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Dave Matthews Band

`Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King'

(Warner Korea)

With their first album since 2005, Dave Matthews Band is once again at the top of its game. The album is dedicated to the band's late saxophonist LeRoi Moore, whose nickname inspired the whimsical title.

Dave Matthews Band always seems to have a crazy, wild energy and funky sounds, and this album is no different. They take it to the next level with tunes like ``Shake Me Like a Monkey" and ``Funny the Way It Is." ``If this is the last album that I make, it's the only album I hope people will listen to," said frontman Dave Matthews. And he's right, ``GrooGrux" is a gem.

-Cathy Rose A. Garcia