Album Review: Dave Matthews Band, "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King" (RCA)

This album doesn't immediately grab one's attention. On first listen, its songs mostly pass on by in ways that simply didn't happen on many of the group's earlier records. The claws found on this effort--and they are there--take some time to dig deep. Despite the addition of electric guitars--something that's been missing on much of the band's output, both live and in the studio--"Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King" is perhaps the Dave Matthews Band [ tickets ]s' most subtle record to date. Th...

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23:00 on June 7 2009

Big Whiskey and the Groogruk King: Dave Matthews Band

Express Newspapers — ANYONE wondering why blue-collar rock acts like the Dave Matthews Band can't repeat their vast US success in Britain need only listen to the lumpen Shake Me Like A Monkey... more info

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01:03 on June 8 2009

Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King Review

411 Mania — Four years after their last studio effort, The Dave Matthews Band returns with their seventh studio album. It is their first without sax player LeRoi Moore, who died at ... more info

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18:04 on June 8 2009

Album Review: Dave Matthews Band, "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King" (RCA)

Live Daily — This album doesn't immediately grab one's attention. On first listen, its songs mostly pass on by in ways that simply didn't happen on many of the group's earlier records... more info

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