CONTRIBUTORS
Rachel Lux
Position: Managing Editor
HQ: Cleveland, OH
Aside from keeping the editorial department on track with deadlines and schedules, I work with our contributing editors on the DIY and Style sections, line up film coverage for the website and provide editorial for just about every issue, including the cover stories for AP 237.2 (the Matches), AP 244 (Forever The Sickest Kids), AP 256.1 (the Academy Is…), AP 261.1 (the Cab), AP 266 (Something Corporate) and AP 270 (All Time Low). My most embarrassing work moment happened when I talked to Conor Oberst for our Most Anticipated Albums of 2007 issue. It was one of my first interviews for AP, I had to talk to him on a Saturday night, and the Husker football team had just lost to Texas by two points. Conor was supposed to be in Los Angeles, but it turned out he was actually in Omaha, Nebraska. I got a little too excited at this news, and enthusiastically asked him if he’d spent the day watching the Huskers game. He had not.
FIVE ALBUMS THAT ARE ALWAYS LOADED ON MY iPOD
- Wilco - Summerteeth
- Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning/Digital Ash In A Digital Urn
- Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
- Nada Surf - Let Go
- The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
Recent Contributor Blogs:
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First(ish) Listen: Stars’ “The Five Ghosts”
- August 25 2010
Okay, clearly, Stars have been around way too long (and I'm too into Canadian indie pop bands such as Broken Social Scene and Arcade Fire) for this to be a…
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First(ish) Listen: The Tallest Man On Earth
- August 18 2010
I have been totally digging Sweden's own version of Bob Dylan for the past six months or so. Kristian Mattson (aka the Tallest Man On Earth) is one of those…
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DIY: Film Edition ft. Nik Fackler’s “Lovely, Still”
- August 11 2010
In AP, we've told countless stories about bands who have built their careers from scratch, working hard, never giving up and eventually realizing their…
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First(ish) Listen: Mumford & Sons
- August 04 2010
Okay, so, in interest of full-disclosure, this particular blog entry should really be titled “46th(ish) Listen” or something more along those lines. Let’s be…
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If You C Jordan: 10 Years Later With Something Corporate’s Andrew McMahon
- July 28 2010
In June, I was fortunate enough to travel to Los Angeles and Orange County to interview Something Corporate for AP's next cover story. While chatting with…
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First(ish) Listen: Neon Trees
- July 21 2010
So, you know how there's those bands that you keep hearing you should listen to, but for whatever reason, they just never seem to work their way out of the…
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First(ish) Listen: Sleigh Bells
- July 14 2010
So you know how some things that shouldn’t go together totally do? Like chocolate and bacon. And ice cream and bacon. And, well, pretty much everything goes…
