Maps and Atlases
Weatherbox drop off Finch/Maps & Atlases tour due to mental health issues
Weatherbox at Saint Vitus in July (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Earlier this year, Weatherbox had to drop off their tour with Dikembe (after hitting NYC) due to frontman/main member Brian Warren’s mental health iss…
Weatherbox playing Bottom Lounge on tour w/ Finch
Weatherbox @ Saint Vitus in July (more by Amanda Hatfield)
In expert pairings, Chicago staples Maps & Atlases and San Diego-based project Weatherbox will be embarking on a fall North American tour together…
Maps & Atlases and Weatherbox touring with Finch (dates)
Weatherbox at Saint Vitus in July (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Maps & Atlases and Weatherbox are hitting the road together this fall, which is a pretty great pairing — both bands’ recent output has a knack for quirky indie pop hooks and math rock tendencies…
Wedding Dress (mems Maps & Atlases, Joan of Arc) planning LP, made a video (watch), touring (dates)
Wedding Dress in Chicago in April (more by Zach Pollack)
Wedding Dress is the new-ish band of Maps & Atlases member Erin Elders and Joan of Arc member Bobby Burg, plus Mike Russell and Matt Lemke (both of Suns)…
Millennium Park's 'Downtown Sound' 2014: Bob Mould, My Brightest Diamond, Maps & Atlases, Russian Circles, more
Pritzker Pavilion lawn (more by Zach Pollack)
You’ve already seen the lineup for Millennium Park‘s 2014 Loops & Variations series (Thursday evenings from May 29 – June 3), and their Monday evening Downtown Sound series at the Jay Prizker Pavilion has now been announced…
Riot Fest Chicago 2013 day 3 pics (The Replacements, Rocket from the Crypt, Quicksand, Touche Amore, Peter Hook & more)
We’ve already posted day 1 pics (part 1), day 1 pics (part 2), day 2 pics (part 1), day 2 pics (part 2), and day 3 pics (part 1) of Riot Fest Chicago…
Riot Fest Chicago day 3 in pics (The Replacements, Pixies, Best Coast, Against Me!, Suicidal Tendencies & more)
For a band that thrived on an anything-goes approach to performing, the Riot Fest show ran with relative precision, with barely a pause between songs…
Barsuk Records 15th Anniversary Lineup + Cymbals Eat Guitars tour dates
Seattle label Barsuk began its life as a way for This Busy Monster to put out their 7″ singles, but began in earnest in 1998 with the release of Death Cab for Cutie‘s Something About Airplanes…
Wedding Dress (members of Maps and Atlases & Joan of Arc) playing Subterranean tonight; listen to some songs
Wedding Dress is the project of Erin Elders (Maps and Atlases), Mike Russell and Matt Lemke (both of Suns), and Bobby Burg (Joan of Arc). Elders fronts the outfit, and they craft the same kind of shimmery indie rock that Maps do, but are less math-y…
A guide to New Year's Eve shows and parties in Chicago
We’ve been talking New Year’s Eve for quite some time, and since the world didn’t end last week, all the great shows and parties we told you about are still happening…
