Playlists
PLAYLIST: XS Noize May 2019
The new monthly XS Noize playlists on Spotify bring together the most essential new music of the last month that has been featured on the site. The May 2019 edition features tracks from Noel Gallagher’s […]
Maps
Interviews
INTERVIEW: James Chapman of Maps discusses new album, ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss’
Mercury-nominated Northampton composer/producer Maps is set to release his fourth album ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.’ on the 10th May 2019 through Mute. ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.’ is a career-defining, ambitious album that sees the bedroom […]
Album Reviews
ALBUM REVIEW: Maps – ‘Colour. Reflect. Time. Loss’
Mercury-nominated Northampton composer/producer Maps (James Chapman) releases his highly-anticipated fourth album ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.’ on the 10th May 2019 through Mute – it is his first album since 2014’s self-cathartic “Vicissitude”. Three years in […]
Gigs
Mercury-nominated UK composer/producer MAPS shares ‘Surveil’ ahead of album release – Listen Now
Mercury-nominated UK composer/producer Maps shares the last in his series of tracks, ‘Surveil’, before the release of anticipated new album ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss’ on 10th May 2019 through Mute. Maps will be making a […]
Gigs
Mercury-nominated UK composer/producer MAPS shares an inspired new version of ‘Both Sides’ – Listen Now
Mercury-nominated UK composer/producer Maps shares an inspired new version of ‘Both Sides’ from his anticipated fourth album ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.’ to be released on the 10th May 2019 through Mute. Maps has reworked tracks […]
Gigs
MAPS shares new track ‘BOTH SIDES’ & announces live dates – Listen Now
Mercury-nominated UK composer/producer Maps shares new track ‘Both Sides’, taken from his anticipated fourth album ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.’ to be released on the 10th May 2019 through Mute. Watch the video of ‘Both Sides’ […]
Gigs
MAPS announces fourth album ‘COLOURS. REFLECT. TIME. LOSS’ – Listen to track
Mercury-nominated Northampton composer/producer Maps is set to release his fourth album ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.’ on the 10th May 2019 through Mute and today shares a new track from the album – ‘Just Reflecting’. ‘Colours. […]
Features
Polly Scattergood Celebrates 10 Years with Mute with – The Zehn Mixtape (Mixed by Maps) Listen Now!
Electrically charged, Colchester born singer-songwriter, Polly Scattergood is celebrating a special birthday. It’s been ten years since the release of her first single under the Mute record label – “Nitrogen Pink” which was released on September […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: ON DEAD WAVES – chat about their forthcoming album
If you haven’t heard of onDeadWaves before, you may already know the band. One is James Chapman, better known as Maps, whose critically acclaimed debut “We Can Create” was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, […]
