Artist of the Week: Plain White T's

Here's the deal, yeah I know I'm a little late, but I got stuck at my brother's house yesterday for an impromptu Entourage marathon. Well that's over, for now anyways, so let's just jump right into it. This week's band started out of the Chicago land area back in 1997. Like most bands they started by playing small shows. most of which that took place at the famed Metro. In 2000, the band released it's first album Come on Over which included one of my favorite songs, "Kitty Kat Shirt". Soon after, the band would go through a transformation. The new line up would go as follows: Tom Higgenson(Vocals), Dave Tirio(Guitar), Tim Lopez(Guitar), Mike Retondo(Bass) and De'Mar Hamilton(Drums). In 2002, the band would release their second album with Stop, The album would include some great songs in "Fireworks", "A Lonely September" and "Radios in Heaven". In 2005, the band would release their third album and first studio album with All That We Needed. The album would become a success with the help of the singles "All That We Needed", "Take Me Away" and "Hey There Delilah". The following year, the band would release their fourth album with Every Second Counts. Although the album already had two great singles in "Hate(I Really Don't Like You)" and "Our Time Now". Seeing the success of the previous released EP, the band re-released Every Second Counts with "Hey There Delilah" as a bonus track. Doing so would launch the single to number one, and the album to number ten on the billboard hot 100. Most recently, the band had been working on a new album, the process of which they documented and are currently releasing on ABCFamily.com. The new album is called Big Bad World and is due to hit stores on September 23. The band has already released the first single and video with "Natural Disaster". They sure have done a lot in a little over a decade that they've been together and for all you Cubs fans out there, here's a little bonus. The band will have the honor of singing the national anthem this Wednesday (9/3) at Wrigley Field. I don't know about you, but I know I'll be there. That being said, this week's artist is Plain White T's with their video "Natural Disaster", enjoy.