Mike Kinsella

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Mike Kinsella
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Kinsella in 2007
Background information
Born (1977-03-04) March 4, 1977 (age 47)
Origin Chicago, Illinois
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • bass guitar
  • drums
Years active1989–present
Labels
Member of
Website owenmusic.com

Mike Kinsella (born March 4, 1977) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. Having been involved in many Illinois-based bands, he is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the emo band American Football.

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Career

Kinsella's first musical project was serving as drummer for the band Cap'n Jazz, which he co-founded with his brother Tim. [3] Cap'n Jazz originally featured their local high school star running back on drums. When he quit to focus on football, a 12-year-old Mike Kinsella learned how to play a 16-piece drum set. [4]

With either Tim and/or cousin Nate Kinsella, he has also participated in the projects Owls and Joan of Arc.

In 1997, Kinsella, along with Steve Lamos and Steve Holmes, formed the band American Football, which would go on to release an EP in 1998 and a full-length album in 1999, before disbanding. After a 15-year hiatus, the band returned in 2014. They issued a sophomore album in 2016 and a third one in 2019.

In 2001, Kinsella began his current solo project, Owen, in which he performs vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, loops, etc. [5] Kinsella was also in a band called The Shirts and Skins, with his wife. In 2013, he released two EPs with Their / They're / There, a project featuring Evan Weiss of Into It. Over It. and Matthew Frank of Loose Lips Sink Ships. [6] He has also been part of the band The One Up Downstairs, alongside American Football drummer Steve Lamos.

Many of his albums, including Owen and No Good for No One Now , were recorded at his mother's home. [7]

Discography

YearTitleBandLabelFormatAdditional Information
1995 Burritos...(AKA: Shmap’n Shmazz) Cap'n Jazz Man With Gun RecordsLP/CDDrums/vocals
1997 A Portable Model Of... Joan of Arc Jade Tree Records LP/CDDrums
1998 Analphabetapolothology Cap'n JazzJade Tree Records2×CDDrums/vocals
1998American Football American Football Polyvinyl Records EP/CDGuitar/vocals
1999 American Football American FootballPolyvinyl RecordsLP/CDGuitar/bass/vocals
1999 Live in Chicago, 1999 Joan of ArcJade Tree RecordsLP/CDDrums
2000 The Gap Joan of ArcJade Tree RecordsLP/CDDrums
2001 Owls Owls Jade Tree RecordsLP/CDDrums
2001 Owen Owen Polyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals/drums/bass
2002 No Good for No One Now OwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals/drums/bass
2002Open GroundKyle FischerPolyvinyl RecordsCDDrums
2003Best of AltanThe Songs Altan Green Linnet Records CDHarmonica
2003 In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust Joan of Arc Perishable Records CDBass/drums/percussion
2003 So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness Joan of ArcJade Tree RecordsCDBass/drums
2004Anyone in Love With You (Already Knows) Rainer Maria Polyvinyl RecordsCDTambourine
2004 The Rutabega/Owen Split EP OwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals/drums/bass
2004Total Eclipse of the HeartThe Love of EverythingRecord Label RecordsCDDrums
2004 (The EP) OwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals/drums/bass
2004 Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain Joan of ArcPolyvinyl RecordsCDDrums
2005 I Do Perceive OwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals/drums/bass/programming
2005Association of Utopian Hologram SwallowersOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals
2005 Presents Guitar Duets Joan of ArcRecord Label RecordsCDGuitar
2006 At Home with Owen OwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/piano/vocals
2007 Many Times I've Mistaken Joan of ArcPolyvinyl RecordsEP/CDGuitar
2007Owen/The City on FilmOwenRed Cars Go Faster7-inch vinylGuitar/piano/organ/vocals
2008 Boo! Human Joan of ArcPolyvinyl RecordsLP/CDDrums
2009 The Seaside EP OwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals
2009 New Leaves OwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals
2010Abandoned BridgesOwenPolyvinyl Records7-inch EPGuitar/vocals
2010Darling, Darling Crissi Cochrane IndependentCDDrums/guitar
2011Oh, EvelynOwenPolyvinyl Records7-inch EPGuitar/vocals/drums/bass
2011 Ghost Town OwenPolyvinyl RecordsCD, vinylGuitar/vocals
2013Their / They're / There Their / They're / There Polyvinyl RecordsCD, vinylDrums
2013 L'Ami du Peuple OwenPolyvinyl RecordsCD, vinyl, cassetteGuitar/vocals/drums/piano/bass
2013Analog WeekendTheir / They're / TherePolyvinyl RecordsCD, vinylDrums
2014TWOOwlsPolyvinyl RecordsCD, vinyl, cassetteDrums
2014 American Football (Deluxe Edition) American FootballPolyvinyl RecordsCD, vinyl, cassetteGuitar/bass/vocals

Deluxe edition of first LP

2014 Other People's Songs OwenPolyvinyl RecordsCD, vinyl, cassetteGuitar/vocals/drums/piano/bass
2015 Owen/Into It. Over It. Split EP OwenPolyvinyl RecordsVinylGuitar/vocals/drums/piano/bass
2016The Sleep Whose Dreams Are LifeAleph ErisHOMHOMHOM Records of the Eternal NowVinylDrums
2016 The King of Whys OwenPolyvinyl RecordsCD, vinyl, cassetteGuitar/vocals/drums/piano/bass
2016 American Football American FootballPolyvinyl RecordsCD, vinyl, cassetteGuitar/vocals
2019 American Football American FootballPolyvinyl RecordsCD, vinyl, cassetteGuitar/vocals
2020The AvalancheOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCD, vinyl, cassetteGuitar/vocals
2023Lies Lies Polyvinyl RecordsVinylGuitar/vocals
2024The Falls of SiouxOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCD, vinylGuitar/vocals

References

  1. ↑ Libman, K.C. (December 10, 2013). "How Mike Kinsella's Work Defined (and Continues To Redefine) Emo". Phoenix New Times . Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Gormely, Ian (May 6, 2014). "Tim & Mike Kinsella – You Can't Miss What You Forget". Exclaim! . Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Press". Jade Tree. September 21, 2007. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ Cohen, Ian. "Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards in the Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped on, and Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over". Pitchfork . Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Owen". Polyvinyl Record Co. February 5, 2008. Archived from the original on February 5, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Polyvinyl Record Co. – Their/They're/There". Polyvinylrecords.com. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Polyvinyl Record Co. – Owen". Polyvinylrecords.com. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
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