Tim Kinsella

Tim Kinsella (born October 22, 1974) is a musician from Chicago, Illinois. He has been a member of many bands, including Cap'n Jazz, the Sky Corvair, Joan of Arc, Owls, Friend/Enemy, Everyoned, and Make Believe, and worked with a variety of musicians, from Marvin Tate and Leroy Bach to Angel Olsen and many more. He has also recorded solo material, some of it under the name Tim Kinsella(s).

Kinsella is known for his eccentric singing voice, and bartends at the Rainbo Club in Chicago's Ukrainian Village neighborhood. His brother Mike Kinsella refers to his bartending in the song "Breaking Away" on Owen's (The EP) (2004).

Tim Kinsella is the writer-director of the feature film Orchard Vale, which opened at the Chicago Underground Film Festival on August 15, 2007, and his first novel, entitled The Karaoke Singer's Guide to Self-Defense, was published by Featherproof Books in September 2011 (Eric Lutz of Newcity wrote, "Most of the time, it’s gripping. On a number of occasions, it’s shit-your-pants brilliant"). His second novel, Let Go and Go On and On (Curbside Splendor Publishing), which takes its inspiration from the late actress Laurie Bird's brief film career in the '70s, followed in April 2014.