Incredulously, the magazine gave the album a two and a half star rating–although neither the writer nor the editor could have heard more than one song (the single “Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution”).

Accordingly, the magazine said that the review was out of an educated guess. That’s not credible, right? Here’s more from their website:

Black Crowes manager Pete Angelus says, “Maxim’s actions seem to completely lack journalistic integrity and intentionally mislead their readership. When confronted with the fact that they never heard the album they are claiming to ‘review’ in their music section–with a star rating, no less–they attempt to explain that it was an ‘educated guess.’ In an email correspondence, Maxim went on to state: ‘Of course, we always prefer to (sic) hearing music, but sometimes there are big albums that we don’t want to ignore that aren’t available to hear, which is what happened with the Crowes. It’s either an educated guess preview or no coverage at all, so in this case we chose the former.’”

Angelus continued, “It speaks directly to the lack of the publication’s credibility. In my opinion, it’s a disgrace to the arts, journalism, critics, the publication itself and the public. What’s next–Maxim’s concert reviews of shows they never attended, book reviews of books never read and film reviews of films never seen?”

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The 11th volume of the Live Trax Series is a coveted 2000 show from the popular venue set amidst a beautiful state park, referred to by concert-goers as “SPAC”.  Dave Matthews Band always includes Saratoga Performing Arts Center as a stop on the summer tour and holds the record for selling out the most shows at SPAC!

08.29.2000 SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NY is now available for Pre-Order as a 2-CD set or as a digital download in MP3 or FLAC format.  The 2000 SPAC show is being offered at a SPECIAL PRE-ORDER ONLY price of $15.99. We are also offering several bundles with this Pre-Order.

• Live Trax volume 11 with Women’s brown, super-soft 100% T-shirt tailored for a slimmer fit and features a commemorative DMB SPAC 2000 logo.
• Live Trax volume 11 with Men’s brown, heavyweight pre-shrunk 100% cotton T-shirt featuring a commemorative SPAC 2000 logo.
• Live Trax volume 11 with volume 10 for a special Pre-Order only price

If you wish to grab and pre-order the album, please click here for more details.

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February 08, 08 — Widespread Panic’s new album, Free Somehow, AVAILABLE NOW!

You can order your copy from Widespread Merchandising TODAY for only $10. Find out what JB is doing to his guitar on this album with the eco-friendly mini-digi. The packaging, designed by Grammy nominated Chris Bilheimer, includes a 12 page lyric booklet!

More digitally inclined? LiveWidespreadPanic.com has Free Somehow and the entire Spring tour available. You can also help panic fans build a Make It Right New Orleans house with a purchase of the new panic song, Walk On The Flood. All proceeds from the sale of this song goes directly to MIR to help get NOLA back on its feet.

And for those with turntables, a Limited Edition Double Vinyl of “Free Somehow” will be available on 4/15/08.

Free Somehow listening parties have popped up across the country. Come on out for good friends, good music and good swag like autographed posters, promotional singles and t-shirts.

A couple more dates and ticketing info have been recently added to the tour dates page. Spring Tour is just about wrapped up but details are being added as they come in. Sign up for the Panic Widget if you would like to get mini website update notices delivered directly to your desk top in between Email updates.

The band may be off tour but the some of the guys are still out there hitting the road. JB’s Hannah’s Buddies concert is this weekend, Sunny performs with his Santa Tribute Band February 13th in Athens, Dave’s Stockholm Syndrome tour starts February 15th and Jojo’s solo at the Benefit concert for Wild West Fest. Details can be found on the Side Stage page.

[ via Widespead Panic News Website ]

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Their latest single titled “Love Me Dead” is already making waves in Youtube, see the video below.

You can visit their MySpace page for more details about their upcoming album promotion tours.

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Here’s the album track list:

1. To Be Loved
2. Innocent Manuevers
3. House Up On The Hill
4. Literary Kind
5. Walk On By
6. Simple Girl
7. 30 Days
8. Killing Joke
9. Colvo’s Passage
10. Small, Who Would Be Tall
11. Civil Light
12. Wait For The Sun

Let us know if you have the album and share us what do you think about the tracks.

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Release Date: April 2007

Album Track List:

1. V neck Sweater
2. What Happened to TV?
3. Still Waiting
4. Deck Shoes
5. How Glad I Am
6. Back In The Game
7. Left Coast Boogaloo
8. Old School Cylons
9. Knowledge Room
10. Pigeons Under Water
11. Give The Drummer Some More

You can also browse here for  their previous albums. Click here to grab your copy.

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Here’s the album track list:

1. Better Than
2. Daniella*
3. Funky Tonight
4. Caroline
5. Good Excuse
6. Used To Get High
7. Gov Did Nothing
8. Groovin’ Slowly
9. Devil Running*
10. Losing You*
11. Nowhere Man
12. Fire In The Sky
13. Gonna Take It

Let us know if you have the album and share us what do you think about the tracks.

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Blues Traveler released their “Cover Yourself” album last October 30th, 2007.

After years of public interest in a greatest hits record, Blues Traveler decided to give the fans exactly what they wanted. The band went straight to the fans, taking a poll on what songs they wanted to see included on the record. The resulting track listing includes the band’s major hits, along with more obscure fan favorites, but there is a twist. The songs take on a whole new life with completely new, mainly acoustic arrangements.

Track Listing includes:

• But Anyway
• Just For Me- with G Love
• Defense and Desire
• Hook
• Mountains Win Again
• 100 Years
• Lost Me There
• Runaround
• NY Prophesie
• Reach Me
• Carolina Blues

Above is the album cover.

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This year, Moe released their 17th album based on their website’s discography. The title of the album is “The Conch” under the label of Fatboy Records which is produced by the band itself.  Here’s a quick preview about the band and their new album:

moe. is…
Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan and Gram Parsons…
from hard rock to melodic country, moe can write songs and they can play the bejesus out of them live. They can deliver live energy to a studio recording and are equally comfortable playing textural musical landscapes or balls to the wall guitar solos. By not limiting their songwriting to preconceived genres, moe. are a rarity in today’s pop music culture. Their latest studio album, “The Conch”, has already received 4 out of 5 stars from Rolling Stone, and 3.5 out of 4 stars from Paste. The Buffalo News calls “The Conch” “A Masterpiece”.
See them live, Buy their album, or live an unfulfilled life.

Tracks included in the album:

01. Blue Jeans Pizza
02. Lost Along the Way
03. The Conch
04. Tailspin
05. Tubing the River Styx
06. The Pit
07. Another One Gone
08. Wind It Up
09. y eaux Massa
10. Down Boy
11. She
12. Where Does the Time Go
13. Summer o i
14. The Road
15. MacIntyre Range
16. The Col
17. Brittle End

You can also download MP3s of records from their events and albums at LiveDownloads.com

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People of Earth’s excellent new CD gives new meaning to the phrase, “This one time at band camp …”

The Pittsburgh-area jam band wanted to capture the magical, kinetic interplay that fuels their live shows. So, instead of recording tracks separately in a studio, they set out for a secluded, rustic camp on a lake near Mercer. There, playing together in a room, they recorded the basic tracks for “No More Shenanigans.”

“We wanted this CD, more than any of our other releases, to truly reflect what we sounded like as a band,” explained bassist Kevin Kopper. “So what we decided to do was turn a rustic camp in the backwoods of Pennsylvania into a studio, and then meet up there for three successive weekends and record the album live.

“So the songs you hear, minus the vocals, have few overdubs. It’s a true mirror of who we are as a band, which we feel we did not capture on the first two releases.”

With this one, they capture magic in a genie lamp. It’s an exciting, exhilarating rhythmic ride with sparkling jams, shining harmonies, and irresistible melodies. But instead of locking themselves into one mode, they stretch out, informing their earthy, Dead-style jams with elements of bluegrass, country, even disco.

You can check more about People of Earth’s updates and event schedule at their official website.

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