Author Archives: John Schlotfelt

Totale Night

Album Review: Merchandise – Totale Nite

May 9, 2013
This isn’t a mistake. This is a review for Tampa buzz-band Merchandise in the “Local Albums” pages of Little Village. After heaps of accolades from the music press--NME and Pitchfork among others--th...
Foul Tip

Album Review: Foul Tip – Heaven Now

April 25, 2013
Reviewing the latest EP from Foul Tip is, well, sort of a challenge. The duo’s second release, Heaven Now, has a bit of an identity crisis. Four of the cuts on the cassette are propulsive, evo...
Dana T

Album Review: Dana T – {Your Name}

April 11, 2013
The latest from Dana Telsrow (a.k.a. Dana T) is a six-song collection of mostly effective digital-baroque-funk (consider that genre term coined). The University of Iowa student has has enhanced his a...
Janeane

Janeane Garofalo interview

April 1, 2013
Janeane Garofalo began her stand-up career in 1985. In just over a quarter century, Garofalo has been many things to many people. She was one of the faces of the “alternative comedy” boom of the late...
Perishing Road

Album Review: Haunter- Perishing Road

March 1, 2013
The full-length debut, Perishing Road, from Haunter (a.k.a. Kyle Arthur Miller) is ideal for late nights, headphones and staring out at the frozen tundra. Miller’s new collection of ambient ...
No Event

Album Review: Alex Body – No Event

February 15, 2013
The title of Alex Body’s sixth release, No Event, is actually an apt description of my first impression of the album. After a string of increasingly better releases, No Event showca...
Megan Buick

Album Review – Megan Buick

February 15, 2013
Megan Buick’s self-titled album feels like the aural equivalent of Jan Svankmajer’s surreal, stop-motion film Alice—a fractured take on the Lewis Carroll classic. Svankmajer’s imaginative recreatio...
gemjones

Album Review:Gem Jones – Exhaust

January 31, 2013
Gem Jones Exhaust (Night-People Records) gemjonesia.bandcamp.com The latest EP from Gem Jones, Exhaust, is a brief study in juxtaposition. At only 19 minutes, Jones milks Exhaust for every second; va...
goldendust

Album Review: Goldendust – Self-Titled

November 30, 2012
Goldendust Self-Titled Night-People Records It’s easy, in a scene as intimate as Iowa City’s, to see Goldendust as Wet Hair part two. While it’s true that Joe Heuermann walks that same line between c...
waxmoth

Album Review: Wax Moth – Spiracle

November 30, 2012
Wax Moth Spiracle Mannequin Rein Recordings waxmoth.bandcamp.com The debut EP, Spiracle, from Iowa City metal outfit Wax Moth is nearly relentless. Starting with the feedback and initial kicks of “Co...
error

Album Review: Error – Self Titled

November 15, 2012
Error Error erroria.bandcamp.com/ The debut EP from Iowa City’s Error is ear-piercingly awesome. It’s doubtful there is a fifteen-minute experience your mom would hate more. The hardcore trio’s self-...