Chasing the Essential

Chasing the Essential

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Chasing the Essential episodes

  • Episode 320: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 559 (Rideout)

    "Remake the world under yellow skies, cover your nose and open your eyes" - Superchunck

    The Chelsea Curve Rally 'Round

    Squeeze Why Don't You

    Mark Ward Caught

    The On and Ons Meet Me In The Morning

    Shazam, The The Stranded Stars

    Wakeland Falling Again

    Spygenius Cnut

    The Monkees Last Train To Clarksville

    Love and Rockets No New Tale to Tell

    Courtney Barnett Same

    The Pretty Flowers Never Felt Bitter (We Burn)

    The Eyetraps Nashville

    Gentle Hen Comfort Zone

    The Lovely Basement Cornstalk Girl

    Flight of Mavis Tonight's the Night

    Icecream Hands I Miss You

    Superchunk City of the Dead

    Psychotic Youth Rat Race

    Cheap Trick Boys & Girls & Rock N Roll

    Josh Rouse January Sky

    1 hr 14 min
  • Episode 319: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 558 (Seventy-Two)

    "Got my hands at ten and two. Got my eyes on my peripheral view" - Trashcan Sinatras

    Spygenius Watch Like No One's Dancing

    Wolf Alice White Horses

    The Coathangers Perfume

    The Sunshine Boys Don't Keep It Inside

    Icecream Hands Her Swan

    Greg Williams Through My Hands 

    Librarians With Hickeys 1972 (Single Version)

    Josh Rouse 1972

    The Wonder Stuff It's Yer Money, I'm After Baby

    Michael Penn Free Time

    The Eyetraps The Sound of It

    World Party Is It Like Today?

    The Damn Truth Only Love

    Joe Jackson Awkward Age

    Juliana Hatfield and Eric Payne Only Sister

    Baz Francis Don't Let Me Go On

    The Lyres Don't Give It Up Now

    Trashcan Sinatras Melodramatic

    The Frames Fake

    Look Park Shout Part 1

    1 hr 19 min
  • Episode 318: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 557 (ROYGBIV)

    It's this hopeless itch.  I just wanna feel .purple yellow red and blue - Portugal, the Man

    The Call Blood Red (America) (Remastered)

    The Replacements Red Red Wine

    The Bluebells Red Guitars

    The Honeydogs Orange 8

    Romeo Void Orange

    R.E.M. Orange Crush

    Portugal. The Man Purple Yellow Red and Blue

    The Music Machine Double Yellow Line

    Icecream Hands Yellow & Blue

    Love Spit Love Green

    Phil Yates & The Affiliates Grass Is Always Greener

    Suburban Lawns Green Eyes

    Let's Active Blue Line

    Reno Bo Baby Blues

    The Sunshine Boys Blue Music

    Rooni Indigo

    The Smithereens Indigo Blues

    The Empty Hearts Indigo Dusk Of The Night

    Hole Violet

    Phil Angotti Shy Violet

    Church Violet Town

    1 hr 19 min
  • Episode 317: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 556 (Thirty)

    "Do the promises you couldn't keep make it hard for you to sleep" - Gigolo Aunts

    Andy Bopp The Taste of Her Tears

    Shake Some Action! The Sooner The Better

    Minutemen Corona

    The Wonder Stuff Unbearable

    Flight of Mavis Gotta Get New Car

    The Morning Line Anhedonia (Start Again)

    GE Smith Nuns with Guns

    The High Frequencies Subterranean Homesick Blues

    Sinéad O'Connor Mandinka

    Caterwaul The Sheep's a Wolf

    The Psychedelic Furs Alice's House

    Marti Jones Each Time

    American Mars Give Me a Sign

    Elliot Easton (Wearing Down) Like a Wheel

    Dari Bay On Your Side

    Tamar Berk i'm in the day after

    Fountains Of Wayne Sink To The Bottom

    Superdrag Cynicality

    Gin Blossoms Perfectly Still

    Gigolo Aunts Everyone Can Fly

    1 hr 11 min
  • Episode 316: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 555 (Essential Classics "G")

    "... turn the record over. Hey hey, and I'll see you on the flip side" - Gaslight Anthem

    The Gaslight Anthem "45"

    The Godfathers This Damn Nation

    Greenberry Woods #37 [Feels So Strange]

    Green Circles Too Bright For A Monday

    The Go-Betweens Here Comes A City

    Gladhands Forget All About It

    The Grip Weeds Salad Days

    Gin Blossoms Hands Are Tied

    Gang Of Four I Found That Essence Rare

    The Germs Manimal

    Go Betty Go It's Too Bad

    Goo Goo Dolls Long Way Down

    Gary Myrick & The Figures She Talks In Stereo

    Gigolo Aunts Untitled

    The Go-Go's You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)

    Guadalcanal Diary Watusi Rodeo

    The Gunboat Diplomats Crazy About You

    The Golden Palominos Omaha

    Guided By Voices Hold On Hope

    Gary Numan & Tubeway Army Down In The Park

    1 hr 7 min
  • Episode 315: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 554 (Downtown)

    "Let's take the condom off the microphone, cause there's no one to protect,
    and no you can't spread disease, through profanities...or your intellect. - Marcy Payground

    Michigander Spitting Image

    Todd Thibaud Lonesome June

    Strawberry Alarm Clock Blow Your Mind

    The Kinks Sold Me Out

    Icecream Hands Shakespeare Always

    Band Of Horses Compliments

    Haircut 100 Raincloud

    Dari Bay The Joke

    The Cramps Tear It Up

    Echo & The Bunnymen Do It Clean

    Madness My Girl

    The Smiths Cemetry Gates

    Peter Case Baltimore

    X Watch The Sun Go Down

    The Teardrop Explodes Passionate Friend

    Charlie Mars One Horse Town

    Pretenders Downtown (Akron)

    Tegan & Sara Downtown

     B-52's Downtown
    Marcy Playground Flag And Finger

    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 314: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 553 (2026 So Far)

    "Me and my friends, we used to fall apart and piece ourselves back together like a work of art" - The Format

    Time Will Tell 54•40

    The Early Days Of Love Brigitte Calls Me Baby

    Very Good Year The Greenberry Woods

    Not Bad for New Jersey Brian Fallon

    King Without a Crown Mark Ward

    Coming On Strong The On and Ons

    I Used to Go to This Bar Joyce Manor

    Hollywood Forever Jesse Malin

    Shot In The Dark The Format

    It Doesn't Matter The Legal Matters

    Sister Millicent Jim Trainor

    Undertow Afterglow KURT BAKER

    Invading My Space Gary Klebe

    Easy Velvet Daydream

    Days Of Blue And Grey And Green Green Circles

    To Be So Cool The Pretty Flowers

    Mary Singletary Deer Tick

    Higher Calling Colman Gota

    American Cars Noah Kahan

    This Time The Rallies

    1 hr 12 min
  • Episode 313: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 552 (American Too)

    "So the dollar-shop shoppers broke the lock and they knocked you down" - The Decemberists

    Steve Earle The Revolution Starts...

    Michelle Shocked Hello Hopeville

    Todd Thibaud Lonesome June

    Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats S.O.B.

    The BoDeans American

    The Decemberists All Arise!

    Sierra Ferrell Dollar Bill Bar

    Biltmore Scenes From An American Highway Rest Stop

    R.E.M. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville

    Greg Freeman Point and Shoot

    The White Buffalo Avalon

    Macon Greyson My Brain is Hanging Upside Down

    The Head And The Heart Take A Walk

    The Jayhawks Stumbling Through The Dark

    Old 97's Bird In A Cage

    Kim Richey Those Words We Said

    The Honeydogs Righteous Came the Stranger

    The Damnwells 55 Pictures

    Blue Rodeo What Am I Doing Here?

    Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear Yellow Taxi

    X 4th Of July



    1 hr 18 min
  • Episode 312: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 552 (Candy - Covers)

    "These are the days of miracle and wonder, and don’t cry baby don’t cry" - Paul Simon

    The Pretty Flowers I Got You (Split Enz)

    The Bangles If She Knew What She Wants

    Dexys Midnight Runners & Kevin Rowland Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)

    Ramones Little Bit O' Soul

    Laura Veirs Mr. Mingo (Bonus Track)

    Doug Powell Candy-O

    Real Estate Paper Dolls

    Jesse Malin Rudie Can't Fail

    Big Country I'm Eighteen

    Jim Trainor YOU SAY YOU

    The Anderson Council Strict Time

    Robert Hazard & The Heroes Blowin' In the Wind

    Tegan and Sara Girls Talk

    Bow Wow Wow I Want Candy (7" Version)

    The White Stripes I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

    Tommy Keene Kill Your Sons

    The Wellingtons Hey Julie

    The Linda Lindas Found a Job

    Patti Smith The Boy In The Bubble

    The Bongos Mambo Sun

    1 hr 13 min
  • Episode 312: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 550 (Essential Classics "J" with Chip Saam)

    "It's funny how life turns out, the odds of faith in the face of doubt" - The Josh Joplin Group

    Jon Auer – Bottom of the Bottle

    Jon Brion – I Believe She’s Lying

    Josh Rouse – Directions
    Josh Joplin Group – Camera One
    The James Clark Institute – Phantom Girl
    Jim Trainor – Nothing
    Joey Sykes – Loveless Crowd
    Jenny Lewis – Head Underwater
    Jason Falkner – Eloquence
    Jill Sobule – Karen at Night
    Jellyfish – The King Is Half-Undressed
    Freedy Johnston – Waste Your Time
    Jen Trynin – Better Than Nothing
    The Jins – Metro
    Juliana Hatfield – Sellout
    John Doe – Love Knows
    Joe Jackson – I’m the Man
    Junk Monkeys – Edison
    The Jam – Going Underground
    Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us 

    1 hr 20 min

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