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REVIEW: The Otter Years – ‘Singles Collection’

Artist: The Otter Years Album: Singles Collection Genre: IDM Label: Little League Records When listening to The Otter Years‘ work for the first time, one would not be foolish to suspect the musician behind it has focused their career efforts on experimenting with all facets of electronic music. Alas, they would be wrong, as The […]

Watch TTNG’s Audiotree Session

Audiotree is one of my favorite in-studio live performance outlets. A wonderfully crafted atmosphere, a superb roster of artists that have performed in their rooms, it is a great escape to watch bands emit their musical prowess live. Now we can add TTNG (formerly This Town Needs Guns) to that roster. The UK math-rock band […]

This Town Needs Guns Change Name, Announce European Tour

This Town Needs Guns was always an interesting name for a band. Yesterday, it was announced on Sargent House’s Facebook page that they would no longer go by This Town Need Guns, and instead refer to themselves as TTNG. When a fan asked “What’s wrong with guns?“, the label responded “Well for one, no town […]

REVIEW: This Town Needs Guns – 13.0.0.0.0

Artist: This Town Needs Guns Album: 13.0.0.0.0 Genre: Math rock, Indie rock Label: Sargent House Bands work out the kinks on the fly. There are no minor leagues for music making; if you can’t produce right away, you likely never get an at-bat. This Town Needs Guns have found a way around this: their debut […]

ALBUM STREAM: This Town Needs Guns – ‘13.0.0.0.0’

Emo and math rock are two of my favorite genres, so combining them is always a plus for me. Emo math rockers This Town Needs Guns have a new album out on Sargent House, 13.0.0.0.0, that has so far been getting rave reviews; you should expect a review from UTG on it soon. Today the band […]

STREAM: This Town Needs Guns – “I’ll Take The Minute Snake”

In their own words, math rock band This Town Needs Guns are streaming a new song, “I’ll Take The Minute Snake” as a celebration for everyone surviving the non-apocalypse. The Sargent House band has a new album, 13.0.0.0.0, coming out on January 22. I look forward to it. In regards to line up changes and […]