Early Press calls Iguanas "the New Orleans response to Wilco."
April 24, 2003, 8:18 am

--"The Iguanas' fifth studio album, "Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart," released by Yep Roc Records, transcends questions of style to firmly stamp an ID on the band as it enters its second decade: That of a first-tier Americana roots rock band, the New Orleans response to Wilco." -Keith Spera, The Times-Picayune (full story Link 1)

--"The Iguanas have delivered a master blaster of a record in "Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart" (Yep Roc) that marks the pinnacle of a career that has spanned five albums and a dozen years. The project carries a warm intimacy reminiscent of how Fats Domino was recorded in the 1950s. The New Orleans-based band played live face-to-face in the studio. The relaxed sound is a perfect conduit for the band's bolero-cumbia grooves." -Dave Hoekstra, Chicago Sun-Times (full story Link 2)

--"Listening to The Iguanas new CD called Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart, is like taking a musical tour of New Orleans itself. There's roots-rock, R and B, jazz and a healthy dose of Tex-Mex rhythms. The Iguanas boil all those influences up into their own signature gumbo, a kind-of funky, Cajun swamp-pop." -Clark Boyd, The World (The World is a BBC program on NPR- Listen to feature and music below Link 3)

--"It's one of the finest, most satisfying specimens of rootsy rock this year, so far. How do they do it? Ample supplies of grease, grit, dance-floor grace and, now more than ever, lyric-writing gravitas." -Philip Booth, Billboard

--"While many bands claim that their sound is a mixture of musical styles but only experiment superficially, the New Orleans-based Iguanas really do slither in and out of many genres. A set might begin with a muscular, horn-fueled '50s R&B workout, followed by a Tex-Mex bar number sung entirely in Spanish and then a sexy, voodooesque piece with slinky grooves. All of this and more is evident on the band's fifth record, which is perhaps its best." -Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press