ATLAS
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | SELF
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Sometimes all you need is an Atlas to find your direction.
With a self-proclaimed sound that was “all over the map,” Pittsburgh’ Atlas took the time last year to do just that: find themselves. - The Swerve Magazine
Sometimes all you need is an Atlas to find your direction.
With a self-proclaimed sound that was “all over the map,” Pittsburgh’ Atlas took the time last year to do just that: find themselves. - The Swerve Magazine
They were dark days for Atlas, those months after former drummer Nick McCall left to move out west. The remaining members practiced to a drum machine; they tried out drummers from Craigslist, many of whom showed up wearing drum gloves. - Pittsburgh City Paper
They were dark days for Atlas, those months after former drummer Nick McCall left to move out west. The remaining members practiced to a drum machine; they tried out drummers from Craigslist, many of whom showed up wearing drum gloves. - Pittsburgh City Paper
There is just something entrancing about watching these guys dance around making a really deranged, carnival-sounding introduction to this song. - BurghSounds
There is just something entrancing about watching these guys dance around making a really deranged, carnival-sounding introduction to this song. - BurghSounds
Jon plays keyboards in The Chad Sipes Stereo. He has another band in Pittsburgh called ATLAS and he just sent me a tune called 'At The Water's Edge' from their debut EP, which arrives in October. Along with his buddy and fellow band member Mike, they were cool enough to participate in this, the finale of our week-long extravaganza known as First/Last. ........ - Hugh Shows
Jon plays keyboards in The Chad Sipes Stereo. He has another band in Pittsburgh called ATLAS and he just sent me a tune called 'At The Water's Edge' from their debut EP, which arrives in October. Along with his buddy and fellow band member Mike, they were cool enough to participate in this, the finale of our week-long extravaganza known as First/Last. ........ - Hugh Shows
Discography
'Shapes' EP release January 2013
'The Stone Room Recordings' 2012
'ATLAS' EP released October 2010
'At the Water's Edge' Single Released September 2010
'Lucky Soul' Music Video and Single Released October 2010
Available on iTunes at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/atlas-ep/id391432893
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Bio
Atlas founders, Jon Miller and Mike Slobodian, met while performing with another group called The Two Steps. The short-lived project left the two men to pick up the pieces of a musical venture that had been cast aside like iron scraps from Pittsburgh's coal-fired steel mills. Soon there after, they acquired drummer Nick McCall from the notable band The Saturn Five. Nick's innovative percussion gave the then two piece band a solid foundation to stand on. Acquiring bassist and front man Eric Emerson from Baltimore Maryland of the band “The Frauds”, completed the lineup. In the spring of 2011 the debut E.P. titled “Atlas” was released.
Throughout the next year the band toured up and down the East Coast and throughout the mid-west. In the summer of 2012, drummer Nick McCall left Atlas to move to the state of Washington. Atlas held a month of auditions to find a replacement for McCall. Scottish born Graeme Louden was finally settled upon as the permanent replacement for McCall and the group set out to write and record a new album.
Teaming up with Pittsburgh music producer J Vega in the fall of 2012, Atlas wrote and recorded their follow-up E.P. titled “Shapes" which was released to a sold out Brillobox crowd in January of 2013. In the weeks leading up to the release of Shapes, Atlas visited Clear Channel's iHeartRadio to do an on air performance to thousands of listeners. Atlas was also featured in few articles during January 2013 including one in Pittsburgh's #1 publication the City Paper as well as in the popular magazine Swerve. Asperity Music Group also nominated Atlas for 2012 best indie rock band in Pittsburgh for their 2012 Pittsburgh Rock Music Awards Ceremony. Atlas plans on touring in the spring/summer and will be constantly working to release new material and content in throughout the year.
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