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Mike Kinsella
Chicago, United States
Mike Kinsella is credited on 103 releases across 56 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1993–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
103
Pressings credited
56
Albums
4
Decades active
254
In collections
Biography
Mike Kinsella (born March 4, 1977) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He has been involved in many Illinois-based bands and is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the emo band American Football.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
103 releases · 56 albums · active 1993–2025
- Performance · 271
- Other credits · 20
Studios: Private Studios · Semaphore Recording · Strobe Recording · Engine Studios (2)
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

American Football
1999

American Football
2019

Analphabetapolothology
1998

American Football
2016

Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards In The Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped On, And Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over
1995

American Football
2026

The Avalanche
2020

American Football
1998

At Home With Owen
2006

Their / They're / There
2013

The Falls Of Sioux
2024

Rare Symmetry / Fade Into You
2021

The King Of Whys
2016

Owls
2001

A Portable Model Of
1997

Analog Weekend
2013

Live In Chicago, 1999
1999

How Memory Works
1998

Lies
2023

Year One Demos
2019

L'Ami Du Peuple
2013

New Leaves
2009

So Much Staying Alive And Lovelessness
2003

Method & Sentiment
1996
Frequent collaborators
- Owen (4)
- Various
- American Football
- Joan Of Arc
- Cap'n Jazz
- Owls
- Friction (8)
- The Rutabega
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