The Set List

Black Crowes Cancel Their Maxim Subscriptions

The Black Crowes are not accepting the "apology" from Maxim magazine's editorial director James Kaminsky over the lad mag's review of the Crowes' new album by a writer who hadn't listened to the CD.
Pete Angelus, manager of The Black Crowes, said, "In my opinion, Maxim's fabrication of an album review is highly unethical and indefensible. This issue potentially pertains to all artists and their craft, and a publication which apparently has no respect for either."
OK. Editorial integrity. That's an easy one to stand on.
"Maxim seems to continue in their attempt to deceive the public with their usage of the word 'entirety.' At the most, Maxim could have only heard the one complete song that has been released to radio, before publishing their 'album review.' It comes as no surprise that Maxim has elected to apologize to their readers now that the world has been informed of their deception; however, that is not full accountability."
No that's a good attack. Maxim is behaving like a 12-year-old who has been asked to apologize for something they might not consider all that bad.
"In my opinion, Maxim's 'apology' is self-serving damage control by failing to mention the Black Crowes. The appropriate action from Maxim is to immediately issue a public apology to The Black Crowes for disparaging both the band and their soon to be released new album 'Warpaint' without having heard the material."
Balls in the court of Kaminsky, whose initial statement read: "It is Maxim's editorial policy to assign star ratings only to those albums that have been heard in their entirety. Unfortunately, that policy was not followed in the March 2008 issue of our magazine and we apologize to our readers."

Black Crowes Wear 'Warpaint' Across Country

SXSW has released its first official list of acts performing at the Austin, Texas, festival.
For an unknown reason, they did not include the Black Crowes, who will perform new and old material March 15 at Stubbs. (They'll play their new album "Warpaint" at seven U.S. shows in March).
Bands booked for the March 12-16 fest are:
R.E.M., My Morning Jacket, Mala Rodriguez, Bun B, Black Keys, Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong, Nortec, Barbara Mason, Uffie, Pato Banton, My Brightest Diamond, Vampire Weekend, Ralph "Soul" Jackson, DeVotchka, My Brightest Diamond, Panda, Robyn, MGMT, Tech N9ne and Sia.
UPDATE: Joe Ely will perform with accordionist Joel Guzman on March 13. The two are promoting "Live Cactus," which will be released on his own Rack 'Em Records on March 11.