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The New Maps

- Austin, TX Rock / Folk

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Members: Michael Hill, vocals/guitars/piano; Paul Grotevant, upright & electric bass/vocals; Jeff Olson, drumkit

Bio: The New Maps formed in 2011 in Austin, Texas with Michael Hill (Slobberbone, 12lb.Test) on vocals and guitars, Paul Grotevant on upright bass and vocals, and Jeff Olson on drumkit. After spending the last year playing shows around town, the band released its 11-song debut in early 2012. In additi... See Full Bio

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“Hill, whose own musical roots reach back to Denton, TX in the mid-90s as frontman for Marmalade, Mudville Nine, and 12lb. Test, formed The New Maps last spring with bassist Paul Grotevant (The 145s) and drummer Jeff Olson (Balmorhea), after the three played together one evening at the Hole In the Wall. In early January, they released their 11-track debut These Parts, featuring guest vocalist Kim Vance Baker doing some sweet harmonies with Hill. And in addition to their original material, The New Maps included a nod to Hill’s musical inspiration with their version of “Badlands,” a track from Springsteen’s fourth studio album Darkness on the Edge of Town.”

— Laurie Gallardo, The Austin Music Minute on KUT 90.5 FM

“When you want genuine music--music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like strychnine whisky, go right through you like Brandreth's pills, ramify your whole constitution like the measles, and break out on your hide like the pin-feather pimples on a picked goose,--when you want all this, just smash your piano, and invoke the glory-beaming banjo!”

— Mark Twain, San Francisco Dramatic Chronicle

“More thumbs up than I have thumbs for”

— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“And that’s the way it is. ”

— Walter Cronkite, CBS Evening News

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2012
May 22

Beale Street Tavern
Austin, TX, US | 8:00pm
Beale Street Tavern
Austin, TX, US
Tue May 22, 2012 8:00pm
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2012
May 5

Violet Crown Festival
Austin, TEXAS, US | 3:00pm
Violet Crown Festival
Austin, TEXAS, US
Sat May 05, 2012 3:00pm
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2012
Feb 2

Frontier Bar
Austin, TX, US | 8:00pm
Frontier Bar
Austin, TX, US
Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:00pm
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2011
Dec 3

Thunderbird Coffee
Austin, TX, US | 8:00pm
Thunderbird Coffee
Austin, TX, US
Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:00pm
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Beer, wine, food, kid-friendly, kick-ass.
2011
Oct 29

Private party
Austin, TX, US | 8:00pm
Private party
Austin, TX, US
Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:00pm
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Private party, Austin, Texas