Freakout Fest brings psychedelia to Seattle
Earlier this month, Seattle’s Freakout Fest rang in its 11th year. Freakout, an independent record label based in the city, supports several local music acts…
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Mannequin Pussy share “Sometimes,” announce tour with Soul Glo
Mannequin Pussy have shared a new single from their upcoming album I Got Heaven, and they also announced a tour with Soul Glo. Speaking about…
Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw makes its glorious return
This past weekend, Tyler, the Creator’s LA music festival Camp Flog Gnaw returned for its first edition in four years. The two-day event was a…
ill peach are spilling their guts through wonky pop
Initially, ill peach’s music can feel bizarre and overwhelming. Whirring noise cuts to a rickety groove on “BLOOM,” the opener from their debut studio album,…
When We Were Young announces 2024 lineup with My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, lots more
Following its stacked 2023 edition, When We Were Young Festival has announced its lineup for 2024. Next year, the festival will feature over 50 full-album…
LA punks Death Lens share tense rager “Limousine”
LA crew Death Lens make stylish, genre-blurring punk, and today they’re back with a simmering rager called “Limousine.” The song comes with a music video,…
Fan poll: 5 best live bands of all time
Live music has the power to make you transcend. Whether you’re going to see your favorite band or checking out an emerging artist on a…
070 Shake taps Ken Carson for new single “Natural Habitat”
The unpigeonholable 070 Shake has confirmed that an as-yet-untitled new album will arrive in early 2024, the follow-up to 2022’s great You Can’t Kill Me.…
The rise of Australian collective Haiku Hands
Haiku Hands are altogether unexpected. There is the music, a Frankenstein’s monster of genres and philosophies that is at once ferocious and playful. Alternative dance…
Dove Armitage is concernless
Welcome to AP&R, where we highlight rising artists who will soon become your new favorite. Where does Quincy Larsen end and her dark, inscrutable synth-pop project…
See Sleater-Kinney’s “Say It Like You Mean It” video starring J. Smith-Cameron
Sleater-Kinney have shared the video for “Say It Like You Mean It” from their upcoming album Little Rope. The video was directed by the band’s…
Cold War Kids are looking within
For nearly two decades, Cold War Kids have made colossal indie rock that’s indebted to blues and soul. Now, the Long Beach band are not…
Laura Jane Grace announces new album Hole In My Head
Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace has announced a new solo album. Hole In My Head, her first new release since her surprise 2021 EP…
Arlo Parks shares cover of Jai Paul’s “Jasmine”
Arlo Parks will release a deluxe edition of her great second album, My Soft Machine, that will be out Dec. 8 via Transgressive. It comes…
Claudio Sanchez announces The Amory Wars: No World For Tomorrow
It’s been over five years since Claudio Sanchez, better known as the frontman for Coheed and Cambria, last shared a new installment of The Amory…
Hotline TNT, Tripper, and Cruza are rising artists to know
Welcome to AP&R, where we highlight rising artists who are on their way to becoming your new favorite. Below, we’ve rounded up a handful of…
Orville Peck to join Joel Madden on Ep. 43 of Artist Friendly
More Artist Friendly is on the way. Following conversations with DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia, Jonny Capeci of Nightly, and Mickey Guyton, Orville Peck…
Inside Balance and Composure’s long-awaited comeback shows
Head to the AP Shop to grab exclusive vinyl of Balance and Composure’s Only Boundaries EP, limited to 150 copies. “We broke up, and then…
WILLOW shares soulful new single “Alone”
WILLOW, former AltPress cover star, is back with her first new music since last year’s COPINGMECHANISM, one of our top albums of 2022. “Alone” is…
Thurston Moore writes a love letter to New York and his fans in Sonic Life
Formed by Thurston Moore in 1981, Sonic Youth were defined by distortion, experimentalism, and innovation. Now in his new memoir, Sonic Life (released Oct. 24),…