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The Oral History Of Botch: Thank God For Worker Bees
It is entirely possible that many of the bands who have recently appeared in the pages of this very publication would not be the musicians they are today without Botch. At the very least, those bands-the Underoaths, the Norma Jeans, the Thrices-would sound very different had Botch never existed. At a time when the local […]
The Chicago horror scene is undead with themed shops, 24-hour screenings, & rising filmmakers
With the expansion of the Music Box Theater’s horror screenings & openings of themed places like The Horror House & The Brewed, the Chicago horror community is growing. Here’s why the scene is so exciting.
The 50 best albums of 2018
Do you have any idea how many records are released in any given year? That’s OK, neither do we. We do know that there are thousands of records that come out every year, from manufactured pop stars to local church choirs, and all of them are hoping to get your attention. So through all the […]
25 most influential emo bands who made the genre what it is today
Emo (noun): a hotly contested music genre where bands and fans alike refuse to agree on who qualifies for a place in the rankings for all eternity, where no band admits to falling into the criteria of emo, and no fans admit to listening to it either. Of course, the one precursor to belonging to […]
15 alternative music stars who got their start working in record stores
Record stores are magical places. A good, well-stocked and curated record shop with a knowledgeable staff can influence tastes, expand horizons and serve as the hub for a local musical community. It can be a community center, a place to meet with your friends, promote your band’s upcoming shows by hanging up flyers, even sell […]
Twenty One Pilots, Blink-182, Panic! At The Disco, Weezer, more receive Grammy nominations
Nominees for the 59th annual Grammy Awards have been announced, and Twenty One Pilots, Blink-182, Panic! At The Disco, Weezer, Periphery, Korn and more have all nabbed nominations. Check out the full list below. Read more: Twenty One Pilots talk new music, fans, more in our latest issue AP 342 cover stars Twenty One Pilots are nominated […]
These 15 punk albums from 2001 brought the genre back into the spotlight
How the year 2001 unfolded must’ve deeply disappointed Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, director and co-author, respectively, of 1968’s masterly sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey. For one thing, the space race had petered out aeons ago, and NASA had walked back its most ambitious dreams. In the meantime, we discovered there were bigger […]
The Lead - Watching Rocketown: exaggeration, religion, state laws and how the venue became infamous
After an employee of the Nashville music venue/youth outreach center Rocketown was fired in late January for what appeared to be his support of same-sex marriage, and a physical altercation between the venue's staff and a member of the band Volumes that was first reported as an instance of the club objecting to his own […]
Here’s the full list of 2018 Grammy winners
The 60th annual Grammy Awards was held Jan. 28 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. James Corden hosted, and a few scene favorites, including Mastodon and Foo Fighters, took home awards. See the full list of winners (in bold) below. Read more: Avenged Sevenfold will skip Grammys to protest rock awards not being televised […]
10 records from 1999 you won’t believe are two decades old
The new issue of AP features our annual “Class Of” special where we talk about the significance of records released 10 years ago. While some readers will certainly remember those selections, we decided to go back further to 1999. Ever wonder about records from, say, last century? It turns out that 1999 was a pretty […]
