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Welcome to our new series, Off The Wall. Here at the AP offices, we have a few literal walls covered in our back-issues. Every time a band visits, they have stories about what the past cover artists or the individual issues of AP mean to them ...

So help your wallet and your time if you break the rules in The Swellers' van. See why and learn a few quality tour van tips from the band in our new episode of Stand By Your Van!

Andrew McMahon, formerly of Jack's Mannequin and Something Corporate, sits down with AP managing editor Scott Heisel to talk about Jack's Mannequin, from the project's journey to it's end, and about his excitement to create as a now independent artist.   Stay tune ...

Last week, Pierce The Veil's Vic Fuentes and Tonight Alive's Jenna McDougall stopped by the AP offices to perform for us. "Hold On Till May" is the closing track of Pierce The Veil's latest album, Collide With The Sky, and features the vocals of Lindsey Stamey of Oh No Fiasco on the recorded version. However, as McDougal ...

In part three of our Music Saved My Life series with non-profit organization Hope For The Day, the members of The Early November tell us their unique stories of how music impacted their lives. They honestly discuss the limitations others put on them on them from an early age and explain how music helped them see their true potential in life and how it still inspires them every day ...

In our latest installment of Stand By Your Van, Make Do And Mend parked their tour home in our lovely gravel lot here at the offices and gave us the grand tour. Check it out below:   

We're just going to throw it out there and guess that your band's van isn't as rad as Set It Off's "Sir" (as named by Redditors.) Sporting a moustache and a monocle, this is one gentleman of a vehicle. In our new Stand By Your Van episode, Set It Off give us a tour of their internet-famous traveling abode. ...

Inspired by spotting an Every Time I Die cover on our magazine wall, Miss May I's Ryan Neff gave us the low-down on different bass-playing styles and how he learned to play for a metal band specifically.  Check out our YouTube exclusive below: