
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:
- A positive MC's powerful debut.
- Luis Dubic's the life of the party.
- Waggle your Wii-Wii
- Renowned artist and ex-AmRep boss bust explosive multimedia moves.
- Straight outta Edmonton.
- Art-blues legends happily tear us a new one.
- The Mars Volta's brain trust once more flies solo in pursuit of a muse.
- Ladies and gentlemen, this is Straylight Run.
- Out of the alley, yet exiled from Main Street.
- Almost as good as Act I.
- The killer in me bemoans the crappy band in you.
- Panic in the streets of London - at the disco.
- The dude who wrote Carrie totally lied.
- Ah, to be young again...
- Good Christian boys struggle to find themselves.
- If you lived in Palm Desert and were capable of sonic demolition, you'd be Homme by now.
- P-Tree think Pink (Floyd) on this Blank Generation epic.
- Proto-punk's not dead.
- Speed kills.
- Will open for anyone.
- On brick (of weed) at a time.
- Post-hardcore survivalists stay consistent.
- Something tells us it's not posi-core.
- Attack, explain, release.
- Maybe not perfect, but definitely murderous.
- The thaw from instrumetal's long winter.
- Sometimes you need a tear in your beer.
- Online and in tune.
- Indie rockers embrace pop, Italians.
- Brooklyn's anti-hipster contingent strike back.
- Spiritual piano-rock with a dose of old-school sass.
- A grand place to visit.
- Frolic away your sunny days.
- These Birds don't bogart the jams.
- Extra texture.
- Plenty to brag about.
- Post-punk's Talladega Nights. Or something.
- Punk potluck.
- There's still some thunder left Down Under.
- Raise a pint and sing along.
- The punk album to beat this year?
- Why pop-punk doesn't have to suck.
- The French make everything wussier.
- 100 percent gimmmick-free.
- More yowlin' rock from ex-psychobillies.
- The skank remains the same.
- Not quite ready for the majors.
In AP&R:
- Zykos
- The Widow Jenkins
- White Hot Knife
- There For Tomorrow
- My Favorite Highway
- Medicated Kisses
- Eyes Set To Kill
In LOW PROFILES:
- Weatherbox
- Fightstar
- The Confession
- The Automatic Automatic
- Au Revoir Simone
- Sound The Alarm
- New Years Day
In ASK THAT GUY:
- Magazine
- EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER found the thin line between talent and taste and erected a 100-acre estate on top of it.
In FEATURES:
- The Used: You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
- Straylight Run: Existentialist Pop
- The Chariot: Sweet Serenity (With A Side Of Turbulence)
- Amber Pacific: Fan Boys






























