Wedding Dress (ex-Maps & Atlases) prep new LP ft. mems of Karate, Chin Up Chin Up, more
Listen to lead single ”I Don't Know Love By Its Name” now.
Maps and Atlases
Braid’s Bob Nanna made a playlist of the soundtrack to his self-isolation schedule
Bob ran down what songs he listens to while ”working, reading, exercise, learning French, doing yoga, cooking, etc,” including Pedro the Lion, Destroyer, Bill Callahan, Maps & Atlases, and more...
tours announced: Coheed/Foxing, Vein, Drive By Truckers/Lucinda Williams, more
Plus: Preservation Jazz Hall Band, Suzanne Vega, The LOX, Robyn, Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, YG, The Interrupters, Delicate Steve, and more tour news.
Five Notable Releases of the Week (6/1)
This week's Notable Releases include the first Mazzy Star release in five years, Maps & Atlases' first in six, Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay's LUMP project, and more.
stream Maps & Atlases’ “Ringing Bell” from first album in 6 years
”I wrote a few lines of 'Ringing Bell' the day that my dad passed away. I wanted to express the strangeness of witnessing such a surreal transformation undertaken by someone so close to me, but I didn’t try to finish the song in that state, as I knew I didn’t yet have …
43 songs we like from April 2018 (that don’t say “poopity scoop”)
Our April playlist includes new tracks by Jenny Hval, Janelle Monae, Let's Eat Grandma, Sloan, Melody's Echo Chamber, Lord Huron, Sleep, Courtney Barnett, Deafheaven, and more.
Maps & Atlases announce new album & tour, share “Fall Apart”
It's the band's first album in six years, first since guitarist Erin Elders left to focus on Wedding Dress, and the most danceable music they've made yet.
Upstream Festival announces 2018 lineup (Jawbreaker, The Flaming Lips, Miguel)
The Seattle festival takes place from June 1-3 in the city's Pioneer Square.
Nnamdi Ogbonnaya makes avant-rap ft. members of Maps & Atlases, Joan of Arc, Algernon Cadw…
Chicago musician Nnamdi Ogbonnaya may be a familiar name to anyone who lives in Chicago or follows their music scene. He's a former member of My Dad, has ties to the Swerp Records collective, and also currently plays in The Para-Medics, Pisces at the Animal Fair, The Scooper Swag Project and Ne…
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...
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...