Mike Kinsella


Mike Kinsella is an American multi-instrumentalist involved in many Illinois-based bands such as Cap'n Jazz, Owls, Joan of Arc, The One Up Downstairs, American Football, and Owen. He was first recognized in the music scene in Cap'n Jazz, formed by his brother Tim in 1989, at the age of 12. In 2001, Kinsella began his current solo project, Owen, in which he performs vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, loops, etc. Kinsella was also in a band called The Shirts and Skins, with his wife. In 2013, he released two EPs with his latest project, Their / They're / There, featuring Evan Weiss of Into It. Over It. and Matthew Frank of Loose Lips Sink Ships.
To this day, Kinsella continues to play with Joan of Arc, as well as Owen. Many of his albums, including Owen and No Good for No One Now, were recorded at his mother's home. He is one of three musicians in his family, along with brother Tim Kinsella and cousin Nate Kinsella.

Discography

YearTitleBandLabelFormatAdditional Information
1995Burritos...Cap'n JazzMan With Gun RecordsLP/CDDrums/vocals
1997A Portable Model Of...Joan of ArcJade Tree RecordsLP/CDDrums
1998AnalphabetapolothologyCap'n JazzJade Tree Records2xCDCap'n Jazz Anthology; Drums/vocals
1998American Football EPAmerican FootballPolyvinyl RecordsEP/CDGuitar/vocals
1999American FootballAmerican FootballPolyvinyl RecordsLP/CDGuitar/bass/vocals
1999Live in Chicago, 1999Joan of ArcJade Tree RecordsLP/CDDrums; not a live album.
2000The GapJoan of ArcJade Tree RecordsLP/CDDrums
2001OwlsOwlsJade Tree RecordsLP/CDDrums
2001OwenOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals/drums/bass
2002No Good for No One NowOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals/drums/bass
2002Open GroundKyle FischerPolyvinyl RecordsCDDrums
2003Best of AltanThe Songs AltanGreen Linnet RecordsCDHarmonica
2003In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We TrustJoan of ArcPerishable RecordsCDBass/drums/percussion
2003So Much Staying Alive and LovelessnessJoan of ArcJade Tree RecordsCDBass/drums
2004Anyone in Love With You Rainer MariaPolyvinyl RecordsCDTambourine
2004The Rutabega/Owen Split EPOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals/drums/bass
2004Total Eclipse of the HeartThe Love of EverythingRecord Label RecordsCDDrums
2004OwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals/drums/bass
2004Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark TwainJoan of ArcPolyvinyl RecordsCDDrums
2005I Do PerceiveOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals/drums/bass/programming
2005Association of Utopian Hologram SwallowersOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals
2005Presents Guitar DuetsJoan of ArcRecord Label RecordsCDGuitar
2006At Home with OwenOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/piano/vocals
2007Many Times I've MistakenJoan of ArcPolyvinyl RecordsEP/CDGuitar
2007Owen/The City on Film Split 7"OwenRed Cars Go Faster7" vinylGuitar/piano/organ/vocals
2008Boo! HumanJoan of ArcPolyvinyl RecordsLP/CDDrums
2009The Seaside EPOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals
2009New LeavesOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCDGuitar/vocals
2010Abandoned BridgesOwenPolyvinyl Records7" EPGuitar/vocals
2010Darling, DarlingCrissi CochraneIndependentCDDrums/guitar
2011Oh, EvelynOwenPolyvinyl Records7" EPGuitar/vocals/drums/bass
2011Ghost TownOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCD, VinylGuitar/vocals
2013Their / They're / ThereTheir / They're / TherePolyvinyl RecordsCD, VinylDrums
2013L'Ami du PeupleOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCD, Vinyl, CassetteGuitar/vocals/drums/piano/bass
2013Analog WeekendTheir / They're / TherePolyvinyl RecordsCD, VinylDrums
2014TWOOwlsPolyvinyl RecordsCD, Vinyl, CassetteDrums
2014American Football American FootballPolyvinyl RecordsCD, Vinyl, CassetteGuitar/bass/vocals
2014Other People's SongsOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCD, Vinyl, CassetteGuitar/vocals/drums/piano/bass
2015Owen/Into It. Over It. Split EPOwenPolyvinyl RecordsVinylGuitar/vocals/drums/piano/bass
2016The King of WhysOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCD, Vinyl, CassetteGuitar/vocals/drums/piano/bass
2016American Football American FootballPolyvinyl RecordsCD, Vinyl, CassetteGuitar/vocals
2019American Football American FootballPolyvinyl RecordsCD, Vinyl, CassetteGuitar/vocals
2020The AvalancheOwenPolyvinyl RecordsCD, Vinyl, CassetteGuitar/vocals