Stereogum — The house that graces the front cover of American Football’s landmark self-titled album is available to rent. The location of the house, which is just a short walk from the University Of Illinois’ Champaign-Urbana campus, has been known for a whi... more info

Stereogum — Since 2008 I’ve put together a holiday-time video tribute to the year’s band breakups. It’s a sad endeavor really, but there is a bright side. Sometimes it takes a decade or more of inactivity for a band to really maximize its fanbase. Ask Amer... more info

Stereogum — Normally I’m stationed in Ohio, but when I visited New York two months back to wrap up my Run The Jewels cover story, I also stopped by Webster Hall with Stereogum EIC Scott Lapatine to see the first show in a three-night run by the reunited Americ... more info

The Daily Mail — After Lucy and Spencer apparently kissed on a friendly date at the American Football, Lucy tried to blame it on Spencer, denying that anything happened and it was one-sided. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Yesterday, American Football expanded their reunion tour and today they've announced the openers for their four-night New Year's run in Chicago which are all pretty amazing. Almost all of them in some way hail from the same... more info

The Independent — American Football have announced their first ever UK tour. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher American Football at Webster Hall in October (more by Amanda Hatfield) Fans of '90s emo have had it pretty great this year, with very active reunions from American Football, Mineral, The Jazz June and Braid (other stuff... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mike Kinsella w/ American Football at Webster Hall (more by Amanda Hatfield) As discussed, Mike Kinsella is releasing a new Owen album of covers called Other People's Songs on December 2 via Polyvinyl. He's already released the Smoking Popes cover... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher The emo reunions have been aplenty lately (like American Football, Mineral, The Jazz June, etc), and here's another one to get excited about: Rainer Maria! They've just announced that they'll be headlining NYC's Bowery Ballroom on Ne... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Mimi Hong Citizen / You Blew It!'s crowd / Slingshot Dakota While American Football was playing Webster Hall's Grand Ballroom on Friday (10/10), another emo show was going down two floors below at the venue's Studio room. That... more info