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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:

• 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 ASK THAT GUY:

• The Sweet

In TEN ESSENTIAL:

• Songs About Books