The manager for American rockers Black Crowes has condemned Maxim magazine for printing a medicore review of the band’s new album, Warpaint, without ever hearing it.
Warpaint had not yet been sent out to media outlets for review, but Maxim’s reviewer gave it two-and-a-half stars anyway, reports Undercover. “[The album] hasn’t left Chris Robinson and the gang much room for growth,” was the mag’s assessment.
In response to the back-to-the-future write-up, manager Pete Angelus said, “Maxim’s actions seem to completely lack journalistic integrity and intentionally mislead their readership. When confronted with the fact that they never heard the album they are claiming to ‘review’ in their music section – with a star rating, no less – they attempt to explain that it was an ‘educated guess.’”
Maxim’s email response to the manager doesn’t bother denying the faux pas. “Of course, we always prefer to (sic) hearing music, but sometimes there are big albums that we don’t want to ignore that aren’t available to hear, which is what happened with the Crowes. It’s either an educated guess preview or no coverage at all, so in this case we chose the former.’”
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