Mike Kinsella

Owen Is Releasing An Album Of ‘Other People’s Songs’ – Listen To The First One

There’s a big batch of emo/Kinsella/American Football news from Brooklyn Vegan, with at least one bit of information for any fan of those things. The emo revival isn’t real anymore. Or, more accurately, it isn’t really a revival anymore. Emo is just here, popular and newsworthy. Owen, one of Mike Kinsella‘s many projects (see also: […]

American Football To Reissue Self-Titled Album

American Football fans eager to get their hands on a copy of the band’s 1999 self-titled album can rejoice. Not only will the band be reissuing the album, but it will be in a deluxe edition format that includes live recordings, demos and more. The album is being released on May 20, but can be […]

Stream Owls’ New Record, ‘Two’

Marking their first full length since 2001’s Owls, indie rock act Owls are gearing up to release their newest work, Two, with a full album stream. Featuring Tim Kinsella, Mike Kinsella (better known as Owen), Sam Zurich, and Victor Villareal, Owls is understandably a little out there. Consisting of the entire line-up from the highly […]

VINYL REVIEW: Their / They’re / There – ‘Analog Weekend’ EP

Artist: Their / They’re / There Album: Analog Weekend EP Label: Topshelf Records, Polyvinyl Records Original Release Date: Dec. 10, 2013 The three members of Chicago’s grammatically adept post-indie math-pop outfit Their / They’re / There are certainly no strangers to the emo and indie rock scenes. Evan Weiss has been gracing endless headlines over […]

ALBUM STREAM: Owen – ‘L’Ami Du Peuple’

Old school emo musician Mike Kinsella’s solo work goes by the band name Owen, and his influence is turning out on modern musicians, particularly the likes of Into It. Over It. Owen has a new album coming out, L’Ami du Peuple, on July 2 from Polyvinyl Records, his first since 2011’s Ghost Town. For the curious, […]

Owen Announces UK Tour

Owen (Mike Kinsella) has announced that he will be heading out on a short UK tour run in support of his new album, Ghost Town. If Mike Kinsella’s name sounds familiar that’s because he was a part of popular Chicago-based 90’s rock group Cap’n Jazz. Check out the official tour dates by simply looking below […]