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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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"Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinkin' what they're selling," - CAKEBuzzcocks Queen Of The SceneGreen Circles Dirty TasteBleached Black I Was in Your LifeJoe Jackson Precious TimeThe Tines OzoneRadish Falling And LeavingSERGIO CECCANTI WAITING FOR YOU IN A LONELY TOWNThe Honeydogs Righteous Came the StrangerThe Rentals Friends of P.Soul Coughing CirclesCAKE Rock 'n' Roll LifestyleHomie feat. Rivers Cuomo American GirlsAdele & The Chandeliers TreasureThe Overtures YOU'VE BEEN GONEJay Byham Just Keep Breathing54-40 One Day in Your LifeGunbunnies My Favorite Waste of TimeMarshall Crenshaw You’re My Favorite Waste of TimeNick Heyward Perfect Sunday SunNick Piunti Darken My Days
"Time waits for no one, then don't wait for me" - Magic Eight BallThe Weeklings 3Spoon The Hardest CutVelocity Girl Sorry AgainThe Tisburys The AnniversariesThe Corner Laughers DuskingSuperchunk Care LessThe Glad Machine Baby It's YouThe Scruffs Rock 'N' Roll HeadsThe Stranglers 96 TearsKURT BAKER My Brave FaceSplitsville Southern HospitalityStrange Witch Assholes Die TooThe Gaslight Anthem Miles Davis & The CoolThe Soundtrack Of Our Lives Blow My CoolSqueeze Cool For CatsThe Go-Go's Cool JerkJohn Doe Painting the Town BlueSpygenius Get Over YourselfThe Real Numbers Sorry for the MessMagic Eight Ball Russian Ballet (Русский балет) (Acoustic Session)
"Next time I see those troubled signs, I'll reach for your heart to get better" - 54-40Chuck Prophet Tell Me Anything(Turn to Gold)Starbelly Yes, I Love Her AgainDeathray Check It Over54•40 Time Will TellPotty Mouth Smash HitThe Bangles Tell MeHayley and the Crushers Water On GlassThe Beths Dying to BelievePretenders Night In My VeinsHans Rotenberry & Brad Jones It Would Not Be UncoolThe Throes TellJoe Jackson FridayOdds Someone Who's CoolThe Legal Matters It Doesn't MatterTamar Berk Better off MeditatingCage The Elephant TroubleMatthew Sweet I Wanted To Tell YouWinter Hours Tell Me TodayNada Surf Just WaitKathleen Edwards Say Goodbye, Tell No One
"They stood there laughing ... They're not laughing anymore" - The CallThe Shazam Hooray for MeJoyce Manor I Used to Go to This BarGreen Circles Said It WouldThe Linda Lindas California SunThe Call The Walls Came Down (featuring Todd Rundgren)He's Dead Jim Everybody's Little Sister54•40 Takes A LotThe Hives Hooray Hooray HoorayR.E.M. CuyahogaKathleen Edwards When The Truth Comes OutDjo Gap Tooth SmileThe Junior League Until You Get It RightArt Brut Hooray!DOM MARIANI Just Can't WaitThe Jack Rubies Boat RockerIcecream Hands The Party Fade OutTodd Thibaud What May ComeRatboys AnywhereThe Forty-Fives Never Gonna Leave HereTalking Heads I'm Not In Love
"Now you look at the clock, beg it to stop" - RatboysAdam Schmitt IlliteratureTodd Thibaud Your Little PalsFuture Clouds and Radar The Copy CatThe Format DepressedRatboys The World, So MadlyThe Humbugs Be Careful What You Wish ForMaureens Doing FineOasis HelloBig Star When My Baby's Beside MeThe Knack She Likes the BeatFreddy And The Fourgone Conclusions Little Purple BirdThe Remains Don't Tell Me the TruthGang Of Four Return The GiftOmni Common MistakesStrange Witch Punched Out LockKURT BAKER Undertow AfterglowThe Jam Happy TogetherParthenon Huxley Thank You BethesdaThe Legal Matters Stuck With Me
"But no one seems to hear the music, 'cause no one listens to the band anymore" - The DamnwellsThe Damnwells No One Listens to the Band AnymoreThe Dandy Warhols Bohemian Like YouDeer Tick The Dream's In The DitchThe Donnas Take It OffDreams So Real CaliforniaThe dB's Living a LieDevo Uncontrollable UrgeDM3 One times, Two Times DevastatedDeadeye 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 AllesDivinyls Boys In TownThe Decemberists Down By The WaterDel Amitri Roll To MeDada DimThe Del Fuegos Don't Run WildThe Dead Milkmen Punk Rock GirlDramarama Work For FoodThe Dentists Strawberries Are Growing In My Garden (And It's Wintertime)
"We don't find each other hear now do we? - Janove OttesenHe's Dead Jim Living In HarmonyThe Lambrettas Cortinaotter petter ToesYeah Yeah Yeahs Sheena Is A Punk RockerThe Junior League Sunset ParkThe Ocean Blue BitterLuxury Liners If I CrySugar If I Can't Change Your MindThe Waitresses Square PegsDramarama ScenarioThe Lovely Basement Small FleasThe Corner Laughers Rainbow CardiganJim Basnight See It In Your EyesMansfield Let's Stop PretendingKris Santalla Uh HuhThe Lodger Black And WhiteElvis Costello & The Attractions Black and White WorldThe dB's Black and WhiteJanove Ottesen Black and White MovieThe Kinks Moving Pictures
"And you may say to yourself, "My God, what have I done?" - Talking HeadsTalking Heads Once In A Lifetimered skylark Sweat Off Your SoulThe Honeydogs Irish GoodbyeHoodoo Gurus In The WildCounting Crows Daylight FadingSeth Timbs You Don't Want To Go To The DanceGreg Freeman Gone (Can Mean A Lot of Things)The Shirts Boys Will Be Boys [Live]Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Be StraightThe Clarks Better Off Without YouGeese Cowboy NudesThe Jack Rubies Boat RockerMen Without Hats In Glorious DaysThe Glad Machine Gravity SunshineThe Format Shot In The DarkThe Gaslight Anthem The '59 SoundReal Estate Paper DollsMarcy Playground Paper DollsThe Rosenbergs Paper And PlasticTommy Keene Paper Words and Lies
"Can’t you see it’s getting late? My head’s on fire and it’s all ending" - The Tisbury'sThe Vapors Hit The Ground RunningSplitsville I Hate Going to Hutzler'sThe Planes Tear the World Apart (MFLB Version)Chris Church I'm A MachineThe Beths Straight Line Was A LieDOM MARIANI World On Its HeadThe Jellybricks Dreaming In StereoPush Puppets Shake It Like You Mean ItStar Collector Everything Must Go!The Hives Roll Out The Red CarpetFranz Ferdinand AudaciousSuperchunk Stuck in a DreamSloan Dream DestroyerThe Autumn Hearts DistractedThe Bablers Here I ComeThe Lemonheads Love ChantThe Tisburys Water In The CloudsJim Trainor NothingThe Peppermint Kicks Number One RecordBen Kweller OptimysticDavid Byrne Feat. Ghost Train Orchestra Everybody Laughs
"This is the part where it all works out, when you got no doubt who's your lucky number" - David MeadCaper Clowns Take A Number (Join The Line)The Glad Machine Back To YouLiquid Mike Instantly WastedDropkick Primary ColoursIcecream Hands Do Ya Feel ItThe Flashcubes and Mike Gent ReminiscePortugal. The Man TananaGREG POPE Fallen StarMichigander EmotionalDavid Mead Confidence ManCrossword Smiles Counting By FivesFine China Television SetBob Mould Here We Go CrazyThe Backfires MatadorTamar Berk indiesleaze 2005The Cords FabulistRyan Allen After I’m DeadArmchair Oracles Sudden Rain20/20 Lucky HeartJohn Larson And The Silver Fields The Hits Keep ComingThe Gypsy Moths Tell Me She's Alright
" Though the years we all will be together, if the faits allow" - Ralph BlaneNick Piunti and the Complicated Men Christmas Morning Sunshine Boys I Love ChristmastimeMarcy Playground Keegan's ChristmasThe Hangabouts Colors of ChristmasThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones This Time Of YearThe Boss Martians 3 Ghosts (A Modern Christmas Carol)Maple Mars Christmastime In the CityDance Hall Crashers I Did It For The ToysFrickin'A Merry Merry Merry Frickin' ChristmasThe Dollyrots Fairytale of New YorkThe Kinks Father ChristmasOld 97's Rudolph Was BluePayolas Christmas Is ComingTommy And The Rockets Merry ChristmasMatt Nathanson Donde Esta Santa ClausThe Mavericks Christmas Time Is (Coming 'Round Again)The Cocktail Slippers Santa's Coming HomeSammy Rae Last ChristmasBlaine Campbell and the California Sound ElectroclausLow Just Like ChristmasCatie Cuirtis 2000 MilesCliff Hillis Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
"I Broke Into The Roller Rink, with My Jar Of India Ink" - Future Clouds and RadarThe Format Holy RollerThe Gold Needles I'll Take My ChancesFuture Clouds and Radar Brass TacksEcho & The Bunnymen Bring On the Dancing HorsesThe Legal Matters Everybody KnowsJennifer Foster F*cking up the FriendshipGo Dog Go I Don't WannaThe Connells Hats OffJason & 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 HeadStrawberry Alarm Clock Blow Your MindAndy Bopp The Taste of Her TearsThe Jack Rubies GreedyStar Collector Queen BedThe Call Day or Night (Remastered)DM3 Too LateOwsley Got a Lot on My HeadThe Bangles Jet Fighter - (The Three O'Clock)Reno Bo Almost Alright (Single)
"Dawn comes soon enough for the working class" - XR.E.M. Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)XTC Ball And ChainX The Have NotsAdam Ant Friend Or FoeTranslator When I Am With YouThe Jim Carroll Band Jealous TwinLords of the New Church Russian RouletteWall Of Voodoo Spy WorldThe Jam Running On The SpotHuman Sexual Response Marone OfferingThe Psychedelic Furs Run And RunRomeo Void Never Say NeverModern English Hands Across the SeaHaircut 100 Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)The Motels Art FailsThe Church Almost With YouThe Go-Go's Beatnik BeachMarshall Crenshaw Rockin' Around In N.Y.C.The B-52's Nip It In The BudThe English Beat Save It For LaterRic Ocasek Jimmy Jimmy
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
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