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 PISS, quannnic, DIIV, Amira Elfeky, Wavves, and more.
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Check out our picks below, and stay informed about everything coming out in October with our monthly album release calendar.
AP A-sides – Oct. 30, 2026
- Amira Elfeky – “I don’t want to fall in love”
- bloodsports – “Ten Thousand Feet”
- Daisy Grenade – “A Beautiful Woman Is A Weapon, I Guess That’s Why They Call Her A Bombshell” (feat. Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump)
- DIIV – “Evangelizer”
- Maiya Blaney – “for you”
- Nine Perfect Lives – “Die”
- PISS – “i wanted to be a singer”
- quannnic – “Dot”
- Taleen Kali – “Black Rose” (feat. AFI’s Hunter Burgan)
- Wavves – “We Get Around”