#232 - Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die Aiden Scary Kids Scaring Kids Converge The Matches Coheed And Cambria All Time Low
#232 – February 2010
IN THE RAG >>>
COVER STORY: EVERY TIME I DIE
Can two wisecracking keg-party commando brothers and two diehard straight-edge adherents find peace, success, world domination and a full-time bassist while riding in a van for weeks at a time? If their new disc is any indication, Every Time I Die are ready to put a down payment on planet Earth.
SPECIALS >>>
ART BRUTES! AP’S “ROCKERS WHO ART” SPECIAL
Now more than ever, bands are taking responsibility for the visual look of their cover art, as well as their merch. We asked members of MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, THE MATCHES, CONVERGE, ISIS, EISLEY, FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES and others to give us the lowdown on the artists within the artists, along with their favorite pieces of work.
BIY: BOOK IT YOURSELF
Now that your music collection is digital and you don’t have any new liner notes, the time you spend reading has probably gone way down. With the help of THRICE, NORA, MEDINA LAKE, NEW YEARS DAY, BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE and more, we let you know about plenty of good non-English class books to crack this fall-and some tips on sharing your own literary genius with the world.
SOMETHING THAT PRODUCES RESULTS: AP’S HOME RECORDING SPECIAL
Sure, The Black Parade might have been recorded in a huge, multi-million dollar studio in Los Angeles, but I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love sure wasn’t. You’ll be amazed at just what you can do nowadays with a recording rig in your bedroom-but if you need visual aids, read on…
IDOL WORSHIP
CARTEL’s Will Pugh jumped on the first plane from his Atlanta home to rendezvous in New York City with SILVERCHAIR founder Daniel Johns. No frogs were stomped during the course of the interview, and neither was Pugh, even after he admitted to lifting Johns’ latest demos off the ’net.
FEATURES >>>
ALL TIME LOW
Pay attention: Westminster, Maryland, has just entered the pop-punk sweepstakes. But the boys in ATL are amazed at how far they’ve gotten, everything else is completely icing on their big-ass cake.
SCARY KIDS SCARING KIDS
The men of (SK)2 are more worried about the changing tides of videogame platforms than their fans’ response to their new sweet jams. All of us should be that confident in our daily lives….
AIDEN
Frontman wiL Francis thought it was more important to be himself than to try to live up to other people’s definition of “punk.” The result was the best record in his band’s career thus far.
SECTIONS
INCOMING: LOVE LETTERS, HATE MAIL & SOUND ADVICE
OPINION
Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz discusses the rocky relationship between marketing and music in Op-Ed; and everyone from Funeral For A Friend to Mustard Plug (and you, of course) tell us if they think there are just too darn many bands in the AP Poll.
NEW RELEASES/IN THE STUDIO
We preview albums from Dashboard Confessional, Angels & Airwaves and more; and In The Studio checks up on From First To Last, Paint It Black and Shai Hulud.
WIRETAPPING
There’s a lot of steps to take from basement shows to headlining Warped Tour, and our AP: DIY section is here to guide you along the way. Check it out this month to find tips, tricks and traps to avoid from members of the Decemberists, As I Lay Dying, HORSE The Band and Silverstein along with the techs and other experts who keep ’em running smoothly. AP&R continues to expose the talent of tomorrow; Chalkboard Confessional gets inside the head of Tim Kasher of Cursive and the Good Life; To Write Love On Her Arms gets the Company Profile treatment; and Fuse VJ Steven gets personal in his AP-exclusive Untitled Rock Column.
AP RECOMMENDS
If you’re not already listening to The Devil Wears Prada, Metro Station and Idiot Pilot, we won’t tell. But, while no one’s looking, you better load ’em up on your iPod, stat!
AP STYLE
Welcome to our spankin’ new AP Style section. Here, we’d love to introduce you to some of the hottest gear burning up our closets. This month, get to know Iron Fist and a ton of snuggly hoodies. Plus, we realize that looking good isn’t just about your duds; it’s also about your ’do… Your makeup… Your nails… You get the picture.
SCREENING
Please turn off all cell phones. Keep talking to a minimum, as not to disturb your fellow readers. Also, be sure to throw away all garbage in the receptacles provided. Now, sit back and enjoy our feature presentation, which includes some quality face time with Phil Mucci, Kelli Garner, Alison Pill and the rest of what’s new and hot in theaters and DVD players this month.
REVIEWS
The AP Record Store doesn’t give out candy on Halloween; we give out sweet, sweet doses of rock-including new jams from Coheed And Cambria, New Found Glory, Emery, Iron And Wine, Greyskul, Madball, the Weakerthans, Jimmy Eat World, HIM and more; stop by our In-Store Sessions with A Wilhelm Scream, the Bled, Maritime, the Donnas and Devendra Banhart for some spirited apple-bobbing; people dressed in the Eagles and Ratos De Porao costumes get egged and high-fived in our classic-rock and classic-punk columns; and because we know deep down you want some tricks with your treats, we gladly offer up Playlist and Listening Station.
10 ESSENTIAL STILL-IN-PRINT PUNK 7-INCHES
As the cultural tides begin to turn once more, vinyl has again been deemed cool. (Um, duh, people-where do you think 82.7 percent of our music editor’s paycheck goes each month?) Waleed Rashidi serves up 10 slabs of classic wax that are available in more places than just eBay-and we give you the chance to win ’em, too!
