Fourteen years after Mike Kinsella’s debut into the music world with American Football, he releases this, his 14th! solo recording under the unlikely moniker of Owen. I think I foundAmerican Football backwards only after finding Owen first. I don’t remember, in 2013, how I found him or why I landed on this record first, orContinue reading “#825: O is for Owen”
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#793: M is for Manchester Orchestra
These guys are from Atlanta, Georgia, not even remotely from Manchester,and they are not an orchestra, but a rockband–albeit a sophisticated one, a bandI discovered because Andy Hull, their band leader and principle songwriter, once collaborated with The Dear Hunter. I only have this one E.P. , The Valley of Vision,even though I streamed theirContinue reading “#793: M is for Manchester Orchestra”
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