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  Why They're Called... The Thermals

  September 7, 2010 – Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band!" where we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some ofour favorite artists. (See past episodes of Name That Band! …
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  Why They're Called... Grinderman

  August 30, 2010 – Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band!" in which we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some of our favorite artists. (See past episodes of Name That Band! here.) This week: Legendary rocker Nick Cave's Grinderman, whose Grinderman 2 is out September 14. …
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  Why They're Called... Valient Thorr + MP3 Exclusive!

  August 23, 2010 – Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band" inwhich we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some ofour favorite artists. (See past episodes of Name That Band! here.) This week: North Carolina Metal maniacs Valient Thorr, whose Stranger is out September 14. …
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  How They Became... YACHT

  August 16, 2010 – Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band" inwhich we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some ofour favorite artists. (See past episodes of Name That Band! here.) This week: Portland, OR, dance duo YACHT, who will appear at the Hollywood Bowl with the Chemical Brothers on August 29. Why Yacht: "YACHT is actually an acronym," says keyboardist Jona Bechtolt. …
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  Why They're Called... Neon Indian

  August 2, 2010 – Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band" inwhich we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some ofour favorite artists. (See past episodes of Name That Band! …
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  Why They’re Called... Young Veins

  July 29, 2010 – Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band!" inwhich we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some ofour favorite artists. (See past episodes of Name That Band! here.) This week: Panic! …
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  Why They're Called... Metric

  July 27, 2010 – Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band!" in which we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some of our favorite artists. This week: Metric, who'll be at Lollapalooza on August 7. Why Metric: "It came from a song that [bandmate] Jimmy [Shaw] and I were working on back in Toronto in the early days, like '97 or '98," says singer Emily Haines. …
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  Why They're Called... Anberlin

  July 19, 2010 – Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band!" in which we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some of our favorite artists. This week: Florida alt-pop band Anberlin, whose new album Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place is out September 21. Why Anberlin: "I was in my dorm room at the University of Central Florida in 2002," says lead singer Stephen Christian, "and I was listening to Radiohead's Kid A. …
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  Why They're Called... Papa Roach

  July 13, 2010 – Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band!" in which we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some of our favorite artists. This week: Northern California rockers Papa Roach, whose Time For Annihiliation is out August 31. Why Papa Roach: "We came up with the name back in 1993 when we were like sixteen years old -- young and dumb," remembers frontman Jacoby Shaddix. …
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  Why They're Called... Cage the Elephant

  July 6, 2010 – Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band!" in which we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some of our favorite artists. …
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