#202 - Weezer
Weezer Copeland The Starting Line All American Rejects A Static Lullaby Killswitch Engage Reggie And The Full Effect Over It Rufio New Found Glory Hot Hot Heat
#202 – February 2010
WEEZER
AP gets the exclusive on the mysterious and mirthful world of WEEZER, as the band prepare to share their crucial fifth album with the rest of the world. It’s a TALE fraught with meditation, power trips, reconciliation, hundreds of demos, and the demands of “little bitches” all over the post-emo landscape.
TOTALLY WIRED!
Thirty years ago, you’d be hard-pressed to find a synth-punk band who didn’t get the crap beat out of them. But this is 2005, and we’re checking in with synth operators from MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, THE FAINT, BLEEDING THROUGH, THE LOCUST, POLYSICS, LOST SOUNDS, DEVO and many others to discuss punk rock’s love affair with electronics.
ROAD TRIP! AP'S SPRING BREAK TRAVEL GUIDE
If you’ve only got one place to go for Spring Break 2005, we suggest New Jersey for the Bamboozle; but once that’s done, where are you gonna kill the rest of your free time? AP and some of your favorite bands join forces for this combination scene guide/travel planner-it’s okay; you can thank us later.
FEATURES
A STATIC LULLABY
In just two years, A Static Lullaby have accomplished more than most bands who’ve been around three times as long. But they still have something to prove.
COPELAND
From cover versions to their own Christianity, the men of Copeland call the shots, careerists and the marketplace be damned.
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
Most of the bands who lose their original frontpeople don’t fare so well in the rock history books. But a change in singers didn’t stop Killswitch Engage from redefining the face of American metal in 2005.
HOT HOT HEAT
Attention, all you white-belt-wearin’ hipsters: Let those who do not like pop music cast the first stone toward Vancouver’s finest. Like the point, you’ll probably miss them anyway….
REGGIE AND THE FULL EFFECT
Punk keyboard monster James Dewees lost his love and his home, but he and his elevator full of alter egos are still feelin’ just fine, thanks.
SECTIONS
OPINION
The AP Poll is at the head of the class, it’s popular, while the Vandals are taking a few right turns in this month’s AP Op-Ed.
NEW RELEASES
We peek in on Avenged Sevenfold, Funeral For A Friend and Rufio In The Studio, and preview over 100 new releases that need your love.
WIRETAPPING
The Briefing dishes the gossip; Indecision Records gets decisively profiled; Thrice drummer Riley Breckenridge stretches out in his monthly advice column; Anberlin, Halifax, Strung Out and Sugarcult let us inside their gig bags-and heads; Glenn Danzig doesn’t punch our writer; Over It, Kylesa and the Letters Organize rock Low Profiles; Disclothesure dresses up your iPod; and we check in with Mae, System Of A Down and American Hi-Fi on their latest contributions to rock history.
SCREENING
Mark Webber loves Slick Rick; Alexis Bledel probably doesn’t know who Slick Rick is; Eye Candy explores The Fearless Freaks, and we’re not talking about Slick Rick’s new album; Now Showing trains in the Rex Kwan Do cinematic self-defense system attacking theaters and DVD players this season.
REVIEWS
Okay, so it may not be a “store” in the physical sense, but The AP Record Store is still your best bet to get the lowdown on new releases from the Starting LIne, Beck, Norma Jean, Over It, Eels and Prefuse 73; In-Store Sessions with Queens Of The Stone Age and Mindless Self Indulgence; CliffsNotes history on the Adolescents and Cream in I Don’t Know, Ask That Guy and No, Seriously, Ask That Guy; crucial reissues and rarities in Collector’s Corner; and find out how credible (or uncredible) our staff is in this month’s Listening Station.
10 Essential METALCORE CLASSICS From Coalesce to Converge to the cream of Cleveland’s underground, this month’s 10 Essential is a case study in core values.
