December 2011
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Video Interview with Beat Magazine (Australia)
This Town Needs Guns’, Tim & Hank have a chat with Beat Magazine while over in Australia for Harvest Festival.
November 2011
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October 2011
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This Town Needs Guns to Play Harvest Festival,...
This Town Needs Guns will be playing the first annual launch of Australia’s “Harvest Festival” along with two newly announced sideshows in November. with a great line up of bands including: Portishead, The National, The Flaming Lips, Bright Eyes, TV on the Radio, Mogwai, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Mercury Rev, The Family Stone, Holy Fuck, Death In Vegas, The Walkmen,...
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Snippets from the Studio
This Town Needs Guns clips from the studio recording at Brighton Electric with Ed Rose.
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Adventure, Stamina & Anger - Out Now
<a href=”http://thistownneedsguns.bandcamp.com/album/adventure-stamina-anger” _mce_href=”http://thistownneedsguns.bandcamp.com/album/adventure-stamina-anger”>Adventure, Stamina & Anger by This Town Needs...
September 2011
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This Town Needs Guns Acoustics At Home
This Town Needs Guns recorded an acoustic song at home today and we think it’s a beauty and worth sharing with everyone, so here it is put to some random clips from the lads cameras. 7” Pre-Order details coming soon. New Album is being recorded soon! Spring 2012 Release on Sargent House, we can’t wait. (No, It’s not an acoustic album, but we might need to have them do...
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December UK Tour Announced
This Town Needs Guns will be touring the UK this December tickets for all shows can be found HERE. We will have the new 7” on tour for sale as well.
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New 7" Album News & Photo Winners!
We are delighted to announce the upcoming This Town Needs Guns 7” release coming on Sargent House. It has two tracks, the last recordings that will have Stu on vocals. We will be releasing it digitally everywhere on October 11, 2011 and will be taking pre-orders for this limited edition 7” vinyl soon! You will be able to download the tracks right away when you pre-order starting on or...
June 2011
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FAREWELL TO STU LONDON SHOW - Sept 16th
FAREWELL TO STU LONDON SHOW!! THE BORDERLINE, FRIDAY 16th SEPTEMBER, 2011.
We are excited to announce a special one-off show in London town! This will be the last show we play with Stu before he moves on with paternal duties and the introduction to the world of his newborn baby! Though I am sure he will still get involved in shows here and there afterwards, this is the last show we will play...
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PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION for Album Cover of 7"...
EARTHLINGS, You may or may not know that we will be releasing a 7” containing two songs. We have continued writing for our forthcoming album, but two tracks are complete with vocals from one Stuart Smith, which we are planning to release this Summer. We will be recording these in July and are looking to prepare the artwork soon. We are now looking to our wonderful fans to help us complete...
May 2011
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Happy / Sad / A Message From Stu
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A Message From Stu So this is a post I never thought I’d have to write. First up, the happy news. In October this year (so long as everything goes to plan) I’ll be welcoming my first born child into the world. It’s one of the best things that has ever happened to me and I couldn’t be happier.
Now for the sad bit…unfortunately this means I can’t commit the same amount of time to the...
March 2011
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Faster Louder Reviews Melbourne Show
“Movement would be nice but it’s not necessary,” singer Stuart Smith assures the crowd in a friendly British voice. “Considering there’s so many of you, you’re quite quiet.” It is almost awkward. The air in the Toff is muggy, people packed wall to wall, but the crowd is still and lulled.
Sure, it’s a Wednesday night, but there’s more to it. This Town Needs Guns isn’t an average rock band...
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Tim Speaks: Review Rinse Repeat
Hailing from the UK, This Town Needs Guns are a burgeoning math influenced indie band. Having now hit several continents and released multiple EPs and a full-length, they are now gearing up for more touring and a new record. Review Rinse Repeat had the pleasure to exchange a few words with them on these topics and more recently.
Matthew@RRR: Thank you for taking the time to do this interview....
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Stu Gets Raw: A Soundwave Interview
This Town Needs Guns – Interview by Socratos
This Town Needs Guns has crossed off 2 out of 3 items off a list that they wrote at the end of 2009 about what they wanted to accomplish in 2010 ;
Play some shows in the US Write and record a new album Crowd surf at one of our gigs at least once
2010 was the year TTNG truly went international. In April they toured Japan for the first time,...
February 2011
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Beat Magazine Interview
With band members including an ex-librarian, ex-graphic designer, ex-website publisher, and a current school teacher, it’s no big surprise that UK newcomers This Town Needs Guns are raising the bar in complex, mind-bending math-rock. Kicking off 2011 with their debut on Australian soil as part of the Soundwave Festival, guitarist Tim Collis says TTNG are on a mission to cover all four...
January 2011
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Soundwave Sideshows Announced
THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS INTIMATE SIDESHOWS IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE
Dreamy spires and Inspector Morse, Oxford’s much more than a university city, it’s a musical hotbed, re-shaping genres and planting large markers in the sand. Radiohead with their illustrious career, arguably the most important band the world has ever seen has seen in decades, made their mark here…“Forget...
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Sludge Factory (AU) Interview
This Town Needs Guns: shooting from the hip
THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS may not be the most familiar name, but these lads from Oxford in the UK make an impression on those who encounter them. Vocalist Stuart Smith explains to Robyn Morrison how the band came together, whether they really fit into the math rock genre and their upcoming visit to Australia.
Let’s just clear one point up straight...
October 2010
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THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS AT SOUNDWAVE 2011
We are very pleased to announce that This Town Needs Guns will be playing The Soundwave Festival in Australia. On all dates below and rumor has it a few side shows will be added as well. Stay tuned.
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2011 Sat Feb 26 - BRISBANE @ RNA SHOWGROUNDS Sun Feb 27 - SYDNEY @ EASTERN CREEK RACEWAY Fri Mar 04 - MELBOURNE @ SHOWGROUNDS Sat Mar 05 - ADELAIDE @ BONYTHON PARK Mon Mar 07 -...
September 2010
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Free Exploding In Sound Compilation Sonic Waves
We are happy to be included in the new Exploding In Sound compilation Sonic Waves it’s a great FREE download that features a bunch of our friends as well like Native , Oceansize & a great new track from Tera Melos. Also on the comp are tracks from Karnivool, Alberta Cross, Medications, The Library is on Fire, Dead Confederate, Mojo Fury and more.
Go To EXPLODING IN SOUND for the...
August 2010
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This Town Needs Guns Signs With 13 Artists
Happy to announce that This Town Needs Guns have just signed on for booking at 13 Artists agency in London with Jason Edwards as agent. Joining one of the most excellent rosters of bands including Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys, Portishead & our ol’ pals Maps & Atlases to name a few. 13 Artists will handle the band worldwide excluding North America.
July 2010
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REVIEWS: Truck Festival - UK
“…Essentially, though, we were just killing time until the two best acoustic performances of the weekend. The first, perhaps unexpectedly, was This Town Needs Guns, a band not easy to imagine in a stripped-down fashion. Playing in the festival merch tent/record store with just an acoustic guitar, bass, vocals and very occasional glockenspiel, we were treated to different...
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VIDEO: New Song Live
It’s called Adventure, Stamina & Anger
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VIDEOS: ACOUSTIC IN-STORE
Here are a few videos taken from an acoustic session we played in Canada at a Record Store.
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VIDEO: USA & Canada Tour Memories
We went on tour with our friends Native. This is mostly video footage of the touristy stuff we did when not playing. The songs are ‘Mason Jars’ and ‘Ponyboy’ both by Native. I’m sure they won’t mind me using them.
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Interview: This Town Needs Guns / InForty
have been making powerful indie rock from the UK for six years now, and they recently came to America for the first time on a tour with their labelmates Native. Inforty.com writer Matt Sokol and radio station 88.7 WHNU DJ Jon Scranton interviewed the band before the show and got them talking about writing their first album, why song names don’t matter, and capturing their current bassist with a...
June 2010
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ANOTHER LIVE VIDEO: "Elk" Live from Chicago
what a great night it was - thank you Garrett Karp for the horn! filmed on June 12, 2010 at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago, IL last night of tour with Native. The best part of this performance was that we had Garrett Karp (a local resident who plays the trumpet) fill in for the part on this tune. He pretty much just contacted us via the web and after that he warmed up and played Elk right on...
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VIDEO: Live from Chicago
only one word can describe how we feel about the US / Canadian tour we just did with Native and that is AMAZING. Chicago was the greatest show to cap it all off. Sold Out and incredible.
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LIVE REVIEW: Brooklyn, NY
“Parking in Park Slope is an apparent pain in the ass on Friday nights. When I’d last attended Brooklyn venue Southpaw, it was a warm autumn Saturday night in 2007 and open spots were speckled across 5th Ave. But here, when we were in a rush—parallel lines of bumper to bumper. That and traffic forced myself and my +1 to miss 20 minutes of This Town Needs Guns’ 50-minute...
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INTERVIEW: Express Night Out / Washington DC
New Sound, New Tour: This Town Needs Guns, Black Cat
British band This Town Needs Guns wishes no one asked them about the story behind their name. It’s kind of embarrassing to admit that there is no story, says guitarist and lead vocalist Stuart Smith.
“It’s a bit stupid, really,” Smith said. “It was one of those things where it was something that I saw written...
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LIVE REVIEW: Toronto Canada
“June 1, 2010 – A hot, sticky day came to close at Sneaky Dee’s, inside which the night continued, just as hot and sticky. But at least the entertainment was good. Toronto’s Arietta and Oxford, U.K.’s This Town Needs Guns each riled up the crowd before Indiana’s Native blew them away.” … This Town Needs Guns, a band I hadn’t heard of until a few days before the show, but...
May 2010
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UK Shows Before America
Make sure you get to at least one of them. They’ll most likely be our last until the new record is done.
WED 19th - LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY FESTIVAL, THE HAIGH w/ Delta Fiasco + Lights (CA) + Scams + Moguls tickets last.fm
THU 20th - BIRMINGHAM, THE FLAPPER w/ Soni-Quella + Skeletons tickets facebook last.fm
FRI 21st - SHEFFIELD, THE HARLEY w/ Pirouettes + Clever Girl tickets facebook last.fm
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SARGENT HOUSE: This Town Needs Guns & Native... →
Native will be hosting our UK lads This Town Needs Guns on a jaunt around the East Coast, Canada and the Midwest. It’s the first time in the States for TTNG and we think anyone who gets to see them play is a lucky devil, and with Native no less! So it’s pretty much a…
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WatchA Video documenting our first trip to Japan. Only 4 shows, but good ones none the less. Bands we played with include The Contemporary Noise Sextet, AFRICAEMO, the cabs, Cinema Staff, and Haisuinonasa. Thanks to the guys at Zankyo for sorting it all out.
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INTERVIEW: New Music Transmission
This Town Needs Guns Interview
Here in the UK, today is election day. However, the electoral commission are not the only ones who have been conducting polls, just recently in a poll of our podcast listeners we found that the band you guys like the most are This Town Needs Guns, featured way back in episode 7. Luckily for us, Tim Collis, the expert guitarist from This Town Needs Guns, found some...
April 2009
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REVIEW: Animals USA
This Town Needs Guns (2009) Sargent House
Sargent House seem to be cornering the market on math rock, but This Town Needs Guns is one of their finest finds yet. Picking up the U.S. release for the UK band’s debut full-length, Animals, this is just the type of delicate and emotional, intricately woven songs that all of us hailing Look Mexico for can get fully behind. Usually when using...