Welcome to AP A-sides, where we’re highlighting the very best songs from the past week. Every Friday, the AP editors will wade through the daunting number of tracks released daily, narrow down their ...

Ecca Vandal spent her early years as a jazz musician, but she quickly found a link between lawless improvisation and punk.

The opening song on an album sets the tone for everything to follow. They can make you want to mosh, captivate with a pivot in sound, or induce enough introspection to send you on a journey when that ...

But in reality, I was in the north end of Germany.” On the surface, Lambrini Girls are a nuclear duo whose songs swerve ...

Alien Boy ’s 2021 album, Don’t Know What I Am, dealt in glimmering hooks and dialed-up distortion. The Portland alt-rock ...

Beloved Tokyo quartet ONE OK ROCK released their 11th studio album, DETOX, in February via Fueled By Ramen, coinciding with ...

It’s only been a couple of years since yeule released softscars — an ode to finding “beauty in the relics of imperfection.” During that time, the glitch-pop musician listened to Avril Lavigne, the ...

Ahead of their spring tour, the duo talk creative instincts, local scenes, and their shared attraction to melancholy since childhood.