Mike Kinsella

After releasing ’The Avalanche,’ one of our top punk and emo albums of the year, in 2020, Mike Kinsella will hit the road for an Owen tour starting in August

Mike Kinsella is also streaming a performance of ’The Avalanche’ in full, his first performance of the album.

The series features the American Football frontman performing the songs from his new Owen album at various locations in and around his Chicago hometown.

”Thought I’d dress up as a 20-something year old girl this year with a way better voice than me,” Mike said.

The influence of the Cocteau Twins goes well beyond dreampop and shoegaze.

‘Exquisite Corpse’ features one-of-a-kind collaborations featuring 47 members of the Polyvinyl family, including members of American Football, Rainer Maria, Pedro the Lion, The Get Up Kids, Beach Slang, Vivian Girls, Xiu Xiu, SSLYBY, and more.

This week’s stacked Notable Releases include Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Phoebe Bridgers, Owen, Teyana Taylor, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Protest The Hero, and still more. Some of these albums help support Bandcamp’s Juneteenth fundraiser…

Mike Kinsella’s first Owen album in four years comes out in June.

The American Football frontman has announced his first Owen album in four years, and like his last one, it was produced by Bon Iver’s S. Carey.

It just launched and also features Matty talking to Conor Oberst, Steve Reich, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie…