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Chasing the Essential

Chasing the Essential

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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Top 10 Chasing the Essential Episodes

Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Chasing the Essential episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Chasing the Essential for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Chasing the Essential episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

"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 & John Lennon

The B-52's Butterbean

Marble Jets It's So Easy

Odds My Mind’s On Other Things

Smoking Popes My Lucky Day

X New Life

Portugal. The Man Ghost Town

The Tisburys Ten Years On

The B-52's Mesopotamia
Vegas Baby!

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Chasing the Essential - Episode 175: Chasing the Essential  - Episode #410 (PC # 7)
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09/09/23 • 69 min

"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

Tommy Pluta Weigh Me Down

Nick Piunti Headphones

San Saba County Ides of March

Jesse Malin Mona Lisa

The Planes Decoder Ring

Elephant Stone I Am Blind

The Go-Betweens Here Comes A City

The On And Ons Mystic Eyes

Chris Richards and the Subtractions Call Me Out

Aimee Mann Labrador

PC # 8 will be up in October featuring a special surprise guest. Chase on!

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Chasing the Essential - Episode 171: Chasing the Essential  - Episode 406 (Nuggets)
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08/12/23 • 69 min

"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 Feeling That Won't Fade Away

The Castaways Liar, Liar

The Contrast Side FX

Odds 25 Words

Marshall Crenshaw Never Gonna Happen

Deer Tick Forgiving Ties

Dream Syndicate Tell Me When It's Over

Hurry Beggin' For You

The E Types Put The Clock Back On The Wall

James Mastro My God
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch essential ...

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Chasing the Essential - Episode 173: Chasing the Essential  - Episode 408 (Brown)
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08/25/23 • 66 min

"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

The Planes First Breath After Mask

Swansea Sound TWENTIETH CENTURY

Brian Fallon Among Other Foolish Things

Graham Parker & The Goldtops It Mattered To Me

Love Everybody’s Gotta Live
As Dave says, these essentials are not going to chase themselves!

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"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 Friend Of a Friend

Woodentops Get it On

Fine Young Cannibals Good Thing

Tom Petty with Mike Campbell, Steve Ferrone, Howie Epstein, Phil Jones & Benmont Tench You Wreck Me

The Pretenders Vainglorious

Iggy Pop & Green Day Supermarket

The Above West End Supermarket

The Clash Lost in the Supermarket

Church Constant in Opal
Got to get it on!

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Chasing the Essential - Episode 176: Chasing the Essential  - Episode 411 (Light)
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09/15/23 • 71 min

'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

Weezer The Damage In Your Heart

Spoon The Mystery Zone

White Reaper Getting into Trouble w/ the Boss

Cindy Wilson Hold On

The ACB's Callin Omaha

The Decibels Enough

The Selecter Scandalous

Gang Of Four To Hell With Poverty
We also know a girl with a penchant for Chasing the Essential!😁

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Chasing the Essential - Episode 178: Chasing the Essential  - Episode (413 The Girl)
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09/30/23 • 71 min

"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 Wilkerson Enough for Somebody

The Kooks Sofa Song

Locksley The Past And The Present

The Fleshtones The Girl From Baltimore

The Minus 5 The Girl I Never Met

Fountains Of Wayne The Girl I Can't Forget

Nada Surf Inside Of Love
Leave sooner, drive slower, CTE longer.

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Chasing the Essential - Episode 172: Chasing the Essential  - Episode 407 (Ring)
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08/18/23 • 68 min

"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 Connells '74-'75

Wavves Daisy

The Beatles Paperback Writer

Josh Joplin Group Camera One

The Easybeats Sorry

Everyday Things, The Just Out of Reach

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Fix It

The Connells Eyes On The Ground
Music always rings essential

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Chasing the Essential - Episode 216: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 451 (Paradise)
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06/21/24 • 68 min

"Cause maybe there's a paradise on earth and maybe I can find out just what I'm worth" - Miracle Legion
Bleachers / Jesse Malin Prisoners of Paradise (feat. Bleachers)

Broken Baby The Perfect Song

David Woodard Flower Power In The 80s

Biltmore Scenes From An American Highway Rest Stop

The Fleshtones The Dedication Song

Portugal. The Man So American

Vegas With Randolph The Better Part

The Decemberists Born To The Morning

Gang Of Four I Love A Man In Uniform

Rooney Holdin' On

Sergio Ceccanti I Can't Stay Away From You

The Libertines Oh Shit

Miracle Legion Paradise

Valley Lodge Hanging Around

Cage The Elephant Metaverse

Augustana Bullets

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin My Terrible Personality

The Vaccines Lunar Eclipse

The Reverberations Lost In Time

Billy Bragg Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
Later!

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Chasing the Essential - Episode 193: Chasing the Essential  - Episode 428 (Every)
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01/13/24 • 71 min

"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 Lloyd Keep the Place Clean

Rilo Kiley Under The Blacklight

Lucinda Williams Rock N Roll Heart

The Bluebells Red Guitars

The Figgs She Can't Say No Either

An American Underdog Portland

The Maureens Fell in Love

Christopher Peifer Nowhere Fast

The Make Three Under My Skin

Owsley Coming Up Roses

Noah Kahan Everywhere, Everything
Live it up!

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FAQ

How many episodes does Chasing the Essential have?

Chasing the Essential currently has 98 episodes available.

What topics does Chasing the Essential cover?

The podcast is about Music, Podcasts and Alternative.

What is the most popular episode on Chasing the Essential?

The episode title 'Episode 176: Chasing the Essential - Episode 411 (Light)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Chasing the Essential?

The average episode length on Chasing the Essential is 70 minutes.

How often are episodes of Chasing the Essential released?

Episodes of Chasing the Essential are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Chasing the Essential?

The first episode of Chasing the Essential was released on Dec 16, 2022.

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