Must Have Album: String Cheese Incident - Trick Or Treat

Trick or Treat: Best of the String Cheese Incident
"The String Cheese Incident unveils their new live release, Trick Or Treat, on October 27, 2009. The timing is fitting, considering 2-CD/2-LP set was culled from a variety of epic SCI "Hulaween" shows. From Philadelphia's Electric Factory (1999), Portland, Maine's State Theatre (2000), NYC's Theatre at Madison Square Garden (2001), Sin City's Cox Pavillion (2003) and the Exhibition Center @ Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin (2004) - Trick or Treat journeys through the years to re-visit some of the band's most classic Incidents from Halloweens past.

This Best Of set offers seven of SCI's famous Halloween cover sets including String Cheese performing songs by such artists as the Beatles, KC & The Sunshine Band, Phish, Nelly and many others. Trick or Treat features brand new original artwork from Michael Everett, and will also be available separately as a 9-disc Trick or Treat Deluxe Box Set." Editorial Review from Amazon.com

Must Have Album: Umphrey's McGee - Mantis

Mantis by Umphrey's McGee
"Chicago s Umphrey's McGee enters its second decade together with their most progressive, melodic and artistically cohesive album to date. The new album hits streets on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009, when Mantis casts another Windy City family into the limelight. Over 2 years in the making, Mantis pushes the envelope in composition, arrangement and group interplay. In an Umphrey s McGee first, the album offers 100% new material - a drastic change of pace for a band whose typical modus operandi is to work out the material live on-stage before recording studio versions." Editorial Review from Amazon.com