apmag
Since its debut as a photocopied fanzine handed out at a punk show in 1985, AP has been the publication where the honest word, the correct word, the authoritative word has been spoken on new music and youth culture.

Features, articles, and more from this issue:
In REVIEWS:
- The man as an island.
- Un-safety dances from an all-star rock/hip-hop duo.
- The anger and rage continue.
- Panic at the where?
- Mashing up the eerily familiar.
- Redemption songs.
- Boston calling.
- He’s not okay (we promise).
- The mental exorcism of Mr. RxB.
- Portrait of the madman as a muse.
- C’mon, get happy?
- Bearded guy at the Get Up Kids show.
- Characteristically demanding high/low art from notorious eccentrics.
- Synths take a back seat.
- Def jams.
- Not bad for a dude with one kidney.
- Well-played but predictable roots-rock.
- Modern pop purveyors finally get out of the gate.
- Soy impresionado.
- Less twang, more bang.
- Poppy Glasgow kisses.
- A gentle breeze of melancholy chamber pop.
- A PhD in pop.
- Hell awaits-but they aren’t quite there yet.
- It’s only an album. It’s only an album.
- Max Cavalera is on some kind of world-beating hot streak.
- Now with 20 percent more riffage in every bite.
- Riffing’s their business, and business is good
- Big, sinister, dark and sexy.
- Heavy on the ears and dense on the brain.
- Short, but so’s a proctological exam.
- A wild and generally successful scramble of genres.
- Off to business, not as usual.
- You're gonna need a bigger boat.
- Enemies of the sun.
- Saplings expanding on D.C.’s pomo post-punk tradition.
- Crocket and Tubbs would be fucking proud.
- It’s open-mic night somewhere.
- The bear's killer still on the loose.
- Endless Summer, Part V.
- Cheesy exterior. Meaty hardcore innards.
- Slightly green, but generally effective anthem-punk.
- Emo’s summer soundtrack.
- Working-class heroes.
- Boiling blood since 1998.
In AP&R:
- Van Atta High
- Telescreen
- Radio Suicide
- The Material
- Eudora
- Danger Is My Middle Name
- (Damn) This Desert Air
- Care Bears On Fire
In LOW PROFILES:
- Stick To Your Guns
- Lemuria
- Damiera
- These New Puritans
- Sing It Loud
- Automatic Loveletter
- All The Way Rider


















