
Since its debut as a photocopied fanzine handed out at a punk show in 1985, AP has been the publication where the honest word, the correct word, the authoritative word has been spoken on new music and youth culture.

Features, articles, and more from this issue:
In REVIEWS:
- This City’s nightlife is worth scoping out.
- A truly magnificent sophomore effort? Guilty as charged.
- Prog rock for the anarcho-punk in your life.
- These things equal successes.
- Rock this milquetoast deserves reprimand, not surrender.
- Powerful shoegazing? Yeah, we’re shocked, too.
- Maybe Kate should’ve sung.
- No hipsters allowed.
- Straight outta Gainesville.
- Patron CD of discontent.
- Reinventing Joe Strummer.
- Cheap? Maybe. Mute? More likely.
- ’90s garage-punk spirit is alive and well.
- Fat Wreck Chords must be on hold for now.
- Cannibalism and other less comfortable topics.
- Girl Talk protégé goes through familiar, if pleasurable, motions.
- anticon. icon shows he’s older and (dub)wiser.
- Ask yourself: Who’s the Mac?
- Def Jux’s clown princes have a leg up on some serious fun.
- Canada’s great white hip-hop hope fails to disappoint.
- No war on Terror here.
- Crush/destroy.
- Inching toward originality.
- Those diagnosed with ADD need not listen.
- Shout at the devil.
- The shape of hardcore to come.
- Louisville bruisers annihilate everything in their wake.
- This blood runs cold.
- More like striking gold.
- Not really a choir. Or gospel.
- Sweet enough for a toothache.
- All grown up.
- Put on your dancing shoes.
- Silkworm’s remaining members continue their tradition of greatness.
- Pop music for robots and the people who love them.
- World, meet the best folk singer of the 21st century.
- Electronic wiz Scott Herren re-invents the wheels of steel.
- Red-state rock for metalheads.
- The song remains the same-for about an hour straight.
- And succeeding at almost none of them.
- Sophomore effort from third-wave flag-wavers is hardly sophomoric.
- Solo doesn’t necessarily mean stripped down.
- The catchiest record about crippling depression you’ll hear all year.
- A surprisingly unified effort from an indie who’s who.
- Math-metal’s kings prove their crown shines even brighter after battle.
In AP&R:
- Which Way Is Home
- Search/Rescue
- Say It Twice
- Lighten Up!
- Fate Of Angels
- Another Day Late
- Amplexus
- Actionier
In LOW PROFILES:
- Drop Dead, Gorgeous
- Crime In Stereo
- Farewell
- The Subtle Way
- The Secret Handshake
- John Ralson
- Four Year Strong
In ASK THAT GUY:
In FEATURES:
- The Weakerthans: Poetic Justice
- The Starting Line: Stay What You Are
- The Rocket Summer: So This Is How It Feels
- Dashboard Confessional: The Good Fight
- The Black Dahlia Murder: Metal Is Not Pretty
- Armor For Sleep: The Whole World's Insane
































