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 favorites, and give them to you in one playlist. Because the definition of alternative is constantly in flux, there are no rigid parameters to our selections — just tracks we’re obsessively talking about and listening to on repeat. This week’s playlist features artists diverse in genre but singular in sound, including Chelsea Wolfe, Power Snatch, Deux Visages, Fiddlehead, Bad Nerves, and more.
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Check out our picks below, and stay informed about everything coming out in June with our monthly album release calendar.
AP A-sides – June 26, 2026
- Bad Nerves – “NETWORK”
- Chelsea Wolfe – “Death Is Not the End”
- Deux Visages – “Always You”
- Evil Island – “Melted Heart” (feat. Sleigh Bells’ Alexis Krauss)
- Fiddlehead – “Baby I’ll Change”
- Fly Over States – “641A”
- Hysteria57 – “Money Song”
- Love Spells – “Maybe I Still Love You”
- lucky break – “Head Down” (feat. Melissa Auf der Maur)
- Power Snatch – “Training” (feat. Tiberius b)