Maps & Atlases, Gypsyblood, Wess Meets West April 17, 2011

7:30pm - All Ages - $12
Maps & Atlases
The members of Maps & Atlases met in 2004, while attending art school. The bands unique style melds the technicality of progressive music and the idiosyncrasies of Art Rock into a fascinating and oddly accessible sound all their own. Known for their virtuosic musical ability, Maps & Atlases write pop songs with a magnificent aptitude for texture and a distinctive blend of both the intricate and organic. While 2007's Tree, Swallows, Houses showcases the bands more technical side, their latest offering You And Me And The Mountain, presents more earthly and digestible songs that has earned comparisons to TV On The Radio, Deerhoof, CAN, and even Prince.

..."One Of The Most Interesting New Bands Around" – NME

"engendering feverish levels of dedication from musicians and music fans alike through their technically flawless and dazzlingly relayed [releases]."
– Drowned in Sound
Sargent House
Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/mapsandatlases

Gypsyblood
When your drummer walks off stage after the last song of the night and decides that hitchhiking home is better than another night in the van with the rest of you, it kind of sounds like that’s the end of your band. That’s exactly what happened when Kyle Victor left Adam James and the rest of Karma With A K angry and percussion-less a few years back. Well, you know what they say — time heals all wounds. Victor and James have now reunited under the moniker Gypsyblood, and we’ve got your first listen of a track from their upcoming debut, Cold in the Guestway.

As the bad-blood has cleared, so has their sound as a unit. The fuzzy, erratic nature of Karma With A K is still there, but it’s tighter and clearer now. There’s a distinct lean towards the recent surf-rock resurgence, mixed in with what their bio refers to as “a strange amalgam of Pavement’s early hazy-pop singles, The Jesus and The Mary Chain, and early Guided by Voices.” [sic] This particular track, “My R.K.O. is M.I.A.,” feels like so many bouncy balls let loose in a small room: spastic and hard to catch a hold of, but encompassing all kinds of giddy enjoyment. Background ‘ba-ba-ba’s that could have conceivably been provided by Muppets only add to the clamorous, rocking pop sound of this amazingly swift, nigh four-minute track. - Consequence of Sound
Sargent House
Mp3s: http://gypsyblood.bandcamp.com

Wess Meets West
Wess Meets West, who offer all the orchestration of Explosions in the Sky...The music goes beyond anthemic -- it soars, it crescendos, it breaks the wall of sound. When they interacted with one another onstage, it was to recharge themselves for the next onslaught"-www.ctindie.com
Mp3s: http://wessmeetswest.bandcamp.com

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