Music | Live Review
Zaineb Al Hassani: Northampton duo Maps (ostensibly helmed by James Chapman) certainly have a solid fan base, if tonight's worship-like stance by the audience's front ro...
Records | Album Review
Nick Mitchell: On Maps’ Mercury nominated debut album, bedroom recording prodigy James Chapman sounded like an especially blissed-out shoegazer (if such a para...
Laura Paterson: Tonight, appearances and band names are deceptive. Zoey Van Goey aren't the pretentious underachievers their name may suggest. The Glasgow-based, inte...
Music | Feature | New Blood
Gareth K Vile: It could be the consequences of a night out in Glasgow, but James Chapman is difficult to interview. He isn't surly, or rock-star arrogant - indeed, h...
Gareth K Vile: A heady mixture of My Bloody Valentine influenced noise, old-fashioned folk songwriting and electronic experimentation; Maps ought to be a studio crea...
Jay Shukla: Touching down amid a climate of sizeable anticipation, Maps' (aka bedroom producer James Chapman) debut album proves to be something of a disappointme...