{"id":1704,"date":"2011-03-17T09:22:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T16:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2011-03-17T09:22:55","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T16:22:55","slug":"old-97%e2%80%99s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/03\/old-97%e2%80%99s\/","title":{"rendered":"OLD 97\u2019S"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/OLD-97S-M-Review-November2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1705\" title=\"OLD-97S-M-Review-November2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/OLD-97S-M-Review-November2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/OLD-97S-M-Review-November2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/OLD-97S-M-Review-November2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>O<\/strong><strong>LD <\/strong><strong>97<\/strong><strong>\u2019S<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Grand Theatre Volume One<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[New West]<\/p>\n<p>While earlier albums found them etching their own variation on the roots-rock template, <em>The Grand Theatre Volume One<\/em> suggests the Old 97\u2019s have again chosen to pursue a more rambunctious direction. The three songs that open the album\u2014\u201cThe Grand Theatre,\u201d \u201cEvery Night Is Friday Night (Without You)\u201d and \u201cThe Magician\u201d\u2014constitute a rowdy triple threat that soars on rapid-fire refrains and double-time tempos. By ratcheting up the energy, the Dallas-based band creates the impression they\u2019re throwing caution to the wind, relaying the kind of unabashed exuberance they haven\u2019t mustered in quite some time. Even though titles like \u201cChampaign, Illinois\u201d and \u201cA State of Texas\u201d reference divergent realms, each smacks of a rebel spirit that reflects the group\u2019s distant cowpunk past. Brassy, ballsy, bold and defiant, <em>The Grand Theater Volume One<\/em> offers clear evidence that the Old 97\u2019s are still young guns at heart. \u2013Lee Zimmerman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Brassy, ballsy, bold and defiant, The Grand Theater Volume One offers clear evidence that the Old 97\u2019s are still young guns at heart.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,299,1175,1219,1220],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1706,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions\/1706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}