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Threevue.com's "You Should Know"
A weekly feature, as found on Threevue.com, where we talk about an essential artist or album.
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#31: Silver Scooter
Silver Scooter was a band from Austin, TX. Their singer now plays under the moniker Super XX Man, which is a pretty dumb name.
#30: Rocky Votolato
Rocky Votolato is a singer/songwriter from Seattle and the former singer of Waxwing. My friend dated his sister for a while.
#29: The New Year
The New Year is the “new” band (now 10 years old) from the main guys of Bedhead, one of my all-time favorite bands. Lucky for us, they don’t try that...
#28: The Advantage
An instrumental NES cover band on a video game website; sounds like a match made in heaven, right? Right.
#27: The Juliana Theory
The Juliana Theory released three lousy albums and one halfway good album with some really excellent tracks. And really bad album art.
#26: Shearwater
Shearwater is the former side project (now main project) of former Okkervil River member Jonathan Meiburg. Each of their albums are good for their own...
#24: Meredith Bragg and The Terminals
Meredith Bragg is a singer/songwriter from Washington DC who has released two hushed, overlooked albums over the past few years.
#23: Phantom Planet
Phantom Planet was a band that featured Jason Schwartzman on drums for a while, as well as having a song featured as The O.C.’s theme song. They went...
#22: Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon are a well-known Southern rock band whose second album is pretty damn good.
#21: Owen
Owen is the solo project of Mike Kinsella, former member of American Football, Joan of Arc, The Owls, and Cap’n Jazz.
#20: John Vanderslice
Twentieth episode! That calls for a celebration, so I had my good friend Fred provide the narrative to this week's feature. You may recognize Fred a...
#19: The Thermals
Portland, Oregon band The Thermals get our You Should Know treatment this week. They’ve released nothing but good albums since their inception in 2002...
#18: Looper
Looper is an electronic act headed by former Belle and Sebastian bassist Stuart David.
#17: Gatsby's American Dream
Dear bands,
If you make an album about dinosaurs, I give it an episode of our You Should Know feature. See: Gatsby’s American Dream’s In the Lan...
#16: For Stars
San Fransisco band For Stars are this week’s focus, who are hard as hell to find on the internet thanks to two other bands, Stars and Planes Mistaken...
#15: Mineral
Although you may have heard me drop the “e-bomb” in earlier features, today we showcase a genuine emo band - Mineral - who released two classic and hi...
#14: The Microphones
This week we’ll be talking about the Washington-based band The Microphones, headed by Phil Elvrum, which has had several other band names (Mount Eerie...
#13: Rogue Wave
Lucky episode #13 features the Oakland-based indie pop/rock band Rogue Wave, who have released two great albums and one okay album.
#12: The American Analog Set
Episode #12 features one of my all-time favorite bands, The American Analog Set. Listen, enjoy, buy.
#11: Easy Big Fella
Oh snap, we’re switching things up this week by showcase the Seattle ska-revival band Easy Big Fella, and their near-perfect third album, Eat at Joey’...
#10: Dolour
Dolour was a Seattle band that released four albums, three of which are pretty damn good. And last time I checked, .750 is a helluva batting average.
#9: The Wrens
Hailing from New Jersey, The Wrens are the topic of our ninth You Should Know, focusing on their awesome third album, The Meadowlands.
#8: Creeper Lagoon
This week’s installment features the San Fransisco alternative/indie rock band Creeper Lagoon, who released a criminally-overlooked debut album I Beco...
#7: The Vandals (Holiday Edition!)
In celebration of the holidays, here’s a special edition of You Should Know featuring The Vandals‘ Christmas album, which came out in 1996.