Joan of Arc, the experimental indie rock band fronted by Cap’n Jazz’s Tim Kinsella, will be releasing an extremely limited cassette box set. Joyful Noise Recording will be releasing the box set – limited to 100 copies – along with digital downloads of the entire catalogue. The collection is housed in a custom-built wooden box, [...]

The four songs Cap’n Jazz played at their reunion earlier this year are included on a massive Joan Of Arc-related live album.  Those tracks are on JOA’s Don’t Mind Control album, which is available for free from Polyvinyl Records. Don’t Mind Control‘s track listing is: Euphone w/Tim Kinsella – Friend in Common Euphone w/Tim Kinsella [...]

Rumors have been buzzing for some time that emo pioneers Cap’n Jazz would be reuniting. Guitarist Davey von Bohlen initially denied the reports, but this was just a fake-out, as the band performed a set at Chicago’s Empty Bottle on January 22. Now, the band are making their reunion official, performing their first scheduled gig [...]

As we recently mentioned, seminal emo rock quintet Cap’n Jazz were rumoured to be plotting a reunion in 2010. While few details were known, it was said that the band’s original line-up had been practising with a tour in mind. Now, guitarist Davey von Bohlen (Promise Ring, Maritime) has responded to the rumours. In an [...]

I had An Accident Records have an authorized bootleg of Tim Kinsella’s (of Make Believe, Cap’n Jazz and Joan of Arc) directorial debut, “Orchard Vale.” The film is described as such: “Orchard Vale takes place in the near future in the American suburbs. The infrastructures of modern convenience have collapsed and the culture has descended [...]

Joan of Arc have dubbed their latest Flowers and it will drop on June 9.  It was recorded and mixed by Graeme Gibson (Califone, the 1900s, Catfish Haven) at Chicago’s Clava Studios and as usual features Tim Kinsella — the only permanent Joan of Arc member — working with four different line-ups during four different [...]