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The Best American Band of the 90s is...

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Matt Berenson
Nov 12, 2023
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There is, of course, a strong case to be made for my beloved Guided by Voices. But they’ve recorded and released 28 albums since the 90s. So instead, the band I’m going to choose is one who only recorded five proper albums from 1992-1999 and then split up. You guessed it: Pavement.

I was obsessed with Pavement in the 90s. They felt like a band that was i…

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