Threevue.com's "You Should Know"

Owen is the solo project of Mike Kinsella, former member of American Football, Joan of Arc, The Owls, and Cap’n Jazz.

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 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 inspirations for my own music.

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.

Looper is an electronic act headed by former Belle and Sebastian bassist Stuart David.

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 Land of Lost Monsters.

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 For Stars.

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 highly-influential albums in the late nineties.

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, Phil Elvrum, etc). Their most well-known album, The Glow Pt. 2, was reissued last year.

Lucky episode #13 features the Oakland-based indie pop/rock band Rogue Wave, who have released two great albums and one okay album.

Episode #12 features one of my all-time favorite bands, The American Analog Set. Listen, enjoy, buy.