Artist: The Hotelier Album: Goodness Label: Tiny Engines Genre: Taoist Indie Rock, Emo, Pop-Punk Like many fans of The Hotelier, I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard their breakout sophomore record, Home, Like Noplace Is There. Alone in my freshman year dorm room on a Sunday night in February, I listened to […]
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The Music That Moved Me In 2014


This time last year, my life was more hectic than ever before. I was working three jobs, trudging through my final semester of college, and doing my best to prepare for life as a “real adult.” Fatigue was in fashion, uncertainty reigned supreme, and on top of it all, I couldn’t afford to take my […]

Foxing And The Hotelier Announce Co-Headlining Tour


Foxing, who released one of last year’s most heralded emo records, and The Hotelier, who released one of this year’s most heralded emo-ish records, are teaming up for a co-headlining, rising stars tour. The 18-date tour is strictly eastern United States and Canada, hitting deep south, not-so-frozen north, and mopey midwest in late July and early August. Prawn will […]

WATCH: The Hotelier Acoustic Session


The Hotelier have been dominating our stereos and emotions for the better part of the year here at Under The Gun, and one listen to their new record, Home, Like Noplace Is There, will show you why. Vocalist Christian Holden recently performed acoustic versions of two songs from the album for the latest Wood Circle […]

REVIEW: The Hotelier – ‘Home, Like Noplace Is There’


Artist: The Hotelier Album: Home, Like Noplace Is There Label: Tiny Engines Release Date: 2/25/2014 I’ve said a lot of positive things about The Hotelier, both on this site and elsewhere. I’ve called them “one of punk’s best kept secrets“, I’ve recommended their music to countless friends, and I consider “An Ode To the Nite […]

Stream The Hotelier’s Impressive New Album, ‘Home, Like Noplace Is There’


Excitement has been building for The Hotelier‘s sophomore album, Home, Like Noplace Is There, since the band debuted “The Scope of All This Rebuilding” in December. Each subsequent song has shown a different side of the Dudley, Massachusetts band, but no single track can come close to expressing the range of emotion and musical diversity […]