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Vol XXXIV No. 101

Tuesday, March 6, 2001

  DMB releases first studio album in three years -- Electric guitars and a new pop-oriented attitude leave many fans weary of Dave's latest
By GEOFFREY RAHIE
Scene Music Critic

The Dave Matthews Band has always been known as an unusual musical ensemble lead by the unusual acoustic guitar strumming of leader Dave Matthews. Early critics jumped all over the band's freewheeling jam style and complained about the group's tendency to ... [more]


DMB releases first studio album in three years -- Everyday not for everybody
Laura Rompf
Scene Music Critic

Last Thursday night, six Notre Dame students piled into my Jeep and we began our trip to a restaurant about 15 minutes away. I pulled out a mix tape to add some lively music to our journey, and within minutes, I ... [more]


Over-production ruins new MGB release
By SAM DERHEIMER
Assistant Scene Editor

The album starts off with a rumble... "K-i-c-k-a-s-s! That's the way we spell success!" Had the Matthew Good Band only stuck to this theme, Beautiful Midnight, the band's latest studio album and first U.S. release, might have been much better. As ... [more]