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#185 - Brand New

Brand New Foo Fighters Mest Against Me! Alkaline Trio Straylight Run The Bouncing Souls Anti

#185 – March 2010

BRAND NEW 

Long Islandís post-hardcore hopefuls want to live up to their own and everybody elses expectations in that order. Leslie Simon checks out the view from there.



ANTI-FLAG

Whoever said punk and politics donít mix will soon have the rock theyíre living under flipped over by these strident activists.



THE BOUNCING SOULS‘ TOUR DIARY 

We know theyíre great, you know theyíre great, so why would we pay a writer to tell us that? Instead, we had New Jerseyís finest give us their road dispatches firsthand.



BLINK-182

Everybodyís favorite SoCal punk-rock wise guys dare to grow up in public, armed with synths, samplers and Robert Smith?



THE RAPTURE 

Punks or poseurs? Incredible or ironic? Real or really nothing? Answer: all of the above.



AGAINST ME! 

These Florida politi-punks will help tear down society, as long as they can recycle the pieces to help someone whoís truly needy. 122 HEY MERCEDES Vagrant Recordsí next success story is still waiting to happenóand with music this good, it certainly isnít the bandís fault.

Features



BUY LINES: AP‘S ANNUAL HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE

AP‘s editors hand-pick 50-plus goodies youíll be asking for this season, from MP3 players and skate shoes to the mother of all punk-rock boxed sets.



STICK ‘EM! AP‘S ANNUAL DRUM SPECTACULAR 

November is National Drum Month, so we roped in some of our favorite playersóincluding members of Dashboard Confessionalthe Usedthe Locustthe Mars Voltathe Donnas and moreóto discuss the fine art of beat-keeping; rounded up the latest in new drum gear; and had a sit-down with Foo Fighters‘ Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl on their sordid percussive adventures.

Sections



NEW RELEASES 

We preview the latest from Blink-182Ryan Adamsthe Starting Line, Most Precious BloodU.S. Maple and Kill Me Tomorrow; go In The Studio withCKYthe Icarus Line and the Liars; and list over 100 discs to be thankful for this holiday season.



WIRETAPPING

The AP Poll reveals your online dating habits; Low Profile checks outStraylight RunStory Of The Year and Your Enemies FriendsTaking Back Sunday‘s guitar god takes us to school; Something Corporateís drummer shows us his bedroom; Mest strike a pose in DisclothesureJosh Hommetalks about everything but Brodyís tongue; Most Precious Blood have no indecision; Kaiju Big Battel kidnaps our writer; Avenged Sevenfold and friends hit the road; and Burnt By The Sun bludgeon us in 10/16 time. All that plus gossip, royalty checks and part two in the year-long AP History.



SCREENINGS

Natasha Lyonne ainít as bad as we thought; Shawn Hatosey chills out; meanwhile, Now Showing pimps the hottest movies hitting theaters and DVD players.



REVIEWS

The AP Record Store is the only place you can get the real deal on new releases from Joe Strummer & The MescalerosCoheed And Cambriathe Strokes,the ShinsKraftwerkNora and more; sit in on In-Store Sessions with Give Up The Ghost and Denali; plus, a greatest hits edition of Collector‘s Corner, and find out what our editors are really rockiní in this monthís Listening Station.



10 ESSENTIAL ALBUMS BY ANGRY WOMEN 

While other music magazines fit women for bikinis, we salute Joan JettBrody DalleCourtney Love and seven others for shattering the rock-chick stereotype.