rhett Miller Like Love Elephant Stone I Am Blind Marcy Playground I Burned The Bed Chuck Prophet Good Time Crowd Brendan Benson Eyes On The Horizon Bob Mould City Lights (Days Go By) The BPA Feat. David Byrne & Dizzee Rascal Toe Jam Art Brut DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake Portugal. The Ma...

Episode 205: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 440 (Mighty)

April 07, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 79.3 MB

"Hear my voice, move my hair. I move it around a lot, but I don't care." - Talking Heads The Regrettes Come Through Brent Seavers Stumbling Wesley Fuller Counting Down The Days The Call What a Ride The Anderson Council Tarot Toronto Montana & The Insufferable Paul Scott Haircut and a Guitar (2024 Remaster) Glass Rope Bricktop Myracle Brah Getting Over Delusion The All-American Rejects Dirty Little Secret American Hi-Fi Separation Anxiety (Album Version) Jimmy Eat World Bl...

Episode 204: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 439 (My My)

March 29, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 81.4 MB

"They're here tonight, no fear tonight. And the hands on the faces have started to move, It's slow at first, but it's over to soon." The Vapors The Call Welcome To My World  Elephant Stone Going Underground  The Jack Rubies Read My Mind  The Connells Universal Glue  The Dandy Warhols Minnesoter  The Beths A Passing Rain  Glenn Tilbrook Reinventing The Wheel  Deadly Spirtis Brass knuckles boogaloo  Jules Shear All Through The Night  The Stone Roses Bye Bye Badman  The Vap...

Episode 203: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 438 (Minnesota)

March 22, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MB

"Here in my humble room at night, I often wonder what goes on out there" - Onigo Boingo The Shang Hi Los Op-Operator Hoodoo Gurus Out That Door The Damnwells 55 Pictures World Party Put The Message In The Box The Lemonheads It's About Time EZTV High Flying Faith Cage The Elephant Trouble World Party Best Place I've Ever Been The Suburbs Love Is the Law Soul Asylum Take Manhattan Sugar Your Favorite Thing Semisonic Don't Make up Your Mind Raspberries Ecstasy The Maureens High & Dry ...

Episode 202: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 437 (Stuff 2004)

March 15, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 76.7 MB

"We had everything vinyl and mono and we looked the other way" - Courtney Love Charlie Mars Silver Buttons matt pond PA Kc Melissa Ferrick The Other Side Morrissey Irish Blood, English Heart Old 97's The New Kid The Contrast Smart Ben Kweller The Rules Paul Westerberg What About Mine? Rilo Kiley Portions For Foxes The Thrills You Can't Fool Old Friends With Limousines Jesse Malin Mona Lisa Tommy Keene There's No One in This City A.C. Newman Miracle Drug Tegan & Sara Sp...

Episode 201: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 436 (Mikes)

March 08, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 74 MB

"And all the days that I'm alive,  I strive to understand, not to be understood" - Mike Doughty The Figgs Step Back Let's Go Pop John Wesley Harding Gentleman Caller Kane & Potvin What Survives Us Strawberry Generation Iris (Eyelids) Extra Arms I Don't Wanna Surrender The Make Three Pay No Mind Michael Carpenter and The Cuban Heels Photo Elvis Costello Lip Service 'Til Tuesday Voices Carry Spygenius Shall I Show You In My Mirror? Mike Doughty I Wrote A Song About Your Car...

Episode 200: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 435 (Cali)

March 01, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.1 MB

"This east coast sadness drove you into madness" - The Tisburys Liquid Mike Drinking and Driving The Bye Bye Blackbirds The Girls Walk Gigolo Aunts Half A Chance The Plimsouls Now Real Estate Somebody New The Electromagnates Airwave Hello The Weeklings Like We Used To Do Rain Parade Angel Sister The Boomtown Rats She's So Modern The Records Turn On The Radio Echo & The Bunnymen Life Goes On A Flock Of Seagulls Telecommunication Fantastic Cat C'mon Armageddon boygenius ...

Episode 199: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 434 (Touch)

February 24, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 79 MB

Who's gonna pay attention to your dreams - Cars Superchunk Digging For Something Caper Clowns Be There (The Ever-Changing Tone) Toad The Wet Sprocket Rings dig The Fuzz Real Estate Water Underground Dolph Chaney Californiagain The Weeks Start It Up Romeo Void Chinatown Squeeze Someone Else's Bell Mark Mulcahy She Makes the World Turn Backwards Shoes Never Had It Better The Head And The Heart False Alarm The Campbell Apartment A Get Well Party The Bluebells Learn To Lov...

Episode 198: Chasing the Essential - Episode 433 (Elvis)

February 17, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 81.2 MB

"No clocks, no." - Pylon  The Primitives Don't Know Where to Start Fantastic Cat The Gig Chuck Prophet What It Takes Lydia Loveless Sex and Money Dom Mariani Brothers & Sisters Michael Pink That's Her Wes Hollywood 11 Dandelion Fountains Of Wayne Joe Rey Mojo Nixon Elvis Is Everywhere Sons Of Elvis Formaldehyde Ed Ryan Elvis' World Human Radio Me & Elvis The Cyrkle Dance With Me Tonight Pernice Brothers Who Will You Believe Crowded House Oh Hi ISLA Hur...

Episode 197: Chasing the Essential - Episode 432 (A Visit to 2003)

February 10, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 81.6 MB

"Let's tune out by turning on the radio" - The Format The Romantics Out Of My Mind (Into My Head) Pete Yorn Come Back Home The Shazam Shazam-Turnaround The Bangles Stealing Rosemary The Chesterfield Kings I Don't Understand Fountains Of Wayne Peace And Love The Fleshtones Do You Swing? The High Dials Morning's White Vibration Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros Coma Girl Jesse Malin Wendy Joe Jackson Take It Like A Man JET Are You Gonna Be My Girl The Shins So Says I The For...

Episode 196: Chasing the Essential - Episode 431 (On Me)

February 09, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 76.9 MB

 "People often change, but memories of people can remain" - The Kinks The Weeklings Falling Down A Flight Of Stairs Lydia Loveless Poor Boy The Jack Rubies Hark Blondie (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear Superchunk Everybody Dies The Creachies Get Atomic The Maureens Warning Sign Christopher Peifer Left the Map The Wonders I Need You (That Thing You Do) The Overtures She Shines a Light The Umbrellas When You Find Out Cage The Elephant That's Right The Tragicall...

Episode 195: Chasing the Essential - Episode #430 (Lollygag)

January 25, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 80.1 MB

"Without my rock and roll heroes, I would be miserable" - Marcy Playground Green Day Corvette Summer Vegas With Randolph What If? The Spires Several Times Star Collector Halfway Home The Jack Rubies Heaven Shook Me Milltown Brothers Never Come Down Again Chains Fortune Teller Oasis She's Electric The Knack Pop Is Dead The English Beat Best Friend The Cars Since I Held You The Campbell Apartment You're On The Dumbanimals Lollygagger Raindogs Let's Work Together Marcy P...

Episode 194: Chasing the Essential - Episode #429 (Street)

January 19, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 78.1 MB

"When your dreams are shattered in the moonlight, and you hear the hum of old guitars"- The Tisburys Emperor Penguin What's the Worst That Could Happen The Make Three Emily Strange The Essex Green Sloane Ranger The Clash Gates Of The West The Jack Rubies Corrupted (FCC Warning) Dave Kuchler In It With You Red Skylark Two Shades of Fine X Love Shack Marianne Faithfull Broken English Erik Voeks & The Ghosters It Means Nothing Now The Umbrellas Gone Go Dog Go Sold Your Soul...

Episode 193: Chasing the Essential - Episode 428 (Every)

January 13, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MB

"How could you be untrue to yourself, when nobody is watching.  Your life isn't over the clock is still tocking" - Oswley Erik Voeks & The Ghosters Everything Dissolves The Mowgli's San Francisco Gentle Hen Let's Go Get Lost The Plimsouls Everywhere At Once Reno Bo That's Just The Way It Goes The Incurables Soda Pop The Dentists She Dazzled Me With Basil P. Hux Till The World Looks Right The Rings Uh-Oh (Here I Go Again) Ruler Follow You Down (Gin Blossoms Cover) Bill Llo...

Episode 192: Chasing the Essential - Episode 427 (Stuff 2023 Part B)

January 04, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 87.5 MB

The Stuff that 2023 was made of ... The Armoires Music & Animals The Nude Party Hey Monet Kevin Robertson Make Believe The Beths Watching the Credits Tom Curless & the 46% Julie's Crying Again Adele & The Chandeliers Souvenirs Of My Mind Panthervision Through My Window Chris Church GCRT Reno Bo Count Your Karma The Bishop's Daredevil Stunt Club Your Corvette Summer Justine and The Unclean When I Stopped Loving You The Decibels Why Bother With Us? Arthur Alexander It's N...

Episode 191: Chasing the Essential - Episode 426 (2023 Stuff Part A)

January 02, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 90.5 MB

Stuff that 2023 was made of Part A ...  Bill Lloyd Look Into It The Shang Hi Los These Four Walls Star Collector Beat It To Death Cliff Hillis Just Drive The On and Ons Let Ya Hair Down! The Lunar Laugh Born Weird Blur Barbaric The Rallies Give Me The Truth The Salt Collective Throwing Stones Danny The K Roller Derby Girl sparkle*jets u.k. Sunshine Tonight Miss Chain & The Broken Heels Wild Wind Eyelids They Said So The Anderson Council Times On The Thames Mansfield T...

Episode 190: Chasing the Essential - Episode 425 (Christmas 23)

December 22, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 77.3 MB

"Daydream I'm riding along in a horse drawn sleigh, as I'm sitting on the runway, waiting for your warm embrace in the Connecticut cold" - Maple Mars Dave Caruso Grinch The Pogues Fairytale Of New York Ben Kweller Here Comes Santa Claus Maple Mars Christmastime In The City The Monkees Silver Bells The Hangabouts Colors of Christmas Greg Pope Christmas Snow The Raveonettes The Christmas Song Sloan December 25 The Minus 5 Feat. Ben Gibbard I See Angels The Spongetones Chris...

Episode 189: Chasing the Essential - Episode 424 (F#$&ed Again)

December 15, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.4 MB

"I had a drink ... OK maybe five.  I wasn't keeping count" - Ruler The Sunshine Boys Infinity Girl The Lemonheads Pittsburgh Hole Rock Star David Mead World Of A King Ruler Fucking Up The Glad Machine We All Fall The Shrugs Never Better Teenage Fanclub Verisimilitude Puddle of Mudd She Hates Me Noah Kahan Dial Drunk The Shazam NFU The Damnwells Let's Be Civilized Too Much Joy Long Haired Guys From England Goo Goo Dolls Going Crazy Linus Of Hollywood Don't F**K It Up ...

Episode 188: Chasing the Essential - Episode 423 (Mouth)

December 11, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 75 MB

"If I should fall from grace with God, where no doctor can relieve me.  If I'm buried in the sod, but the angels won't receive me ... Let me go, boys, let me go, boys. Let me go down in the mud, where the rivers all run dry" - The Pogues Erik Voeks & The Ghosters The Most Confusing Part The Hives Crash Into The Weekend Couchboy Second Chances The Pogues If I Should Fall From Grace With God Lolas Shut Me Down Thrift Store Halo I Don't Know Popdudes Sunshine Joan Jett & The Bl...

Episode 187: Chasing the Essential - Episode #422 (History)

December 01, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 79.1 MB

"The world's my oyster, a hotel room's a prison cell" - The Police The Armoires Music & Animals Jonathan Francis Borrowed Song Miracle Legion Accidentally on Purpose Reno Bo See You In The Morning Low Cut Connie Whips And Chains Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men One of the Boyz Addison Love Wee & Nancy Lee The Hold Steady Hot Soft Light Spizzenergi Where's Captain Kirk? boygenius Not Strong Enough Jesse Malin When You're Young The Gaslight Anthem Positive Charge Ruler I...

Episode 186: Chasing the Essential - Episode 421 (Thanks Again!)

November 26, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 83.4 MB

"At the $5.99 buffet, in Reno on thanksgiving day, nobody seemed to care, why anyone else was there." - Too Much Joy Reno Bo Underground Sunshine Ian M Bailey The Clock Is Ticking Dwight Twilley Looking for the Magic World Party Thank You World Elephant Stone The Spark Shazam, The Month O' Moons Big Star Thank You Friends Frightened Rabbit Head Rolls Off They Might Be Giants The Guitar The Lunar Laugh Stranger Than Oz Steven Wright-Mark Go to Japan Marcy Playground Thank...

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

November 17, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 80.4 MB

"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 Anthem The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound Cotton Mather Never Be It Best Coast Heaven Sent Rilo Kiley Portions For Foxes The Tisburys Garden Quilt Searching For Bread & Butter Good Lines Bob Mould City Lights (Days Go By) The Dandy Warhols Smoke It Everyday Things, The Life Goes On The White Buffalo The Pilot The Singles Until you came along Ad...

Episode 184: Chasing the Essential - Episode #419 (Scared)

November 10, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 79.8 MB

"But the summer's gone and the leaves are turning over.  It's another day gone I'm another year older" - Chuck Prophet The Hives Rigor Mortis Radio The Creachies Eightbar Shplang Understood The High Dials Fields In Glass The Lunar Laugh Allegiance Gladhands Gore Girls (Gimme More) Tommy Keene Watch the World Go By Greg Pope Hero The Woodentops Plenty The Railway Children A Gentle Sound Del Amitri Sense Sickness The Mighty Lemon Drops Something Happens Icecream Hands Bye...

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

November 03, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MB

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 To The Legal Matters – The Legend of Walter Wright Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band – Kismet The Persian Leaps – The Company She Keeps Michael Slawter – The Queen of All She Sees Young Guv – Good Time Robert LaRoche – Jet Blue Sarah Harmer – Take Me Out Scott Gagner – Sunless Saturday Quilt – Rol...

Episode 182: Chasing the Essential - Episode 417 (8 Years)

November 03, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 86.6 MB

A special thanks to anyone who had the chance to listed in to show over the last 8 year.  I hope you found a new band or artist to fall in love with ... I know I found many over the years ... here's a few! Andy Bopp Hello Caper Clowns Paper Trail The Regrettes Here You Go Starbelly Lay Low Phil Angotti The Lamp Sloan Magical Thinking The Weeks Ike Peaness Kaizen Star Collector Crashin' Potty Mouth Plastic Paradise Spygenius In A Garden David Mead Bedtime Story The Conne...

Episode 181: Chasing the Essential - Episode 416 (Covers)

October 22, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 75.8 MB

"And as you go through life tryin' to reach your goal ... Just remember what I said about a little bit o'soul" - The Music Machine Little Bit 'O Soul The Linda Lindas Music Explosion David Watts The Jam The Kinks ...Baby One More Time Fountains Of Wayne Brittany Spears Private Idaho Broken Baby (B-52s) School's Out Annabella Lwin (Alice Cooper) Sex Beat The Coathangers (Gun Club) Hello I Love You The Cure (The Doors) My Valuable Hunting Knife Tom Curless & The 46% (Guided By...

Episode 180: Chasing the Essential - Episode 415 (Heavy)

October 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 83.3 MB

"Without my rock and roll heroes, I would be miserable" - Marcy PLayground Broken Baby Ugly The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Mensa's Marauders Amoeba Teen Barlight Crawl Plasticsoul Therapy Vegas With Randolph A Pretty Good Run The Half-Cubes Love's Melody The Shelters Bad Dreams The Whigs Technology Local H Bound for the Floor Locksley Oh, Wisconsin! Ruler Drag Elvyn Here We Surrender Richard Barone Radio Silence The Jack Rubies Poltergeist Biff, Bang, Pow! There Must Be ...

Episode 179: Chasing the Essential - Episode 414 (Sick)

October 06, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 80.6 MB

"In a world that's ugly and a lie, It's hard to even want to try" - Matthew Sweet The Call Everywhere I Go The Bishop's Daredevil Stunt Club Your Corvette Summer Somerdale Better Without Her The Lunar Laugh Born Weird Graham Parker & The Goldtops The Music Of The Devil Thrift Store Halo What Are We Gonna Do Now? Adele & The Chandeliers Gourami Fish The Cars Down Boys Robert Palmer Johnny and Mary Pylon Stop It Plasticsoul The Ghost In Between Us Motors Dancing The Night ...

Episode 178: Chasing the Essential - Episode (413 The Girl)

September 30, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 81.7 MB

"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 Wi...

Episode 177: Chasing the Essential - Episode #412 (Supermarket)

September 23, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 77.9 MB

"Microscope people looking tiny but feeling, 100 feet tall " - The Woodentops Death Cab For Cutie The Sound Of Settling Ruler Broken Teeth The Shang Hi Los These Four Walls The Replacements When It Began Rinehearts I Don't Mind The Glad Machine Can We Still Fall in Love this Summer? Nick Bertling The Things We Lost Thrift Store Halo One More Time Mission Of Burma That's When I Reach For My Revolver The Planes Feels Like Years Magic Eight Ball Keep Me Out The Sunlight SLD...

Episode 176: Chasing the Essential - Episode 411 (Light)

September 15, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 81.4 MB

'In the quiet, secret places, are you there? Are you there?" - Concrete Blonde The Maureens Alison Rooftop Screamers Anolther Life The Cyrkle We Thought We Could Fly Ruler Fucking Up Best Coast Different Light The Bangles In A Different Light The Jessica Fletchers City Lights Concrete Blonde Darkening Of The Light Ian Dury & The Blockheads Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Tamar Berk 1997 Crossword Smiles The Girl with a Penchant for Yellow Deserters Raining Over France Wee...

Episode 175: Chasing the Essential - Episode #410 (PC # 7)

September 09, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 80 MB

"Sick of living here, we're such a mess, cause the government, they're all liars.  So put on your hat because the forecast is rain clouds" - Josh Rouse Josh Rouse Winter In The Hamptons Kelly Jones Subway Song Chrissie Hynde Dark Sunglasses The Lazy Lies World In Blue Real Estate Stained Glass Searching For Sylvia The Ladder The Shellye Valauskas Experience Leftover Mistake Hawaii Mud Bombers Johanna Beach Strawberry Generation Coffee Spygenius Eucalyptus & Cigarettes Tom...

Episode 174: Chasing the Essential - Episode #409 (The One With The B52s)

August 31, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 88.2 MB

"Oh, your father was a one-eyed jack of hearts, with diamonds and an ace up his sleeve " - B52s Ruler Rare Occurance The Selecter Stay Rebel Arthur Alexander Oh Lulu, Won't You Be My Girl The B-52's Deadbeat Club Eyelids Crawling Off Your Pages Vigilantes of Love I Could Be Wrong Squeeze Happy Days The B-52's Queen Of Las Vegas Warren Zevon Lawyers, Guns And Money Peter Case Wake Up Call A.C. Newman Drink To Me, Babe, Then Ryan Hamilton & The Harlequin Ghosts Jesus & Joh...

Episode 173: Chasing the Essential - Episode 408 (Brown)

August 25, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 76.4 MB

"The sky is burnin' I believe my soul is on fire" - The Jam The Half-Cubes Lie To Me The Anderson Council Do You Remember Walter The White Buffalo Avalon Tamar Berk sunday driving The Decibels Encouraging Semisonic Lightning The Jam Burning Sky The Finn Brothers All God's Children Haircut 100 Fantastic Day Van Go Grateful The Stan Laurels I Want to Believe The Linda Lindas Resolution/Revolution The dB's Big Brown Eyes The Stranglers Golden Brown Extra Arms Honey Brown...

Episode 172: Chasing the Essential - Episode 407 (Ring)

August 18, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MB

"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 Connell...

Episode 171: Chasing the Essential - Episode 406 (Nuggets)

August 12, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 79.4 MB

"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 Feel...

Episode 170: Chasing the Essential - Episode #405 (Rose)

August 04, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 85.6 MB

"When I've walked in the garden. When I'm walking off stage. When everything's quiet ... Will you stay?" - Sinead O'Connor The Planes Thrift Store The Gaslight Anthem History Books (feat. Bruce Springsteen) Best Coast Graceless Kids CAKE Wheels Marble Jets Feel So Free Dolph Chaney Mr. Eli The Salt Collective Not Going Back The Alarm The Returning The Fixx Saved By Zero The Beths Knees Deep Caper Clowns Me For a Friend Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Talking S...

Episode 169: Chasing the Essential - Episode #404 (Injustice)

July 28, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 81.7 MB

"In the garage, I feel safe,  no one cares about my ways" - Weezer Hurry Parallel Haunting Billy Bragg The Boy Done Good The Nashville Ramblers The Trains Robin Lane & The Chartbusters Shot in the Dark Richard X. Heyman Hangman Smiles v. Spy v. Spy Injustice The E-Types I Can't Do It OK Go Let It Rain Weezer In The Garage Chris Church Far Too Late Muck & The Mires I Never Got Over You The Gravel Pit Closer to the Wall Army Navy Ode to Janice Melt Jenny Lewis Psychos The No Ones The...

Episode 168: Chasing the Essential - Episode 403 (Grim)

July 20, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 80.6 MB

"As the years go by, they take their toll on you.  Think of all the things we wanted to do" - Bob Mould Broken Baby Beautiful Voices Greenberry Woods Yeah [Yeah, Yeah, Yeah] Star Collector Running Through The Rain sparkle*jets u.k. Sunshine Tonight Paolo Nutini Petrified In Love Portugal. The Man Grim Generation Tamar Berk if u know, u know The Patti Smith Group Ask the Angels Roxy Music Over You Leslie Pereira & The Lazy Heroes Fly Like A Bird The Rallies You're My Dream...

Episode 167: Chasing the Essential - Episode 402 (Anything)

July 15, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MB

"...And I will take my chances, cause anything can happen" - The Finn Brothers Deer Tick Disgrace The Shazam Shazam-Engine Red The On and Ons Sunny Jim The Walkmen Heaven The Format Pick Me Up The Glad Machine San Francisco The Never Never From The Inside The Tisburys Garden The Hollies Look Through Any Window The Music Machine Talk Talk (Mono) Barreracudas Baby baby baby The Regrettes Dress Up Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Love Is A Rich Man The Tragically Hip Sa...

Episode 166: Chasing the Essential - Episode 401 (Pigeon)

July 08, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MB

"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 ...

Episode 165: Chasing the Essential - Episode #40 (How Did I get Here?)

July 01, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB

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 Wal...

Episode 164: Chasing the Essential - Episode #399 (Julie)

June 23, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 81.2 MB

"Hey hey, turn the record over.  Hey hey, and I'll see you on the flip side" - Gaslight Anthem Eyelids Lyin' In Your Tomb Justine and The Unclean When I Stopped Loving You sparkle*jets u.k. Who Can Really Know? Danny The K Roller Derby Girl Tom Curless & the 46% Julie's Crying Again Josh Rouse Julie (Come Out of The Rain) Fountains Of Wayne Hey Julie The Knack Terry & Julie Step Out The Stranglers Peaches The Lolas I Can't Go Wrong The Kinks Do It Again Richard And The Y...

Episode 163: Chasing the Essential - Episode 398 (Kids)

June 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 77.4 MB

Saturdays boys live life with insults, drink lots of beer and wait for half time results.  - The Jam The Rallies Out Of The Blue Mansfield The Sky's in Love with You Ted Leo Used to Believe Chris Church One More Chance To Get Over You The Anderson Council Times On The Thames Getaway Car In-between The Knack Love Is All There Is R.E.M. Auctioneer (Another Engine) New Musik Straight Lines Mr. Bruce Gordon Genie in a Bottle The Insomniacs Alice White The Primitives Run Baby Run Pleasu...

Episode 162: Chasing the Essential - Episode 397 (Bugs)

June 09, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 76 MB

"Hold me, hold me 'cause I wanna get higher and higher" - 54-40 Pretenders Let the Sun Come In Rick Kingo The Sound Of A Neon Light The Salt Collective Asylum XTC Dear Madam Barnum sparkle*jets u.k. Till We Meet Again The Squires Going All The Way The Romantics When The Angels (Hear Me Callin') Tegan and Sara Girls Talk 54-40 I Go Blind The Decibels Today Is Your Day Odds Crash the Time Machine The Kinks Skin And Bone Slamdinistas There You Go Again The Amplifier Heads...

Episode 161: Chasing the Essential - Episode 396 (Run)

June 01, 2023 23:08 - 1 hour - 81.6 MB

"'Cause there's always someone, somewhere, with a big nose, who knows and who trips you up and laughs when you fall" - The Smiths Ransom and the Subset Don't Remember What Was Her Name Adele & The Chandeliers More Time Gary Myrick & The Figures Tattooed On My Forehead The Kinks Working At The Factory The Salt Collective Nursery Rhyme The Planes On a Train Kevin Robertson Wander On The No Ones Phil Ochs Is Dead Men Without Hats Antarctica The Reverberations Color Coded Cand...