In another Chicago Tribune article, Maps & Atlases’ show on New Year’s Eve at the Beat Kitchen is listed as a safe bet along with the following acts: The Raconteurs (Riviera), The Hold Steady (Metro), and Alkaline Trio and Smoking Popes (METRO).
Here’s the part about the Maps & Atlases show:
Maps and […]
Maps & Atlases frontman Dave Davison gets a long interview in the print and online editions of the Chicago Tribune and Red Eye. A current link is available here but may not last. Here’s the text of the article:
Maps and Atlases chart art rock’s risky terrain
Andy Downing
Published December 29, 2006 (Chicago Tribune & […]
We’ve been up just over 1 month and the Maps & Atlases Fans site is nearing breaking through the top 1 million sites according to Alexa. Not too bad! Don’t forget to link to us from your site or blog so we can push it beyond.
Chuck D of Beartrap PR just put out his Top Ten List of 2006, which Maps & Atlases is unfortunately not listed on. But at the end of a great review of the best music of 2006, Chuck D throw in this mention:
Other honorable mentions for this list include The Bronx, None More Black, […]
Sound As Language is another blog that lists Maps & Atlases near the best of 2006 with the Top 7 EPs of 2006. Maps & Atlases’ Tree, Swallows, House comes in at #7 with a sidenote:
A shockingly good young band from Chicago who Tim Kinsella would be proud of.
(Tim Kinsella is Chicago indie-hero who […]
Here’s a nice, quiet acoustic clip from Maps & Atlases’ Ongoing Horrible off of Tree, Swallows, House.
Maps & Atlases Ringtone: Ongoing Horrible - Mono 64kbps
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Violencia Emocional, a blog written in Spanish covering “Screamo / emo / punk / hardcore / grind / indie” offers a quick (Spanish) review of Tree, Swallows, Houses in a self-titled article. They also offer a link to the entire bootlegged album in RAR format.
The author says, in Spanish, “I could never touch something […]
Here’s a free ringtone for your cell phone — the intro lick to Every Place Is A House. If you can’t get it to work on your cell, please post in the comments for this article and we’ll see about converting it and adding it here for others to use.
Maps & Atlases Ringtone: Every […]
Nicholas J of All Things Go’s Year in Review counts down the Thirty Best Songs of 2006. Nicholas J’s favorite song for 2006? Maps & Atlases Every Place Is A House!
Nicholas J says:
Hands down, the best song of 2006. Probably the best song of 2005, had it existed (it probably did), but that […]
Steve Danenson has a LiveJournal blog where his Christmas post is titled The Big Day. In a small sidenote he says:
I just told my mom that if she wants to take my car to church, she has to listen to Maps and Atlases. Because they are ridiculous. RIDICULOUS!!
Sounds like a good trade to me.
Merry […]