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Music, Music Feature Jan 27, 2021
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Twenty-four points of view on the band Joan of Arc

Tim Kinsella lets everyone else tell the story of his longest-running group—entirely in keeping with their music’s embrace of illogic and reinvention.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Joan of Arc, Tim Kinsella, Melina Ausikaitis, Jeremy Boyle, Bobby Burg, Rob Roy Campbell, Matt Clark, Elliot Dicks, Tim Edwards, Graeme Gibson, Lin Hixson, Karl Hofstetter, Theo Katsaounis, Mike Kinsella, Nate Kinsella, Paul Koob, Todd Mattei, Casey Rice, Koji Saito, Neil Strauch, Chris Strong, Dee Taira, Ben Vida, Victor Villarreal, Sam Zurick, Tim Melina Theo Bobby, Cap’n Jazz, Joyful Noise, Owls, Make Believe, Friend/Enemy, Polyvinyl, Jade Tree, Flower Booking, Rainbo, Good Fuck, Aitis Band, A Portable Model Of, 1984, Testimonium Songs, Life Like, Oh Brother, Flowers, Boo! Human, Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain, So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness, Joan of Arc Presents: Joan of Arc, The Gap, How Memory Works, Live in Chicago, 1999, Ghosts & Vodka, Underdog Records, Erik Bocek, Video

Music, Music Review Apr 10, 2020
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Tim Kinsella’s Friend/Enemy re-emerges after 18 years with koans about America’s nightmare
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Tim Kinsella, Friend/Enemy, HIH NO/ON, Joyful Noise, 2016 presidential election, Ten Songs, Todd Mattei, He's Got the Whole This Land Is Your Land in His Hands, Joan of Arc, Mute Duo, Bill MacKay, Jamey Robinson, COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic, Sam Wagster, American Football, Nate Kinsella, Jenny Pulse, Recommended

Music, Concert Preview Dec 21, 2019
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After releasing one of 2019’s best albums, American Football celebrate the 20th anniversary of an iconic emo LP
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, American Football, Know Your Meme, Urbana, Chris Strong, Never Meant, Arthur, Buff Correll, Mike Kinsella, Steve Holmes, Steve Lamos, University of Illinois, Year One Demos, Polyvinyl, Nate Kinsella, American Football (LP3), Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2017
Tim Kinsella and Cap'n Jazz harnessed the raw power of their 90s selves at Riot Fest

Kinsella didn't let age slow him down during two Cap'n Jazz reunion shows at Riot Fest and Bottom Lounge.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: 90s Nostalgia, Music, Riot Fest, Cap'N Jazz, Joan of Arc, Riot Fest, Tim Kinsella, Mike Kinsella, A-Ha, Take On Me, Mike Kinsella, Nate Kinsella

Music, Music Feature Oct 26, 2016
Video
American Football: Accidental rock stars

This downstate band became heroes to the emo scene after breaking up in obscurity—and 17 years later, they’ve returned with a second album.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, American Football, emo, reunion, Polyvinyl, Polyvinyl Records, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Steve Lamos, Steve Holmes, Mike Kinsella, Nate Kinsella, LP2, second wave, fourth wave, reissue, Cap’n Jazz, Tim Kinsella, Braid, Birthmark, Owen, Lake Zurich, University of Colorado, Pygmalion Festival, Wheeling High School, Friction, Gauge, Danville, One Up Downstairs, Tortoise, The Sea & Cake, Steve Reich, trumpet, The Cure, Red House Painters, The One With the Tambourine, The Summer Ends, For Sure, Never Meant, Victor Villarreal, Five Silent Miles, Jorge Ledezma, Allá, Private Studios, Matt Lunsford, I’ve Been So Lost for So Long, The King of Whys, Wrecking Ball Festival, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 4, 2014
American Football graced the stage at Beat Kitchen on Saturday

. . . and we've got the photos to prove it!
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Whoa, Music, American Football, Beat Kitchen, Owen, emo, Mike Kinsella, Steve Lamos, Steve Holmes, Nate Kinsella, OutKast, Lollapalooza

Music, In Rotation Apr 21, 2014
In Rotation: My Gold Mask's Gretta Rochelle on Omar Souleyman's 'psycho percussive festivity'

Plus: Oshwa's Alicia Walter on the living giants in Son Lux, the Reader's Leor Galil on "The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie," and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Doleful Lions, Song Cyclops Volume One, Bill Tucker, 1980 Records, Jonathan Scott, Eat The Life, Modern Warfare T-shirt, Modern Warfare, John Jeremiah Sullivan, The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie, New York Times Magazine, Alicia Walter, Oshwa, Son Lux, Schubas, Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia, Ian Chang, Birthmark, "Big Man", Nate Kinsella, Son Step, Here Comes Dreamboat, Gretta Rochelle, My Gold Mask, Mogwai, Les Revenants, Omar Souleyman, Wenu Wenu, Kieran Hebden, Four Tet, Luna jingle

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 5, 2013
Gossip Wolf: The Owl makes silver apples for its Silver Apples show

Plus: The CFA's second annual media mixer and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya's schizo new pop album
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Logan Square, the Owl, Bloodiest, Basic Cable, Bitchin Bajas, Silver Apples, Wicker Park, Permanent, Logan Hardware, Saki, the Hideout, Chicago Film Archives Media Mixer, Cauleen Smith and the Eternals, Jesse McLean, Sich Mang, Alexander Stewart, Sam Prekop, WBEZ, Alison Cuddy, Bobby Conn & Monica Boubou, Peter Margasak, Pitchfork, Roctober, Dusty Groove, Bootie Noir, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, Love of Everything, My Dad, Spanglish, Bobby Burg, Love of Everything, Nate Kinsella, Birthmark, Dave Reminick, Dave Davison, Maps & Atlases, Alicia Walter, Oshwa, Ice Cream (Banana Split)

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 14, 2011
Gossip Wolf: Shred Like the Wind

The national air-guitar championship comes to Chicago. Plus: the Whistler takes over Summer Sessions, the Mad Decent Block Party makes big plans for Chicago, and more
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, US Air Guitar, air guitar championship, Bjorn Turque, Birthmark, Nate Kinsella, Jason Cupp, Map & Atlases, Pieholden Studios, Billy Helmkamp, Summer Sessions on the Square, Mad Decent Block Party, Dawn Golden & Rosy Cross, Pulled Over By the Cops, Cool Kids, Black September, Prosthetic Records, Megaton Leviathan, Very Truly Yours, Belle & Sebastian, Pastels, Indietracks, Names Divine, Kendra Calhoun, Peter Cetera, Perilous Records

Blogs, Bleader Jan 6, 2011
This Week in Reader Music

A Kinsella solo project, cozy performance art, second-wave emo, sweaty garage rockers, and more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Chicago, the Reader, Sharp Darts, Gossip Wolf, Nobunny, Hot Machines, Weezer, Pieta Brown, Vulgar Boatmen, Laurie Anderson, Houses, Birthmark, Make Believe, Nate Kinsella

Music, Music Column Jan 6, 2011
Naissance Man

As Birthmark, Nate Kinsella does it all—and on his new second album, he does it all better.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, Nate Kinsella, Make Believe, Joan of Arc, Tim Kinsella, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Veda, MeWithoutYou, public decency, Jamie Burns, Birthmark, The Layer, Shaking Hands, Hidden Agenda, Adam Vida, Jason Adasiewicz, Hideout

Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 16, 2010
Leaked Owl

Qwel and Maker's collabo trickles out on the 'net, Box of Baby Birds flies the coop, a Kinsella Watch twofer, and more
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Owl, Qwel, Maker, Typical Cats, DJ SPS, Galapagos 4, Disappears, Brian Case, MILD VILNC, Steve Shelley, Vaughan Oliver, 4AD, Gary Calhoun James, Box of Baby Birds, Nate Kinsella, Tim Kinsella, Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop, Tony Mendoza, Thea Lux, Nicole Vitale, Unicycle Loves You, Candy Dinner, Grey Ghost, Johnathan Crawford, Aram Shelton, Shame That Tune, Abraham Levitan, Brian Costello, Miss Alex White, Eiffel Tower, Billions, Constant Artists, Ben Dickey

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Video
Twenty-four points of view on the band Joan of Arc

Tim Kinsella lets everyone else tell the story of his longest-running group—entirely in keeping with their music’s embrace of illogic and reinvention.

Recommended
Tim Kinsella’s Friend/Enemy re-emerges after 18 years with koans about America’s nightmare

Recommended
After releasing one of 2019’s best albums, American Football celebrate the 20th anniversary of an iconic emo LP

Tim Kinsella and Cap'n Jazz harnessed the raw power of their 90s selves at Riot Fest

Kinsella didn't let age slow him down during two Cap'n Jazz reunion shows at Riot Fest and Bottom Lounge.

Video
American Football: Accidental rock stars

This downstate band became heroes to the emo scene after breaking up in obscurity—and 17 years later, they’ve returned with a second album.

American Football graced the stage at Beat Kitchen on Saturday

. . . and we've got the photos to prove it!

In Rotation: My Gold Mask's Gretta Rochelle on Omar Souleyman's 'psycho percussive festivity'

Plus: Oshwa's Alicia Walter on the living giants in Son Lux, the Reader's Leor Galil on "The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie," and more

Gossip Wolf: The Owl makes silver apples for its Silver Apples show

Plus: The CFA's second annual media mixer and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya's schizo new pop album

Gossip Wolf: Shred Like the Wind

The national air-guitar championship comes to Chicago. Plus: the Whistler takes over Summer Sessions, the Mad Decent Block Party makes big plans for Chicago, and more

This Week in Reader Music

A Kinsella solo project, cozy performance art, second-wave emo, sweaty garage rockers, and more

Naissance Man

As Birthmark, Nate Kinsella does it all—and on his new second album, he does it all better.

Leaked Owl

Qwel and Maker's collabo trickles out on the 'net, Box of Baby Birds flies the coop, a Kinsella Watch twofer, and more

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Tim Kinsella lets everyone else tell the story of his longest-running group—entirely in keeping with their music’s embrace of illogic and reinvention.

Kinsella didn't let age slow him down during two Cap'n Jazz reunion shows at Riot Fest and Bottom Lounge.

This downstate band became heroes to the emo scene after breaking up in obscurity—and 17 years later, they’ve returned with a second album.

. . . and we've got the photos to prove it!

Plus: Oshwa's Alicia Walter on the living giants in Son Lux, the Reader's Leor Galil on "The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie," and more

Plus: The CFA's second annual media mixer and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya's schizo new pop album

The national air-guitar championship comes to Chicago. Plus: the Whistler takes over Summer Sessions, the Mad Decent Block Party makes big plans for Chicago, and more

A Kinsella solo project, cozy performance art, second-wave emo, sweaty garage rockers, and more

As Birthmark, Nate Kinsella does it all—and on his new second album, he does it all better.

Qwel and Maker's collabo trickles out on the 'net, Box of Baby Birds flies the coop, a Kinsella Watch twofer, and more

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