Oceans Never Listen, a blogger from Australia, reviews the Maps & Atlases EP in a great review titled Maps & Atlases. From the review:
Maps and Atlases are from Chicago and they play music that sounds quite unique. It has a restless energy that never sits still in the one place. Frenetic, jittery, impetuous, diverse […]
If you haven’t checked out Maps & Atlases new website, go take a peek now. It’s a very cool artistic impression that is similar to Maps & Atlases merchandise and threads. For our second contest giveaway, we’re printing a one-of-a-kind canvas print of the website in high resolution. These custom canvas prints […]
Our contest winner for our first & Atlases contest is announced — e-mail subscriber apostcardhome. We’ve sent an e-mail to the winner and they have 30 days to collect. If you’re not aware, we give away a custom (and usually expensive) prize to a random e-mail subscriber. You can see details from […]
Maps & Atlases makes it on another podcast radio show from Boombox Bliss, this time on Episode 5. This episode is focused on Cathy Pellow, head of Refused.TV and manager of Maps & Atlases. Pellow also manages such upcoming bands as These Arms are Snakes, Russian Circles, RX Bandits and Days Away. […]
UK Blogger funfunfun types an article titled No Need for a Compass, got Maps and Atlases. They write:
I get lost in Maps And Atlases. Their take on progessive indie has so many routes and paths to follow that my mind just boogles at the prospect of trying to find the end of a song […]
Sleep Goblin covers a review of the Detholz show in Madison that had Maps & Atlases as one of the opening bands. The article it titled I ♥ Detholz! and Sleep Goblin says:
A band called Maps & Atlases opened for them. KT1 described them as “math rock”, and I described them as “awesome”. […]
Music For Kids who can’t Read Good covers a short but sweet Maps & Atlases review in an article titled Maps & Atlases. Their review, posted after the Metro Deerhoof show, states:
Maps & Atlases are a progressive-indie band from Chicago that have been creating some local buzz due to their well-received first EP and […]
The SXSW 2007 Festival has listed Maps & Atlases on their most recent band line-up page. Maps & Atlases are one of quite a few Chicago bands, including Bible of the Devil, Andrew Bird, Brighton MA, Nick Butcher, Catfish Haven, The Changes, Chin Up Chin Up, Dolly Varden, Dreamend, Flosstradamus, Kid Sister, Kidz in […]
Some Velvet Blog writes an article titled Which Way To The Starship, Man?, covering a quick Maps & Atlases review:
Chicago’s Maps & Atlases remind me of some spazzed out version of Pere Ubu, Primus, Yes, The Minutemen and Ornette Coleman. Nice, huh? The Chicago Tribune say they “chart art-rock’s risky terrain.” To which frontman Dave […]