Spotlight: Milton Mapes

Look out Uncle Tupelo, here comes grandpa Milton Mapes.

"...in Dallas in 1999, Milton Mapes began as singer-songwriter Greg Vanderpool with a revolving cast of musicians. "Milton Mapes"..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Greg Vanderpool: Sub Raton..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...fast on a follow-up for this year. Doug Freeman Greg Vanderpool..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

TCB

Strong new albums from Milton Mapes and the Action Is, and the Eighties still won't go away.

"...Turn on the Black Lights Milton Mapes frontman Greg Vanderpool is a nice guy, soft-spoken, unassuming. His songs,..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...You (She's So Heavy)." (Red Eyed Fly, 8pm) -- Greg Beets..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Milton Mapes

Record Review

"...fluid configuration of musicians put together by Austin-based songwriter Greg Vanderpool and named in honor of Vanderpool's grandfather. Consisting..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

Greg Vanderpool

"...Greg Vanderpool perfects the sound of epic sparseness on Pilot...."

April 14, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Off the Record

Discovered, covered: Robert Plant reimagines Milton Mapes, Eric Johnson eulogizes Hendrix, and more nuggets from the Texas Punk Treasure Chest

"...about the whole thing," surmises former Milton Mapes singer Greg Vanderpool, not long after confirming the news with Buddy..."

June 25, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Milton Mapes

"...John Ford film, after which Milton Mapes' grandson -- Greg Vanderpool -- knocks 'em down one by one. Pulling..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Adam Torres’ Big Sky Americana

His panoramic view of the world transcends into his haunting falsetto

"...avant-garde Americana artists like Steve Gunn, William Tyler, and Greg Vanderpool locally, Torres creates vast geographical expanses musically, over..."

July 14, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Greg Vanderpool

"...of Americana, the solo debut from Milton Mapes/Monahans principal Greg Vanderpool cashes in gradual West Texas soundscapes for a..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Review by Greg Beets

Milton Mapes

"...lay scarred and rugged as the land." Chief songwriter Greg Vanderpool's frequent references to windswept deserts, lonesome sunsets, and..."

March 18, 2005 Music Review by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...their new full-length, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes. – Greg Beets..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...Tony Conrad helped pioneer minimalism in the Sixties through aggregations such as the Dream Syndicate and the Theatre of..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Thursday Picks

"...Endino-mixed sixth album, Pressure in the SODO (MuSick). – Greg Beets The Cowsills..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

David Ramirez

"...meaning. The lonesome, atmospheric Americana of Will Johnson or Greg Vanderpool still coats an album haunted by slightly scorched..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Overseas at Home

Indie all-stars debut at the Parish

"...melodic overtones providing an epic ebb and flow as Greg Vanderpool’s dust-raked vocals bridged the space between Bazan and..."

Aug. 5, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Monahans

"...threatening on the dark horizon as becalmed by frontman Greg Vanderpool's meditative vocals that finally burst into the racing..."

April 5, 2013 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Robert Plant

"...won't make a household name out of Milton Mapes' Greg Vanderpool anytime soon. The sole original, "Central Two-O-Nine," never..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"...lost by all the booty-shaking, thong-wearing, nasty, wouldn't-say-that-around-yo-mama songs. Greg Vanderpool (Monahans)..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Home for the holidays with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Schmillion, and Dax Riggs

"...holding out hope for a meaningful resolution," relays frontman Greg Vanderpool...."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Monahans

"...with the more immediate and ruminative burn of singer Greg Vanderpool's previous outfit, Milton Mapes, diffusing the crooked carnival..."

May 29, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

Video: Monahans “It's Enough To Leave You...”

Dimming the aurora

"...still a lot of space and some instrumentals,” frontman Greg Vanderpool says of the album, “but there’s definitely some..."

May 15, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Ben Kweller saddles up in Austin, Willie Nelson and company share one last night in the Backyard, and Bavu Blakes and others gear up for election night

"..."It's not just a history lesson," says the Monahans' Greg Vanderpool, whose follow-up to last year's Low Pining is..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

TCB

Austin steps up to help our New Orleans brothers and sisters the best way we know how: benefits, benefits, benefits

"...Moore, King Tears, the Golden Apples, Jade Day, and Greg Vanderpool of Milton Mapes play a fundraiser and collection..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

King Tears

"...Americana – Towers' James Stevens recorded the album; Mapes' Greg Vanderpool did the cover art – Rope's nine songs..."

May 13, 2005 Music Review by Christopher Gray