{"id":9475,"date":"2014-02-27T06:12:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/uncategorized\/ann-baretta\/"},"modified":"2014-02-27T06:12:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:12:34","slug":"ann-baretta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/music\/ann-baretta\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Ann Beretta"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/annb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22164\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/annb.jpg\" alt=\"annb\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nAnn Beretta<br \/>\n&#8220;\u0093New Union&#8230; Old Glory\u0094&#8221;<br \/>\n(Lookout! Records)<\/h4>\n<p>It\u0092s anthemic working class songs for the down trodden who still insist on getting back up even after the 100th kick down. \u00a0The songs are good if formulaic. \u00a0Take Op. Ivy, Bruce Springsteen and a touch of Social D., blend on high and you\u0092ll more or less wind up with Ann Beretta. \u00a0The band uses the chorus to their advantage, combining shout along lyrics with jump up and down like a goon with your fist in the air beats. \u00a0The guitar rocks out in folksy faux punk style while the vocals sound out emotionally from a throat that sounds smoke filled and alcohol fueled. \u00a0That\u0092s more or less describes what I hear, but it doesn&#8217;\u0092t necessarily account for my actual feelings. \u00a0I have a lot of music thrown at me by the tyrannical editor\/overlord of Modern Fix. \u00a0Some of the music is used as punishment for not meeting deadlines. \u00a0Just last week I was forced to review 24 straight hours of Linkin Park bootleg discs. \u00a0Does that give you an idea? \u00a0I doubt it. \u00a0You just have no fucking idea! \u00a0I live in abject terror. \u00a0My days are spent in a cold fearful sweat, clutching rosary beads and praying to Mary Holy Mother of God that I just be left alone and never have to review anymore rap metal forever and ever, amen! \u00a0So, sometimes I don\u0092t know if I like an album or if I like it because it just seems so damn familiar, so damn much like other bands that I already vaguely enjoy. \u00a0You know what I mean? \u00a0Doesn&#8217;\u0092t the Big N\u0092 Tasty seem an awful lot like the Whopper?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ann Beretta &#8220;\u0093New Union&#8230; Old Glory\u0094&#8221; (Lookout! Records) It\u0092s anthemic working class songs for the down trodden who still insist on getting back up even after the 100th kick down. \u00a0The songs are good if formulaic. \u00a0Take Op. Ivy, Bruce Springsteen and a touch of Social D., blend on high and you\u0092ll more or less [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[457,3630,4340],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}