Naming a band is an act of concentrated creative expression. Since 2010, Square Pig in a Round Hole has been rewarding five favorite band names each week. Winners are (usually) listed alphabetically.
Selection is wholly unscientific and subject to whim, with a bias toward wordplay, humor, and local flavor. In most cases, I won’t know anything about the bands at the time of selection. Thanks to the Stranger’s Everout nightlife listings for abundant source material!
With snow in the South and LA on fire, this year is already sliding out of control, and we haven’t even inaugurated our felonious chief executive yet. It seems fitting that the flags will be at half staff when we do (RIP Jimmy Carter, who got while the gettin’ was good). But even a terrible junk drawer of an administration won’t be able to take band names from us.
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Cold Sludge
January in a mug.
Dead Spells
When the magic has drained out of everything.
Lie Ability
The main talent of the incoming felon-in-chief.
My Next Planet
If issued a replacement world, we wouldn’t screw that one up, right? Right?
Opaline
Even the word seems smooth and shimmering.
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Karen Eisenbrey 
Thanks for the shout out! – Cold Sludge
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