
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:
- Mentalist laptop marauder calms down, gets festive and funky.
- Dr. Huxtable might not approve, but this is some happy, horny hip-hop.
- An MC’s long, slow trip out of Hades.
- Black are back with a reminder of what’s right about rap.
- What, you thought it would sound like Errortype: 11?
- This screamo is about as innovative as Jell-O.
- Third album of ambitious, morose pop from Saddle Creek’s black sheep.
- A great way to say... good-bye?
- This Lake shimmers but lacks depth.
- This Ark preserves a perfect pair.
- Scumbag rock, Lemmy’s warts and all.
- We blame home-schooling.
- From the basement to an arena near you?
- Seattle indie darlings defy even themselves on their masterpiece.
- A forward-thinking blast from the past.
- In a perfect world, Green Day would be opening for them in stadiums.
In AP&R:
In LOW PROFILES:
In ASK THAT GUY:
- How many teenage girls does it take to prefigure riot grrrl and krishnacore? I dunno, ask X-RAY SPEX.
- Was there ever time when a band could be really popular and still be cool? Whaddaya mean you never heard of Marc Bolan and T. Rex?
In FEATURES:
- Criteria: Always The Basement, Never The Bride
- Against Me!: The Road To Sandinista!
- Fall Out Boy: Cleanliness, Godliness And The Sad Truth In-Between
- OK Go: The Perfect Disaster






























