
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:
- In-Store Session: Texas doom merchants head further into the void on album No. 2
- In-Store Session: This year’s model is a densely textured dream
- In-Store Session: Karate frontman goes singer/songwriter in the hills of Italy
- In Store Session: Slug’s stories squeeze gold from other people’s lemons--not just his own
- In-Store Session: Discontent rarely sounds so good
- No Moore, much less
- Ska meets Studio 54
- Straight outta Gothenburg with a tomb and a tune
- ...Hello, cabaret
- Twisty indie rock for mathematicians and rockers alike
- NorCal punk lifers get a second wind entering their third decade
- Odes of old
- The throwback hair-metal version of Hanson, except no fun
- Metaphysics for beginners: Part II
- Choose your own
- They're No Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
- Unabashedly Midwestern, undeniably good
- The breakdown before the breakup
- Upstart Mississippians plunder from the best
- Taking a hard line
- Get Better by listening to this record
- Definitely bad, definitely religious. Definitely not Bad Religion
- Midwestern unsung heroes successfully reclaim the emo-punk throne
- Garage party, everyone’s invited
- Avoid like...
- Please hang up and try again
- The Mars Volta’s guitarist lets off some electronic steam
- Cheek-pinching electro-emo
- The shared space in the hardcore/hip-hop/drum & bass Venn Diagram
- Damn straight
- Indie-dance hybrid Get Ready
- A metal mixture cleverly calculated to offend
- Bay-area thrash lives
- Sounds of hate from the City of Brotherly Love
- Total fucking necro
- Our robot overlords return bearing gifts
- Like Nelly Furtado and Timbaland, only artier
- Organized chaos
- Scythe-wielding shredfest
- Twin City Terror!
- Shoegaze for surrendering
- Omaha’s best-kept secret finally get a chance to shine
- Decemberists! Unplugged
- Beard-rock from beyond: It’s what’s for dinner
- They’ve got 1966 in their bones
- Folkie flies freak flag high
In AP&R:
- Your Sweet Uncertainty
- Triumph And Parade
- Queen City Station
- The Moment
- Mercy Mercedes
- Burning Tree Project
- Brighten
- Brave Citizens
In LOW PROFILES:
- What Made Milwaukee Famous
- Ruiner
- O Pioneers!!!
- Broadway Calls
- Your Vegas
- Polar Bear Club
- Tokoyo Police Club
In ASK THAT GUY:
In TEN ESSENTIAL:
In SCREENING:
- Behind The Seen: Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg
- Close-Up: Jim Sturgess
- Also Starring: Annasophia Robb
































