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Each month, AP Gallery takes a deep dive into visual culture. We explore music videos and photographs, as well as images that shape the world more broadly. Our discussions go backstage and on set, revealing the vision, the sudden inspiration or the snap decisions that helped to mold iconic images in music, skateboarding, sports and pop culture at large...

1996: President Bill Clinton was squaring off against Kansas Sen. Bob Dole in a successful bid for a second term in the White House. On April 3, former math professor Ted Kaczynski was arrested in his remote Montana cabin, suspected (correctly, it turns out) to be American domestic terrorist the Unabomber...

The organizers of Riot Fest have announced that the festival is returning to Douglass Park in Chicago this fall. In typical Riot fashion, the lineup for Sept. 17, 18 and 19 is stacked. “We’ve missed you and we can’t wait to see you this year,” the festival organizers shared.  Headliners include...

These 10 albums represent SST Records’ greatest achievements. Greg Ginn began Solid State Tuners at age 12 as a mail-order electronics business still thriving in his early adulthood. In 1978, when pioneering California indie label Bomp! Reco...

Tell someone you’re a blink-182 fan and they’ll no doubt say they like them too. Juggernaut singles such as “All The Small Things” and “I Miss You” made blink a household name, but with nine albums and an array of EPs and singles under their belts, they have so much more to offer. We all know “Aliens Exist,” but...

While most people associate Nike with basketball and hip-hop culture, they’ve taken inspiration from the extreme aesthetics of punk and metal, too. Sure, the Air Jordan 1 is the most recognizable shoe due to the mass association with rappers, but the company has been linked with metal for a long time. Look...

The year is 1985: Punk's now 10 years old and changing again. Hardcore was now a formula: 1. Pick a seemingly random number of initials for your name (Say, SRI – Social Reagan Injustice); 2. Play at light speed. 3. Sing about how you hate Reagan and nuclear war. 4. S...

From sea to shining sea, the U.S. is teeming with talented bands and musicians. Every state and region of the country has its own scene, with its own unique flavor, filled with undiscovered and unsigned artists worthy of a listen. In a time when most of us are stuck inside, take a virtual road trip across the 50 states and experience what each act have to offer...

Dinosaur Jr., a popular ‘90s alternative rock band, has beaten Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” on the charts in Japan this week. However, to make matters even weirder, the song that is topping the charts is 25 years old. A video for Dinosaur Jr.’s “Over Your Shoulder”...

Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis has teamed up with Body/Head frontwoman Kim Gordon for the second single from Converse's CONS EP Vol. 3. "Slow Boy," which you can stream below, showcases a fuzzy, guitar-driven punk essence that is backed by the duo's mature musicianship.  The CONS EP series is a ...

The members of Citizen have an awesome tour hobby, which they told us all about when they recently stopped by the AP office. They're thrifters on the hunt, venturing to both well-known treasure troves of vintage merch and those so top-secret that they can't even talk to us about them.  See what finds ...

Photographer: Jess Baumung Riot Fest Toronto (August 24-25, 2013) through the lense of photographer Jess Baumung

Alt-rock icons Weezer have booked the first-ever Weezer Cruise, because hey, why not? Taking place from Jan. 19-23, 2012, the cruise will depart from Miami and head to Cozumel, Mexico; along the way, passengers will get to see two sets from Weezer in addition to performances by Dinosaur Jr ...