INVENTED ROCK & ROLL 2/5/2001 With pal Billy Corgan as

With pal Billy Corgan as an unofficial consultant and Soundgarden producer Michael Beinhorn manning the boards

The album showcases the ways in which The Decemberists sound just as glorious in simple

they appear to push one another to the limits of humorously witty wordplay

as evidenced by tracks "Black Nostaljack AKA Come On" and "Rockin' It AKA Spanish Harlem" (which both sound exactly like the titles say)

Even the most prolific artists need a break and so it was with Ryan Adams

INVENTED ROCK & ROLL 2/5/2001 With pal Billy Corgan asIn the '90s, the Dwarves built a career out of pretending to be the scuzziest punk band in the known universe, but these days they're content to play the bad taste card for a laugh while tearing up their guitars with the polished attack of a SoCal pop punk outfit. 2014's The Dwarves Invented Rock & Roll often feels more like a comedy album than hardcore punk, especially on tunes like "Trailer Trash," "Fun to Try," and "Sluts of the USA," so clearly