Solid ground from Maps & Atlases… Hovering somewhere in amongst the Deerhoof‘s and the Band Of Horseses of the world, Chicago act Maps & Atlases (previously) are a band for you if you’re into solid songwriting and bouncy indie percussion, even both at the same time. Both of them at the same time admittedly isn’t that hard a thing to accomplish, ...

People keep calling these guys a math rock band, but the connection between the genre label and their actual sound is tenuous, at best. The confusion is easy to understand though, there is a complexity throughout the tunes, and the arrangements are both delicate and compelling, there’s notes of neo-folk and psych, as well as being at times a little experimental, but at t...