{"id":1972,"date":"2011-03-20T15:40:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T22:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2011-03-20T15:40:50","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T22:40:50","slug":"david-lowery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/03\/david-lowery\/","title":{"rendered":"DAVID LOWERY"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DAVID-LOWERY-DESTROYER-M-Review-JanFeb2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1973\" title=\"DAVID-LOWERY-DESTROYER-M-Review-JanFeb2011\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DAVID-LOWERY-DESTROYER-M-Review-JanFeb2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DAVID-LOWERY-DESTROYER-M-Review-JanFeb2011.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DAVID-LOWERY-DESTROYER-M-Review-JanFeb2011-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>D<\/strong><strong>AVID LOWERY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>The Palace Guards<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[429 Records\/Savoy]<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s taken San Antonio\u2019s David Lowery nearly three decades to succumb to the urge of recording a solo album, although he was always the dominant creative force in his bands Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker. As it stands, close your eyes and <em>The Palace Guards<\/em> morphs into a very good Cracker album. The nine songs here veer between country cornpone and blazing rock, with Lowery\u2019s signature wit resonating most on the sardonic \u201cBaby, All Those Girls Meant Nothing to Me\u201d\u2014yeah, Charlie Sheen, this one\u2019s for you\u2014and the sublime stop-and-start title track, which is chock-full of political innuendo. Lowery\u2019s melodic arrangements offer that distinct \u201cLow\u201d tattooed formula that is as comforting as it is familiar. Either way, <em>The Palace Guards<\/em> fulfills its dual duty as intellectually stimulating and musically entertaining. \u2013Nick Krewen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVID LOWERY The Palace Guards [429 Records\/Savoy] It\u2019s taken San Antonio\u2019s David Lowery nearly three decades to succumb to the urge of recording a solo album, although he was always the dominant creative force in his bands Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker. As it stands, close your eyes and The Palace Guards morphs into a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[1081,1505,196,1503,1059,1506,1504],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972"}],"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=1972"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1975,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions\/1975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}