Chicago’s Mike Kinsella has released four proper LPs under the Owen label, LPs that contain the kind of music that companies like Coca-Cola, Disney, McDonald’s, Pfizer, Kraft Foods, Marlboro, Johnson & Johnson, Honda, and Mars Inc support wholeheartedly. You see, on top of making delicious snack foods, cigarettes, medicines, toys, shampoos, and one-minute macaroni and cheeses, these companies also shine their flavor-giving light on independent music. It’s no coincidence that every morning when I drink my Chock Full o’Nuts Coffee and eat my Cheerios with Craisins sprinkled on top, I also listen to independent music. Independent music like Owen. Which is why it makes me so glad he’s touring.

03.26.08 - Montreal, Quebec - Club Lambi # 03.27.08 - Toronto, Ontario, CAN - El Mocambo Club # 03.28.08 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick # 03.29.08 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop # 04.03.08 - New York, NY - The Knitting Factory $ 04.05.08 - Harrisonburg, VA - Memorial Hall 04.06.08 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church $ 04.07.08 - Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks $

# Casey Baker & The Buffalo Sinners, Paper Rival
$ Unwed Sailor, Brooke Waggoner