The second single from the latest album, Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King, has begun to be played on radios everywhere. The video has also debuted on MySpace, from a live show on June 26th at 02 Academy – Brixton in London, England. Video can be seen after the break.
The music video for the first single, Funny The Way It Is, off the band’s latest release has hit VH1, and will be featured on the weekly Top 20 Countdown. If you haven’t seen the incredibly strange, almost Sledgehammer-like video, the link is after the break.
Matt from Ants posted his review of the latest album to come from the Dave Matthews Band; Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. It seems like a fairly accurate review, and thus we are passing the information on to you! Enjoy the read – the album hits shelves on June 2nd!
With so many options available when it comes to the pre-order of the newest Dave Matthews Band album, it can be confusing to pick what’s suited for you. In our latest article, we explore different retailers, the best options for buying outside of the U.S., and compare the general prices for each option. Read up and choose which package you’d like the most at: http://www.forums.dmbfansite.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=199
In an exciting two-part contest, the Official Dave Matthews Band site is tackling social networking. It asks those who enter to start a Facebook Event for a Advanced Big Whiskey Listening Party between May 23 and May 25. The top 100 events with the most members will then win an advanced (but watermarked) copy of the newest Dave Matthews Band album, ‘Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King,’ thus making the 100 possible events a reality. Then, those who are hosting are encouraged to record their party, and the host of the party with the most people attending, best theme, and most originality will then “win a trip to meet Dave Matthews and see DMB perform live from the front row at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL on Saturday, August 15th!” Entries are due May 12, so there isn’t much time, and if you are entering, good luck! For full contest details, visit the official site at: http://web.davematthewsband.com/bigwhiskey/contest/
RCA Records have released a press release regarding the free download of Funny The Way It Is, which went online earlier today. The press release also goes into detail about the tracklist of the album, the artwork, and what the different packages of the pre-order will contain.
Two previously unknown songs can be confirmed, Seven and My Baby Blue. Some song titles have changed; You N Me Stripped Down is now You and Me, Cockadile is Alligator Pie (Cockadile), Skwirm is Squirm, and the intro has a name, Grux. This brings the total to 13 songs, and the positions are also confirmed.
In regards to the pre-order, “it will be available in three versions: standard, deluxe (with scenes from Big Whiskey, a documentary on the making of the album) and super-deluxe, which includes bonus tracks, a photo book and lithographs in addition to the CD and documentary.” Also, all fans who pre-order the CD off the website will receive Live Trax 15, Alpine Valley Music Theatre, for free.
Great news today, as the Dave Matthews Band have released their first single off the new album ‘Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King’, Funny The Way It Is. Courtesy of the band, and with Dave breaking the news through twitter, the single can be downloaded for free at the following site: http://rcarecords.com/dmbfreedownload/
At the same site, one can pre-order the new album. There are two options; a CD/DVD set, or just a CD/Digital Download.
UPDATE: A week is up, and thus the free download period is over. However, you’ll be able to download the song on iTunes and other online music retailers.
The Dave Matthews Band released the cover art for their upcoming album, ‘Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King’ on their website as a puzzle. On the site were the 8 images that were released over a couple days, that were scrambled. Once you unscramble them to get the border, the missing piece was filled in, completing the puzzle and revealing the complete cover art.
The cover art features a GrooGrux King float, being the late LeRoi Moore, in what appears to be a New Orleans funeral parade. It is filled with symbolism, most of which we have yet to discover.
The cover art is drawn by the band’s very own Dave Matthews.
The discography has been updated. Full sized image after the break. Enjoy!
Warning: The image is a fairly large file, so old computers beware.
With the new album edging nearer, Antsmarching.org sources now know that Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King will have a total of 10 tracks, plus the LeRoi Intro. Dive In, which was previously thought to have been the longest song at around four and a half minutes, will not be the longest song. Nevertheless, there won’t be any songs on the album that pass the six minute mark, joining the likes of Everyday and Stand Up. Regardless of this comparison, feedback on the album from those that have heard it has been positive, as far as Dave Matthews himself saying, “If this is my last album that I ever make, it’s the only album that I hope people listen to.” The last track of the album is now also known, being You N Me Stripped Down.
With the album art slowly coming together piece by piece, and a single being released soon, Antsmarching predicts a pre-order for the album to come up sometime as soon as this week.
With all that info, we now can make an updated track list, which can be viewed after the break. The positions are unknown, however, except for the intro followed by Shake Me Like A Monkey, and the last song.
Billboard has put up an article about the Band, titled ‘Dave Matthews Band’s ‘Big Whiskey’ Is A Toast To LeRoi Moore‘. In it, the impact the new album would produce on the tour was discussed.
The band plans to make new material part of the set list and, as is typical, the “GrooGrux” songs will find a new life onstage. “We’ve played them all but we’re going to have some extensive rehearsals before the tour starts – get them all oiled, lubed up and ready to go,” Beauford says. “By the time we step onstage for the first show these tunes are going to be ready. By the middle of the summer, it’s going to be a whole other story then, because most of the new tunes that we do always develop and grow into something fresh and new by the middle of the tour.”
The article then links to a fairly extensive interview with Dave Matthews, where they talk about the nature of the album, how LeRoi is incorporated, Dave’s songwriting, and many songs, including Dive In, Space Man, which we find out is a love song, and Cockadile, a new addition to the confirmed songs list.
The band will be featured on the cover of Issue 15.
Lastly, an album preview video was created, where you can hear clips of Shake Me Like a Monkey, what appears to be a 12-string Sister, and Funny The Way It Is, the single slated to be released on April 14. The video can be viewed after the break.