Threevue.com's "You Should Know"
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 15 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA weekly feature, as found on Threevue.com, where we talk about an essential artist or album.
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#31: Silver Scooter
June 07, 2009 15:11Silver 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
May 31, 2009 15:10Rocky 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
May 24, 2009 15:09The 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 much new stuff with this new band.
#28: The Advantage
May 17, 2009 15:08An instrumental NES cover band on a video game website; sounds like a match made in heaven, right? Right.
#27: The Juliana Theory
May 10, 2009 15:05The Juliana Theory released three lousy albums and one halfway good album with some really excellent tracks. And really bad album art.
#26: Shearwater
May 03, 2009 15:04Shearwater is the former side project (now main project) of former Okkervil River member Jonathan Meiburg. Each of their albums are good for their own reasons.
#25: Okkervil River
April 26, 2009 15:03Yo. Okkervil River is one of my favorite bands. Listen. Recognize.
#24: Meredith Bragg and The Terminals
April 19, 2009 15:01Meredith Bragg is a singer/songwriter from Washington DC who has released two hushed, overlooked albums over the past few years.
#23: Phantom Planet
April 12, 2009 15:00Phantom 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 on “indefinite hiatus” last year.
#22: Kings of Leon
April 05, 2009 14:58Kings of Leon are a well-known Southern rock band whose second album is pretty damn good.
#21: Owen
March 29, 2009 17:31Owen is the solo project of Mike Kinsella, former member of American Football, Joan of Arc, The Owls, and Cap’n Jazz.
#20: John Vanderslice
March 22, 2009 15:13Twentieth 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 as the guy who says "Threevue.com" before every episode of the feature. I figured I would give him some time in the spotlight this week, since he takes time out of his busy day every week to say "Threevue.com" for us. And he's never late. John Vanderslice, former MK Ultra frontman, is an excellent singer/songwriter and one of the main inspirat...
#19: The Thermals
March 15, 2009 14:46Portland, 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
March 08, 2009 14:45Looper is an electronic act headed by former Belle and Sebastian bassist Stuart David.
#17: Gatsby's American Dream
March 01, 2009 15:44Dear 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 Land of Lost Monsters.
#16: For Stars
February 22, 2009 15:43San 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 For Stars.
#15: Mineral
February 15, 2009 15:42Although 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 highly-influential albums in the late nineties.
#14: The Microphones
February 08, 2009 15:41This 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, Phil Elvrum, etc). Their most well-known album, The Glow Pt. 2, was reissued last year.
#13: Rogue Wave
February 01, 2009 15:39Lucky 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
January 25, 2009 15:36Episode #12 features one of my all-time favorite bands, The American Analog Set. Listen, enjoy, buy.
#11: Easy Big Fella
January 18, 2009 08:01Oh 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’s. None of that mopey indie rock crap today!
#10: Dolour
January 11, 2009 08:01Dolour 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
January 04, 2009 08:01Hailing 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
December 28, 2008 08:01This week’s installment features the San Fransisco alternative/indie rock band Creeper Lagoon, who released a criminally-overlooked debut album I Become Small and Go in 1998, which drew a lot of Pavement comparisons.
#7: The Vandals (Holiday Edition!)
December 23, 2008 08:06In celebration of the holidays, here’s a special edition of You Should Know featuring The Vandals‘ Christmas album, which came out in 1996.