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Owen

Monday, March 6. Doors at 7 p.m. Creepy Crawl, (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

By Jess Minnen

Published on March 01, 2006

[Ambient music plays in the background, organic yet soundly constructed.]

What's this?

Owen. Mike Kinsella, you know, from American Football and Joan of Arc. Owen is just him, too. Like Mountain Goats. But he doesn't sound like John Darnielle at all.

No. Well, except for the whole song-as-craft thing.

Like if a one-man-band could whisper a loud lullaby?

Yeah. Like that.



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