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Bands much wussier than they should be, based on name alone // Inventory

by Sarah Collins October 5, 2009 -

Screaming Females' pair of upcoming shows brings to mind these other misleadingly named bands.
Six collaborations that are just as strange as Andrew W.K./Calder Quartet's // Inventory

by Andy Seifert September 29, 2009 -

Think that party rock and refined string arrangements don’t mix? You’re probably right.
4 Billy Corgan songs that hinted at his impending celestial transcendence // Inventory

by Andrew Reilly September 14, 2009 -

The Smashing Pumpkins main man launches a new spiritual website, and The A.V. Club submits evidence that this was a long time coming.
Singularly obsessed bands // Inventory

by Christopher Bahn, Scott Gordon, Tuyet Nguyen, Sean O'Neal, and David Wolinsky September 10, 2009 -

Why sing about many things when you can sing about one?

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Bands much wussier than they should be, based on name alone // Inventory

Six collaborations that are just as strange as Andrew W.K./Calder Quartet's // Inventory

4 Billy Corgan songs that hinted at his impending celestial transcendence // Inventory

Singularly obsessed bands // Inventory

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