Massive music new outfit Billboard.com throws a single mention for Maps & Atlases, but a decent one at that, in an article titled Spoon, Allen, the Pipettes Usher In SXSW:
Chicago’s Maps & Atlases injected its angular indie rock with a compelling dose of prog rock…
Not very deep, but positive nonetheless. Let’s hope for some […]
Maps & Atlases played their first of 4 shows at SXSW on March 14th, kicking off Sub-Pop Records’ Stage at Emo’s Lounge IV. Maps & Atlases was the only band not actually signed by Sub-Pop, causing some critics and reviewers to ponder why they were there… At this point, we’re assuming it’s because […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]