Not a big radio station, but it is a start.
Bloomington, Illinois college radio station WESN 88.1FM puts Maps & Atlases as #6 on their chart of Top 30 plays. The small 100 watt radio station is the grassroots of getting to larger on-air playlists, so if you go to college or listen to a […]
Friction Records is about to release a limited edition pressing for Maps & Atlases on vinyl LP:
This vinyl will be released in two colors: clear and yellow. Friction is selling it for $12.25 on their pre-order before March 15th release. The album details are as follow:
Tracks:
1. the most trustworthy tin cans
2. the ongoing […]
Maps & Atlases Fans would like to support the Chicago indie rock foursome on their latest tour by offering full color 5″ x 3″ bumper stickers for fans out there. 100% of the sales will go to the band, with the web site paying for the shipping and printing costs!
If you’d like to show […]
If you haven’t been watching the Maps & Atlases MySpace page, the foursome has announced their largest tour to date, actually 2 tours put together. The following cities will be visited by Maps & Atlases through the end of March 2007:
Columbus, OH
Philadelphia, PA
New York City, NY
East Stroudsburg, PA
The Bronx, NY
Pittsburgh, PA
Grand Rapids, MI
Chicago, IL
Austin, […]
Teen LiveJournal Blogger puts Maps & Atlases in his top 3 band list, as well as his top 3 albums list.
Testament to Youth in Verse has a great blog post titled Maps and Atlases. Their review states:
Somehow I managed to forget about my idea of posting about the weeks upcoming shows every Thursday. Woops. It’s probably because I have other commitments keeping from concerts most nights this week. But this coming Thursday is a […]
Buzzgrinder, a large music-oriented blog, has Maps & Atlases as their Featured Artist for February 14th.
Their review is short:
Maps & Atlases, from Chicago, IL, play a spastic, artsy, unpredictable and very original brand of indie rock. Go buy their self-released EP, Tree, Swallows, Houses.
but the comments that follow are fantastic:
Jacob said: It’s too early to […]
Fifth Disc has posted a blog entry titled Maps & Atlases Video that covers one of the Maps & Atlases videos on YouTube. Their comment is:
That Buzzgrinder post reminded me just how talented Maps & Atlases are. Check out this video of them performing the song “The Most Trustworthy Tin Cans” from their EP […]
Maps & Atlases grabs the #2 spot on PureVolume. Also on their top 10 list are popular artosts like The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Anberlin, Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes. Good job, guys!
Photoblogger OpticDistraction posts an interesting photo along with adding a mention to Maps & Atlases (scroll down to bottom) in a post titled Sovay. From the post:
First off, watch this video. It’s a song called “Ongoing Horrible” by Maps & Atlases, a band that has yet to drop a debut album, but one I […]