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The Iguanas
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The Iguanas
Americana
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Easy comparisons to Los Lobos have long dogged New Orleans' own cross-cultural pot-stirrers, the Iguanas. But the band's return from a four-year recording respite here cuts a subtle, distinctive musical swath all its own, culminating in what's arguably the most rewarding album of their career. While informed on "Machete y Maiz," the evocative "Un Avion," and the haunting slinkiness of "Abandonado" by the same rich conjunto/Tex-Mex/Chicano R&B influences as their East L.A. soulmates, the band's creative axis of vocalists Rod Hodges and Joe Cabral and bassist Rene Coma (powered by drummer Doug Garrison and Derek Huston on sax) has inspired anything but a predictable artistic orbit here. Anchored by the loping, sunny pop daydream "Yesterday" and the title track's gently optimistic radio paean (a collaboration between Hodges and Dave Alvin), the band simmers zydeco, blues, and smart pop hooks into a mix that veers from the sly playfulness of "Sugarcane," "Mexican Candy," and the tragi-comic squalor of "The Liquor Dance" to more traditional party-hearty rhythms of "Flame On" and "Zacatecas." Its production is as subtle and spacious as its evocative songs, a languorous hour of music that evokes the dappled sunlight and fevered grooves of a half-dozen cultures. --Jerry McCulley |
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The Iguanas
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Cat's Cradle
Carrboro, NC:
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
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The Iguanas
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World Cafe Live
Philadelphia, PA:
Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 7:30 PM
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The Iguanas
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Wolf Trap - The Barns
Vienna, VA:
Saturday, October 11, 2008 @ 7:30 PM
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The Iguanas
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Bayou Restaurant
Mt Vernon, NY:
Sunday, October 12, 2008 @ 9:00 PM
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The Iguanas
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Iron Horse Music Hall
Northampton, MA:
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 7:00 PM
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The Iguanas
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant
Somerville, MA:
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
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The Iguanas
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The Narrows Center for the Arts
Fall River, MA:
Friday, October 17, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
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The Iguanas
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Mexicali Blues Cafe
Teaneck, NJ:
Saturday, October 18, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
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The Iguanas
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Cafe Nine
New Haven, CT:
Sunday, October 19, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
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The Iguanas
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Continental Club - Houston
Houston, TX:
Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
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The Iguanas
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Continental Club
Austin, TX:
Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
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