Customer Reviews

Alternative Press Magazine

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

First, I would like to say to the person who reviewed before me that you shouldn't rate the product low b/c you haven't recieved it yet because now AP has a 2 star average.
Anyway, I love this magazine. It offers a plethora of articles about your favorite bands and ones you may have never heard of. Thanks to this magazine, I discovered some of my favorte bands of all time (The Matches, The Pink Spiders, etc.). There are also atricles about unsigned bands, fashion (although it's usually only a page long), and the history of music, among other things. I often read issues cover to cover. Overall, an enthralling read everytime. Basically, if you love alternative music, you need to get this magazine. Otherwise, you're missing out.

It brightens my day whenever I see an AP sitting in muh mailbox. I agree that you shouldn't give a bad review just becasue a product hasn't come in yet. Don't let the 2 star reviews fool you, AP is just about the greatest printed source there is for music. I discovered almost every band on my mp3 player from this magazine. But I will say, if you're not into really AMAZING music, stick with your local radio station and order a subscription of J14. :P

I would like to start off by commenting on why this magazine subscription has such a low rating. Almost all magazine subscriptions I have purchased through Amazon take a few months to start receiving. It took about 4-5 months for me to get my first issue of Alt Press. Expect that delay. For the very low magazine prices on Amazon, I think its worth it. This is a very good magazine for those that enjoy Alternative Rock music. One of my favorite features of the magazine is the up and coming album release schedule it gives you in the first few pages.

When I was a teenager and in my early twenties, the monthly AP was a prized gift in my mailbox. Since I've hit my 30's it has lost touch with me and I feel my generation. It does focus on new and upcoming bands and goes a little heavy on the whole "style" thing. Nothing really to interesting unless your a teenager or in your 20's and hanging onto something. The one and only reason I'm giving it four stars is the fact that the reviews are honest and a gazillion times better than Rolling Stone or Spin. Though given that Spin and Paste are now my music magazines of choice. I will no longer purchase an AP just read the reviews while I'm at the newsstand.

Awesome magazine if you enjoy being up on the latest news of the underground music scene of today's youth. Not saying I wouldn't change a thing or two, but I'm just a perfectionist like that. It's about relatively new genres such as screamo and alternative. It's also full of unsigned bands that send in a photo and a short bio, and then Alternative Press (AP) listens to them and tells you what other bands they resemble (if any) and what song they recommend for you to listen to by them. I've renewed my subscription, being an avid scene kid that misses the scene, and I intend to renew for the rest of my life. It's my kind of magazine. They also add bonuses inside periodically like zines, patches, stickers, bracelets, assorted merch and compilation cds. I find things inside my magazine multiple times a year. If you open one, there will undoubtadley be an ad inside for buying previous editions of the magazines-as most magazines offer. This page is plastered with epic covers they've shot with national monsters like Nirvana, Blink 182, Green Day, Hatebreed. The point is, this magazine covered these bands before during and after they made it. Nothing else I've encountered comes close to that. This is a positive piece of media making huge strides for the little guys in the music industry. It's about time somebody did.

To start off I have been subscribed to Alternative Press for three years now and this year wont be my last.I love this magazine it has awesome photo specials, music reviews, bands you should know about and many more.When ever its the end of the month I check my mailbox every minute until I find it there.When I first subscribed they were wide and thick but they didn't have as many features as it does today.The issues I receive now are small but they have posters,and now catalogs for clothing if you love online shopping.It is also very cheap and affordable I could order it yearly.I definitely recommend this magazine.

Alternative Press is THE BEST MAGAZINE..... EVER!
I first bought it at Hot Topics a few years ago, I saw a bands name on the cover that I loved & being that they were sooooo unheard of..was surprised they would even BE in a mag.


Then after reading it..actually while reading it... I was addicted ;)

I'll forever keep my subscription going! (and seriously.. buying a single copy 3 times in one yr you could have had it delivered to your door every month!)

Always a killer day when this arrives with my bills!..

Alternative Press is by far--the best Alternative mag out there...PERIOD!

This is the second year I purchased this magazine for my daughter in law for christmas. She loves it.

Mostly putting this review up to help it get a more fair rating considering that all the 1* reviews are people complaining about not getting their magazine ((HELLO AMAZON PROOF READER/person who approves reviews WHY do you continue letting those reviews through? They aren't about the product?!))

now as i was saying. Decent magazine at a decent price.

Pros
cheap
entertaining reviews
legacy magazine that has been around quite a while

cons
does feature to much trendy emo type stuff
way way way WAY to many ads
that's about it.

chances are you already have read or read this magazine if you are subscribing to it..but if you happen to be getting it for someone as a gift...it's aimed more at the "kids" than the adults.

I signed up for an AP Press magazine subscription while waiting in line for a 30h!3 concert. The enlister assured me that it was free and that I would recieve free subscriptions for a full year. Their word was good. Shortly after my concert, which was in the summer of '08, I began recieving AP Press magazines. Needless to say they were exactly what a music obsessed sixteen year old girl was looking for. I have enjoyed the colorful indepth spreads of some of my favorite bands, while also being introduced to many up and coming talented musicians.

As with everything in life, there are some cons. Occasionally you come across pages that are messy in format, and give lots of unrelated (yet interesting) information. Personally, my shipment of Alternative Press magazines have never been late or absent. If anything, I am almost overwhelmed by the quickness of their arrival. Great service for someone who didn't even pay for the subsription right?

Altogether, Alternaive Press is a great investment for music lovers. And for those haven't recieved theirs yet, remember: Patience is a virtue.