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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: Iron & Wine's Sam Beam, whose stellar new album, Kiss Each Other Clean, is due January 25, the same date that the Austin, Texas, singer-guitarist begins his winter tour.

Why Iron & Wine: "Back in '98 or so when I was in film school I was working on lighting for a movie in Georgia, out in the middle of nowhere at a gas station," recalls...

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