Cursive, At The Drive In, The Faint, Refused,Desaparecidos, DFA1979, Les Savy Fav, Q and not U, Fugazi
Some of the bands we've played with:
Alkaline Trio Reggie and the full Effect Thrice The Bravery Say Anything These Arms Are Snakes The Album Leaf Minus The Bear Engine Down Har Mar Superstar Planes Mistaken For Stars Vaux Russian Circles Thunderbirds are Now! Appleseed Cast Unwritten Law The Thermals Portugal The Man The Stilleto Formal Circa Survive Young Love The Mooney Suzuki As Cities Burn Paulson Straylight Run Helio Sequence The Von Bondies Motion City Soundtrack Scary Kids Scaring Kids Local H and many other amazing bands....
The Photo Atlas are the young Einsteins of the cacophonous dance party. Their dynamic post-punk tinged dance jams brings any audience their feet. The group’s music blends the angularity and drive of Fugazi, the gut-punch of At The Drive-In and the infectiousness of Bloc Party all into one explosive little package. Hard to believe the act is rooted in Denver, CO, far removed from the hip burgeoning scenes of the more familiar musical Meccas.
The Photo Atlas came together only four years ago, self-releasing the Ways You Once Thought Were A Short Cut EP in the winter of 2003. Their adrenaline packed live shows seduced the ears, eyes and imagination of local Denver club owners. It didn’t take long before the group caught the instant attention of Morning After Records, who released the original version of the act’s first full length, No, Not Me, Never, in 2004. Over the course of the next year, the band toured across the US, including an opportunity to showcase before music industry executives at the reputable SXSW festival in Austin, TX. It was there where Stolen Transmission Records (based in New York) immediately fell in love with their distinct sound, inked a deal with the band and welcomed The Photo Atlas to their roster in 2006. Stolen Transmission re-released No, Not Me, Never with three additional songs, in early 2007.
Since then, The Photo Atlas continues to prove their diligence through music. Their highly acclaimed No, Not Me, Never continues to receive rave reviews and has saturated the college radio market. They have been touring relentlessly, playing packed clubs to high profile music festivals all across the country. Currently, they’re in the preliminary writing stages for their next release, sure to outdo anything they’ve done before. The Photo Atlas has made it their mission to get their music heard worldwide, proving to all that if the music isn’t fun, what’s the point?
!!!NEWS!!!
June 27th
Hello everybody, the summer of denver festivals continues....this Sunday we're playing the vans warped tour.It should be pretty badass. we're playing on the kevin says stage be sure to catch us. Last year we did a handfull of shows on the warped tour it was intense to say the least, this year we're working on a new album at the time so we're just doing the one show. Sorry to our hometown friends that we're doing these expensive festivals. If it's in your means be sure to come out. And when our new album is done we'll be back to our affordable shows.
The two weeks on the road with local h was sweet. Really cool guys, not to mention that they were headed up into canada so they had to give us all they're booze. thank you makers mark and thank you local h. It was kind of a different tour for us because most of the shows we're 21+ bar shows. they definately had a different crowd than we're used to but they actually liked us. plus our good friend hector was on the road with us and in my opinion he's the funniest man alive. It was a great trip.
So hope to see everyone @ warped tour Sunday. after that we'll be back to the west side ghetto (our house) writing and demo'ing new songs, everyday. take care.
-Alan
TPA
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"one of twenty-two underground bands that likely won't stay underground for long."
Alternative Press
"The Photo Atlas sports an aggressive indie punk sound... a frenetic Brit rock dance punk amalgam, a blazing cross between Fugazi and Gang of Four." - Amplifier
"No, Not Me, Never is like asking for a large pack of angular riffs with a super-sized side of dance beats." - Pastepunk
"No, Not Me, Never is by far one of the year’s finest discs... The effect is seismic on the dance floor." - Westword
"Sharp-edged post-punk a la Franz Ferdinand and The Rapture is at its most vulnerable in the Photo Atlas." - ABC News
"sounds like the love child of Ima Robot and The Used. No, Not Me, Never is fused frazzled guitars."-Spin.com
you guys played an awesome show at warped!!!! i was so happy to finally get to see a live show! i could never make it to any of your others and i was really sad about it. but it was totally worth the wait!!
you guys are stellar. check out one of our tunes, por favor? it'd mean much coming from ya!
btw, i had alan and devon sign my shoes at 2 shows at the varsity theatre like a million yrs ago. and i promised you guys a demo of my band... oh well. i also complained via myspace when devon left the band and alan gave me a good explanation of the whole thing... but i like the new guy just fine.
hey, i dont mean to bother you, but i wrote a new blog last week, and if you could go read, it would mean a lot to me. If not, I understand. Thank you either way
The ROBOTS FROM MARS have a new song, “Spaceship Earth”
“Better plug your ears so that your brains don’t leak out…” Johnny Air Guitar.
Visit their My Space page to experience the #1 song from the Red Planet. The reviews have begun to come in:
“Spaceship Earth is destined to become the worst song of all time!” The Psychic News Network
“Spaceship Earth sounds like it was played by a bunch of drunken robots…” The Snob Blog & Militia
“Can’t wait to jam with the Robots From Mars!” Bill Clinton
“Yuck Yuck…The Robots From Mars sound like Devo on uppers…” George W.
“The Robots From Mars are incredibly boring in a heavy handed low brow sort of way.” Dick Cheney
“Spaceship Earth will take you to a place that you don’t want to go!” Barak Obama
“Just like some Democrats we know,” John McCain
“If you are really really BUZZED and you squint really really hard, the Robots From Mars don’t SOUND half bad,” Bender, “And it shouldn’t matter that they paid me to say that… I still get to keep the money, right?”
I will call 93.3 and ask them why the hell you guy's aren't on there 'cause you rock harder than most the bands on there and have different and rad music.
