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American Football
American Football is an American rock band formed in 1997 in Urbana, Illinois, centered on singer-guitarist-bassist Mike Kinsella alongside guitarist and keyboardist Steve Holmes and drummer Steve Lamos, who also plays trumpet and percussion. The group split up in 2000 but reunited in 2014 after a deluxe reissue of their debut album drew renewed attention, with Kinsella's cousin Nate Kinsella later joining on bass and vibraphone.
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United States
- Sep 10DallasLonghorn Ballroom & Backyard AmphitheaterView details
- Sep 11AustinStubb's Waller Creek AmphitheaterPerformers: Tanukichan, Nine Perfect LivesView details
- Dec 13TampaThe Ritz YborView details
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Past shows
Recent American Football dates on Wanderistan — a record of the artist's touring history.
Germany
- Aug 29 – Aug 29LübeckStadion BuniamshofView details
- Aug 22 – Aug 22LübeckStadion BuniamshofView details
- Aug 8 – Aug 8LübeckStadion BuniamshofView details
United States
- Aug 17MinneapolisFirst AvenuePerformers: Afternoon Bike RideView details
- Aug 15ChicagoThe Salt Shed Indoors (Shed)Performers: Rainer Maria, Afternoon Bike RideView details
- Aug 14IndianapolisOld National CentrePerformers: Afternoon Bike RideView details
- Aug 13NashvilleMarathon Music WorksPerformers: Afternoon Bike RideView details
- Aug 11ColumbusNewport Music HallView details
- Aug 8ClevelandHouse of Blues ClevelandPerformers: Afternoon Bike RideView details
About American Football
The band's self-titled 1999 debut, recorded while its members were still college students, became one of the most influential records in the midwest emo and math rock scenes, prized for its unusual time signatures, open guitar tunings and jazz-inflected arrangements. Two further self-titled albums followed the reunion, released in 2016 and 2019.
American Football's sound favors slow, quiet, melodic songwriting over the louder post-hardcore energy common to their peers, drawing comparisons to Nick Drake and Red House Painters as much as to emo contemporaries. Critics have described the interplay of guitar and trumpet as blending the intimacy of emo with the open space of jazz. The house pictured on the debut album's cover, a real property in Urbana, has since become an informal pilgrimage site for fans.