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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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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
"Shining through the hollow today. Thinking maybe heavens away" - New PornographersFuture Clouds and Radar The Hype The Gold Needles Eleven Eleven GREG POPE Immovable Feast Hoodoo Gurus Miss Freelove '69 The New Pornographers Twin Cinema Ratboys Anywhere Dinosaur Jr Take A Run At The Sun The Cars Stranger Eyes Big Country Angle Park Bob Mould Star Machine COOPER Provisional The Replacements Waitress In The Sky The Stan Laurels Sanity Teenage Fanclub Ain't That Enough Ross Rice Another Time Icecream Hands Taxi Cab Kevin Robertson Silicone Sun Push Puppets Probably The Church Myrrh Ray Davies Thanksgiving Day
"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)
"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
"I heard it's modern to be stupid, you don't need to talk to look good" - Matt Pond PAThe Rallies I Believe (promo)The Backfires Matador999 Me and My Desirematt pond PA HalloweenGREG POPE Worthy SonThe Chevelles OverThe Hold Steady Barely BreathingThe Primitives Sick of ItShawn Mullins Beautiful WreckThe Throes All The Flowers Growing In Your Mother's EyesThe Gypsy Moths And You Know I DoFine China Fraught With DangerStar Collector Shining ExampleMartha & The Muffins Paint By Number Heart@TheHalfCubes Go BackKing's Road/Michael Carpenter Walk OnThe Romantics Devil In MeThree Hour Tour Devil You KnowINXS Devil InsideCrossword Smiles Crossword Smiles - Black Cats & Broken Mirrors
"Sit and try for the big kill, a waste of time sitting still" - REMGREG POPE Fallen StarThe Planes Tear the World Apart (MFLB Version)The Autumn Hearts MesmeriseThe Kinks Autumn AlmanacSloan CongratulationsThe Lemon Drop Gang Something RealSuperchunk Some GreenKelly Jones Subway SongThe B-52's 6060-842The Peppermint Kicks Shangri LaFlogging Molly The Days We've Yet To MeetTodd Thibaud What They SayIcecream Hands Do Ya Feel ItThe Lucky Shots For TonightPleasure Center Know When to Walk AwayOingo Boingo Who Do You Want To BeThe Cords Rather Not StayDavid Byrne Feat. Ghost Train Orchestra Don't Be Like ThatR.E.M. Sitting Still [Original Hib-Tone Single Version]Portugal. The Man Tanana
"We're having much more fun, you don't know where we've gone" - XDavid Byrne Feat. Ghost Train Orchestra Everybody LaughsArmchair Oracles Sudden RainBen Kweller Commerce, TXThe Format Tie The RopeIcecream Hands Here And NowThe Wellingtons End of the WorldThe Housemartins Get Up Off Our KneesThe Glad Machine CarolineMeat Puppets BackwaterSloan Capitol CoolerBen Kweller OptimysticThe Format The CompromiseJim Trainor You Say YouDolph Chaney Girl From GermanyAu Pairs Come AgainThe Beths Straight Line Was A LieX We're Having Much More FunThe Anderson Council We're Like the SunMatthew Sweet We're The SameMark Mulcahy We're Not In Charleston Anymore
"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
"there's dust on my guitar you fuck, and it's all your fault" - The MurmursI Don't Care Mark WardInconvenience (12'' Version) Au PairsHow Is the Air up There? The BanglesCapitol Cooler SloanEnough Is Enough The Hives Let It Ride The NeedmoresBad Luck Sammie The FiggsBad Luck Social DistortionYou Suck The MurmursUninvited, Overdue Todd ThibaudCaptain The HoneydogsBox Full Of Letters WilcoGhosts on the Radio The Hi-EndBubblegum Answering MachineBored in the City Duck & CoverRip It Off Adam SchmittGore Girls (Gimme More) GladhandsHow's Your Head The Holy CowsI'm Staying Here (and I'm Not Buying A Gun) John Wesley HardingHold On Toad The Wet Sprocket
" She took my keys and my guitar, says she's gonna be a big star" - Icecream HandsThe Honeydogs Kill SwitchLiquid Mike ClawsStop Calling Me Frank Annoy YouThe Jam To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time?)Icecream Hands Back On The Roadotter petter MagazinesTodd Thibaud Dragging Me DownThe Bookends Keep Keeping OnLove Spit Love Am I WrongTranslator Circumstance LaughingGary Myrick & The Figures I'm Not a NumberThe Lemonheads Deep EndThe Sunshine Boys The World Turning RoundHurry HeatwaveThe Needmores Side X SideThe On And Ons Long RideSwingin' Neckbreakers I Live For BuzzTed Leo & The Pharmacists Bartolomeo And The Buzzing Of BeesPretenders The BuzzJesse Malin & Susanna Hoffs High Lonesome
"Just another victim of a post-industrial war complex" - SplitsvilleThe Format She Doesn't Get ItJohn Doe The Unhappy SongChristopher Peifer MontrealThe Honeydogs Irish GoodbyeThe Swimming Pool Q's More Than One HeavenPylon This/ThatSplitsville Perry HallRamones I Wanna LiveFaith No More We Care A LotBroken Baby Madonna's a DickTodd Thibaud Live Without ItThe Chelsea Curve Never Come DownBlake Babies DisappearThe Beths RoundaboutThe Jessica Fletchers Just Another Fashion BandThe Jack Rubies Are We Being Recorded?Superchunk Stuck in a DreamTad Overbaugh Mended ManNick Piunti & The Complicated Men HeroesCaper Clowns Reset the Sun
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
"I was walking up Sixth Avenue when balloon man blew up in my face" - Robyn Hitchcock and the EgyptiansThe Beths TakeThe Replacements I Don't KnowThe Spongetones Nothing Really Matters When You're YoungFoxboro Hot Tubs BroadwayThe Hives Roll Out The Red CarpetToo Much Joy William Holden CaulfieldSuperchunk Train on FireBob Mould Hard To GetRobyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Balloon ManThe Railway Children Every Beat of the HeartThe Go-Betweens Was There Anything I Could Do? (Remastered)Myracle Brah ElevenThe Format Let's Make This Moment A CrimeJay Byham Going, Going, GoneToad The Wet Sprocket DesireR.E.M. 1,000,000 (40th Anniversary Remaster)Future Clouds & Radar The Man Who Would Be KingWorld Party I Want To Be FreeNada Surf The FutureEcho & The Bunnymen Everybody Knows
"She took me to her parents for a Sunday meal. Her father took one look at me and he began to squeal" - The Dead MilkmenThe Armoires You're Not The PoliceThe Wellingtons Always Gonna Be That GirlTamar Berk you ruined this city for meTranslator Fall ForeverMark Ward Home TonightRichard Turgeon All Good Things Must Come to an EndThe Libertines I Have A FriendNick Piunti & The Complicated Men Mind ReaderPossum Dixon Watch the Girl Destroy MeDramarama Haven't Got A ClueOkkervil River A Hand to Take Hold of the SceneThe Linda Lindas Excuse MeAdam Ant Fall-InTiger Bell Don't Wanna Hear About Your Band!David Woodard Everything BelongsThe Dead Milkmen Punk Rock GirlRatboys Crossed that LineStar Collector Section 8Devo Jerkin' Back 'n' ForthThe Beths Mother, Pray For Me
"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
"Better than just makin' a guess, they bought a home pregnancy test" - Miracle LegionTalking Heads The Good ThingTamar Berk indiesleaze 2005sparkle*jets u.k. Make Something HappenMiracle Legion Madison ParkMephiskapheles DoomsdayThe Specials Nite KlubDavey Lane Over, Over & OutStar Collector The Best ThingCowboy Junkies Anniversary SongKevin Robertson Eyes Like the SunMonogroove Hello EveryoneCracker Movie StarCaper Clowns Strange BoyThe Honeydogs Attic BrainPixies U-MassChris Von Sneidern No PromiseMumford & Sons CarolineNathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats S.O.B.Noah Kahan Paul RevereMatthew Sweet Time Capsule
"In a world frozen over with over exposure, let's talk it over, let's go out and paint the town" - Soul AsylumStar Collector Roll That Rock (Up That Hill)Kevin Robertson We Found the SummerThe Jim Carroll Band Work Not PlaySuperchunk Stuck in a DreamArctic Monkeys Bigger Boys and Stolen SweetheartsSoul Asylum Somebody To ShoveRamones Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La)Pete Yorn Elizabeth TaylorThe Jesus & Mary Chain Far Gone And OutSugar HelplessArchers of Loaf MightThe Lemonheads Into Your ArmsThe Connells Fun & GamesMarshall Crenshaw Grab the Next TrainThe Humbugs Stacy's Game NightThe Someloves Don't Talk About UsBig Country Look AwayChina Crisis Working With Fire and SteelThe Vapors News At TenThe Damnwells One Way
"... and it's true that I stole your lighter, and it's also true that I lost the map" - Liz PhairSloan Dream DestroyerBen Kweller Hold Me DownPulp RazzmatazzThe Flashcubes The Sweet SpotThe Blues Magoos (We Ain't Got) Nothin' YetSplitsville I Hate Going to Hutzler'sMuck and the Mires OvernightDeliveryJim Trainor TarzanaMorphine Honey WhiteThe Holy Cows Through the KeyholeLiz Phair Divorce SongAustralian Blonde Chup ChupThe Icicle Works Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) [Single Version]David Myhr WanderlustExtra Arms Honey BrownDavid Mead Someone, SomewhereIggy Pop The PassengerThe Vapors The Human RaceThe Model Rockets Rock & Roll: The MoviePretenders Time The Avenger
'We don't care if you think our party's cool 'cause we do!" - The DonnasJim Trainor I Don't Wanna BeLolas Underneath the WavesThe Bongos HuntingLook Park AeroplaneTrolley A Carnival of Grey and WhiteGolden Richards Jenny on the RunThe Humbugs Take Out The TrashThey Might Be Giants Take Out The TrashThe Godfathers Birth, School, Work, DeathThe Long Ryders Capturing The FlagPernice Brothers The Weakest Shade Of BlueFranz Ferdinand Bar LonelyThe Autumn Hearts She GoesMansfield Just Like Romeo and JulietSloan Gimme ThatThe Minus 5 I Don't Want To Hate AnyoneThe Jim Carroll Band TensionSebadoh License To ConfuseThe Peppermint Kicks StoogeThe Donnas Who Invited YouRilo Kiley The Angels Hung Around
"Out on the road today, I saw a (Black Flag) sticker on a Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back."" - Don HenleyArt Brut Summer JobThe Hold Steady Constructive SummerSuperchunk Endless SummerHigh Back Chairs SummerFountains Of Wayne It Must Be SummerElvis Costello The Other Side Of SummerThe Ataris The Boys of SummerBruce Springsteen Girls In Their Summer ClothesThe Flying Lizards Summertime BluesThe Decemberists Anti-SummersongThe Gunboat Diplomats If Summer Could StayJesse Malin In the SummerLannie Flowers Summer BlueShoes The Summer RainThe boys with the perpetual nervousness SummerPeople On Vacation Cruel SummerXTC Summer's CauldronFountains Of Wayne The Summer PlaceThe Alarm Rain in the SummertimeThe Motels Suddenly Last Summer
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