Mike Kinsella is a Chicago cult classic who has wooed indie audiences since 1989, providing lead guitar, drums, and vocals for bands including Cap'n Jazz, Joan of Arc, and American Football. His uniquely acerbic, intelligent, and often self-deprecating social commentary in his latest project, Owen, has a fresh quality above other emo/indie one-guy-and-a-guitar acts... [more] || [Jessica Golden] || [11/24/08]

If it were a dog, the dog would live in a pink leather purse carried around by some actress or another being filmed by TMZ. If it were a color, the color would be in blinking neon on a sign outside a strip club that prides itself as classy. If it were a cereal, it would be warm Grape Nuts eaten by a man late for his tee-time at a country club in River Oaks... [more] || [Brandon Hernsberger] || [11/24/08]