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THE MAIN ONE Up Downstairs featured Mike Kinsella (vocals), Steve Lamos (drums), David Johnson (guitar), and Allen Johnson (bass). Hailing from Champaign, IL, the indie rock and roll outfit existed lengthy more than enough to record a three-song 7″ for Polyvinyl, and then split up before its preliminary pressing in …

Short-lived but extremely important, Cap’n Jazz helped transform emo from a deeply underground punk subgenre right into a even more widely recognized subset of indie rock. Not really terribly well-known or well-known beyond the Midwest, Cap’n Jazz’s main contribution was stylistic — alongside Pinkerton-era Weezer, they helped change emo’s always-elusive …

Owen is Mike Kinsella, who’s known for his important part in a few of Chicago’s most revered rings: Cap’n Jazz, Joan of Arc, Owls, and American Soccer. All the tasks apart from American Football had been bands that presented both Kinsella and his old sibling, Tim, a well-known Chicago musician …

Owls began in 2001, splintering from an extended lineage of high-concept rock and roll rings all centralized throughout the initiatives of several close friends who’d been using together since their early high-school times. This staff of musicians began playing spirited and screamy melodic emo as Cap’n Jazz, surviving in comparative …

American Soccer comprise vocalist/bassist/guitarist Mike Kinsella, guitarist Steve Holmes, and drummer/trumpet participant Steve Lamos. Kinsella’s emo/post-rock pedigree contains stints with rings like Cap’n Jazz and Joan of Arc; American Soccer share an identical aesthetic, mixing jazzy tempos, pop hooks, and earnest vocals to their sound. The group released its self-titled …