The Iguanas

The word "Americana" gets tossed around rather loosely these days; it can mean anything from a hipster with a recently-discovered acoustic guitar to a decades-long denizen of the Grand Ole Opry. But when you set aside the Johnny-come-rootly types from the real deal, it's a sure bet that you're going to stray into Iguana territory. Based out of New Orleans for the past couple of decades — save for a short, Katina-imposed exile in Austin — the Iguanas define a sound of Americana that crosses cultures, styles, eras...and even languages.

The Iguanas' two-decade road has tken then all over the map, both figuratively and literally. While bassist Rene Coman is the only member of the band who is a native of the Crescent City, a languid swampiness so deeply suffuses their sound that you can almost smell the peanut shells on the floor. But there's far more depth to it than the N'Awlins patina that rests, sometimes lightly, sometimes heavily, on anything the city touches. It's almost as if the Iguanas dragged sand up from Juarez and mud from the Mississippi Delta, threw them both into the white-hot crucible of rock, and built their foundation from there.

http://www.iguanas.com/

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