We featured Maps & Atlases back in 2008 when the Chicago group started turning heads with the You and Me and the Mountain EP . With an album set for launch in a few weeks (April 16), it's time to revisit their work and get in on their latest single, "Fever," which we're pretty thrilled about. The foursome of Shiraz Dada, David Davison, Erin Elders, and Chris Hainey provides a rhythm through the lyrics of Davison, yet the spiritualistic, experimental instruments get funky, folky and downright groovy. Don't expect heavy bass chords [...]
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Maps & Atlases Maps & Atlases have released "Fever" from their upcoming album, Beware & Be Grateful , out April 17, 2012. Listen to the track in this post. The band will be supporting their sophomore release with an International tour which will keep them on the road through June 2012. Complete tour dates below. Tour Dates 3/31 Bethelem, PA - NOWADAYS Festival 4/6 Lafayette, IN - Lafayette Theater 4/16 Bristol, UK - Cooler 4/17 London, UK - [...]
Maps & Atlases last album, Perch Patchwork , saw the Chicago quartet embrace their once-dormant pop sensibilities. Long touted for their mathematically-intricate musicianship, tracks like "Solid Ground" and "Israeli Caves" saw the band blend angular guitar and drum beats with gorgeous melodies. Today the Barsuk signees released "Fever," the first taste of their upcoming record, Beware & Be Grateful . The track continues down the same path as Perch Patchwork , replacing impressive bouts of finger-tapping with bright synths and a bouncy drumbeat. [...]
Beware & Be Grateful will see daylight shortly. Catch Maps & Atlases on their North American tour. Purchase Maps & Atlases items via Insound. MP3: Maps & Atlases - Fever
We all know how Metal Finland is - there's a whole blog dedicated to Metal From Finland , after all - but now there is statistical evidence that Finland is more metal than any other country on this planet. Finland is definitely the deepest shade of red. Norway is still an orangey-red. Sweden and Iceland are the next and they're both orange. The Nordic countries really are metal. Well done, Nordic countries. (Apart from Denmark, you not-so-metal country, you). [This map [...]
El día de hoy la cantante Macy Gray está de estreno con su nuevo álbum Covered . Como el nombre lo indica, este nuevo material está lleno, pues, de covers. Algunos temas bastante inesperados son reinterpretados por Macy Gray en soul y R&B, por ejemplo: "Nothing Else Matters" de Metallica, "Maps" de los Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Wake Up" de Arcade Fire y el tema más amado/odiado de Radiohead, "Creep" entre muchos más. A algunos les parecerá buena idea eso de hacer [...]
In 1995, legendary Batman artist Dick Sprang created a large format (27″ by 35″) lithograph, "The Secrets of the Batcave". This numbered print was sold by Gotham Graphics and limited to only 500 copies, and is an incredibly detailed depiction of the Batcave and its many secrets. Long out of print, the poster features a detailed map of Batman's base of operations. Batman, Robin and Alfred are pictured in lower right corner overlooking the cave and the most prominent members of the Dark Knight's rouge's gallery from the 1940′s and 1950′s are prominently featured. Click on [...]
What would it look like if modern mapping technology still relied on a handrawn look? Stamen Design overlaid watercolor textures on OpenStreetMap map tiles and the effect does indeed add "warm pop" to the maps. The Watercolor mapping project was inspired by the Bicycle Portraits project . It's fun to peak at various cities. Though at the moment the site is acting a bit wonky. Above is Portland, Ore. [via waxy ]
For those of you who don't know about MAP, it's a collection of music blogs from around the world who band together once a month to shed light on up-and-comers from their home countries. It's sort of like the WTO without the human rights violations. This month we've welcomed a representative from Canada, Quick Before It Melts . For the third MAP of 2012, we're excited to share one of the year's best track from a new favorite: Hundred Waters. UNITED STATES : I Guess I'm [...]
El Music Alliance Pact es una comunidad con sede en 38 países y tienen como finalidad dar a conocer sus sonidos al resto del mundo, esta gran labor viene proponiendo alternativas musicales desde hace más de 3 años y SoTB es parte de ella. Es 16, sí, ha habido un retraso y voy a castigarme por ello. A disfrutar! Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 38-track compilation here [...]
Earlier this Year, I was contacted by Matthew Pollesel, the man behind long-running Canadian music blog i(heart)music . Matt had decided to give blogging a rest, and in doing so was looking for someone to take over the Canadian leg of the Music Alliance Pact (MAP), a monthly jaunt around the musical globe featuring contributions from bloggers all over the world, who put together a collective post featuring their favourite new music from home. I was honoured to be asked, and proud to join the MAP ranks. Today's marks my initial contribution, and MAP's debut outing on Quick Before [...]
SINGAPORE : I'm Waking Up To... Shelves - Star Alright The much-anticipated debut album by Shelves was released this month on both vinyl and digital , resurrecting not just the choicest cuts of Britpop and college rock, but the very essence of the 90s Singapore scene. Yet the record sounds anything but dated, with its clever balance of crisp melodies and generous distortion pointing the way forward for indie rock today. That vision [...]
Photo by Lucia Holm Photography Today's song is "Maps" by The Front Bottoms . The NJ duo is comprised of Brian Sella (vocals, guitars) and Mathew Uychich (drums, bullhorn). These guys have a distinct and lovable sound fusing punk, acoustic, and catchy as hell rhythms along with hilarious lyrics. ESBMusic recently caught the band's performance at the Press House in Asbury and were really blown away. The band will be playing a few shows at SXSW this month, be sure to check them out. Listen below and for more information on The Front Bottoms check out [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Diarrhea Planet : "Warm Ridin'" [mp3] from Loose Jewels search for more Diarrhea Planet posts at Largehearted Boy Mairi Morrison and Alasdair Roberts : "Mìle Marbhphaisg air a' [...]
Maps & Atlases have a new album called 'Beware and Be Grateful' coming out on April 17th, and they have announced a run of tour dates in support of the new release. Check them out below as well as the first track from the album called "Winter". Maps & Atlases On Tour: 3/8 Bloomington, IN - The Bishop 3/9 Nashville, TN - The Mercy 3/10 New Orleans, LA - Foburg Festival 3/14 - 3/17 Austin, TX - SXSW 2012 3/18 Dallas, TX - Bro Fest 3/19 Hot Springs, AR - Valley [...]
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A firm favourite in the SKoA camp has just announced a spring tour to coincide with the release of their new album Beware and Be Grateful which has been given a release date of the 17th of April on Barsuk. Maps & Atlases kicks off in their hometown with a show at the Metro in Chicago on the 11th of May before continuing on through to June 19th at Amsterdam Hall in St. Paul. The Chicago boys will also hit up SXSW next month with a brief European tour around the SX dates. Peep their full [...]
Barsuk Records is excited to announce that Maps & Atlases will embark on a headlining tour this spring, in support of their upcoming full-length Beware and Be Grateful, out April 17th. The tour kicks off in their hometown, with a May 11th show at the Metro in Chicago, and wraps up on June 19th at Amsterdam Hall in St. Paul. Before this tour, they will head to South By Southwest in Austin, with a brief tour surrounding those dates, followed ...
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