Album Reviews

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...
raw

Album Review: Raw Mojo – Brickbat Theory

April 29, 2013
Raw Mojo is a rock band, full stop. Not to be reductive about what Raw Mojo does, but there’s something really basic and elemental about what they do. Hard hitting drums, loud fuzz guitars fused tigh...
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...
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 ...
White Andy

Album Review: Angle – White Andy

February 28, 2013
Angle and Coolzey are Iowa hip-hop veterans, but to my knowledge White Andy is their first collaboration. They don’t pussyfoot around; “White Andy” is a character Angle (Jarid Catrenich) use...