Public record

American Football

Rock | Champaign, IL | since 1997

emo
indie
indie rock
math rock
midwest emo
post-rock

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 10 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

Rooms played

2026

On record since

Releases

Show history

2026 · 1

May 19, 2026The Moore Theatre· Seattleheadliner

Photos, art and posters

Photo · logo — Bandcamp

American Football — Photo · promo — Photo · promo — Bandcamp

American Football — Photo · candid — Photo · candid — TheAudioDB

Logo — TheAudioDB

American Football — American Football (LP4) — Release art · American Football (LP4) — release

American Football — Bad Moons — Release art · Bad Moons — release

American Football — American Football (Live in Los Angeles) — Release art · American Football (Live in Los Angeles) — release

American Football — American Football (25th Anniversary Edition) — Release art · American Football (25th Anniversary Edition) — release

American Football — American Football (Covers) — Release art · American Football (Covers) — release

American Football — Rare Symmetry / Fade Into You — Release art · Rare Symmetry / Fade Into You — release

Lineup

Nate Kinsella — background vocals

Former

Steve Holmes — guitar, keyboard
Mike Kinsella — bass guitar, guitar, lead vocals
Steve Lamos — drums (drum set), percussion, trumpet

Releases

American Football (LP4)
May 1, 2026 · album · 10 tracks
Bad Moons
Feb 25, 2026 · album · 1 track
AF
American Football
2026 · album
BM
Bad Moons
2026 · single
NF
No Feeling
2026 · single
AF
American Football
2026
American Football (Live in Los Angeles)
Jul 2, 2025 · album · 9 tracks
AF
American Football (live in Los Angeles)
2025 · album
AF
American Football (Live In Los Angeles)
2025
American Football (25th Anniversary Edition)
Oct 18, 2024 · album · 9 tracks
American Football (Covers)
Oct 18, 2024 · album · 9 tracks
AF
American Football (Covers)
2024 · compilation
FS
For Sure
2024 · single
NM
Never Meant
2024 · single
FS
For Sure
2024
Rare Symmetry / Fade Into You
Dec 9, 2021 · album · 2 tracks
RS
Rare Symmetry / Fade Into You
2021 · single
RS
Rare Symmetry / Fade Into You
2021
AF
American Football
2019 · album
UN
Uncomfortably Numb
2019 · single
YO
Year One Demos
2019 · ep
TD
Tiny Desk Concert
2019
UN
Uncomfortably Numb
2019
YO
Year One Demos
2019
AF
American Football
2019
SI
Silhouettes
2018 · single
SI
Silhouettes
2018
AF
American Football
2016 · album
GM
Give Me the Gun
2016 · single
IB
I’ve Been So Lost for So Long
2016 · single
IH
I Have Been Lost For So Long
2016
AF
American Football 7"
2014 · ep
AF
American Football
1999 · album
10
1998 01-17 Fireside Bowl, Chicago (IL)
1998 · album
AF
American Football EP
1998 · ep
2R
2015-08-25: Reading Festival, Pilton, England
album
2P
2017-07-17: Pitchfork Festival, Chicago, IL, USA
album
2F
2019-07-27: Fuji Rock Festival, Yuzawa, Japan
album
2N
2020-04-11: Never Meant, Brooklyn, NY, USA
album
2P
2024-06-06: Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
album
AO
All of Us
album
YO
Year One Demos
album
AF
American Football (LP3)
album
AF
American Football (LP2)
album
AF
American Football (Deluxe Edition)
album
AF
American Football
album
AF
American Football (EP)
album

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 40+ plays, 2019-11-26–2026-09-09 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Midday Show' (Cheryl Waters) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Early' (Eva Walker) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Pacific Notions' (DJ Alex) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show '90.TEEN' (Youth DJ) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Reeves) — KEXP

Artist background

American Football formed in 1997 — MusicBrainz
Nate Kinsella: background vocals — MusicBrainz
Steve Holmes: guitar, keyboard (former member) — MusicBrainz
Mike Kinsella: bass guitar, guitar, lead vocals (former member) — MusicBrainz
Steve Lamos: drums (drum set), percussion, trumpet (former member) — MusicBrainz
American Football has 25 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1998–2026 — MusicBrainz
American Football is based in Champaign, Illinois — American Football on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: American Football (LP4) (2026-05-01) — Bandcamp
American Football (band) formed in 1997 — Wikipedia
American Football (band) is from Urbana, Illinois , U.S. — Wikipedia
American Football (band) has 4 members: Mike Kinsella, Steve Holmes, Nate Kinsella, Steve Lamos — Wikipedia
American Football (band) plays Emo — Wikipedia
American Football (band) plays math rock — Wikipedia
American Football (band) plays post-rock — Wikipedia
American Football (band) plays indie rock — Wikipedia
American Football has 1223466 listeners on Last.fm — American Football on Last.fm
American Football has released 10 recordings between 2016 and 2026 — American Football on Discogs
American Football has 102 followers on Genius — American Football on Genius
Twitter/X handle (per Genius): @americfootball — American Football on Genius
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Band — American Football — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Football_(band) — American Football on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 133 — American Football — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/01ns5hb — American Football — KG entity
Country (per TheAudioDB): Champaign-Urbana, USA — American Football on TheAudioDB
Formed 1997 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Origin: Urbana (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: punk rock, Midwest emo, math rock, post-rock — Wikidata
Members per Wikidata: Mike Kinsella, Nate Kinsella, Steven Joseph Lamos — Wikidata
Labels per Wikidata: Polyvinyl — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Football_(band) — Wikidata

Venues played

Rooms played most, from the shows on record
Room	Shows
The Moore Theatre · Seattle	1

By year: 2026 1

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-18
Sources: Bandcamp, Discogs, Genius, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, TheAudioDB, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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