Boards
so i saw maps and atlases last night.
they were very good. set was roughly half and half stuff from trees swallows houses and stuff from you + me + mountain. they aren't particularly animated on stage, but the guitar skills of the guy playing lead (he had a sunn amp!) were pretty impressive to watch. lots of hand clapping too. they like to clap hands and encourage the audience to join in, which was kinda odd i guess. but fun. in terms of performance, they were pretty note perfect; singing was spot on, instrumentally there were one or two bits where they seemed to fall out of time, but mostly were very together.
so basically, they are good live. it will be exciting when they play in the uk.
also, rx bandits fans are idiots.