If you're going to start a band that sounds pretty much just like Pavement, feel free to use one of the following names:
The Stephen Malkmus Sexperience
Chanted & Enslanted
Everyone In Our Band Is A Writer for Pitchforkmedia.com*
We Just Play "Here" Over and Over and Over
*: Actually Get Him Eat Him are really good and do not sound exactly like Pavement RSS feed
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