February 13, 2024

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 names from around the world who either just dropped music or have new music on the way very soon. These are the February up-and-comers, artists picked for their standout sound,...

Los Angeles punk and hardcore festival Sound and Fury has announced its initial 2024 lineup, happening on July 13-14 at Exposition Park. Have Heart, Weekend Nachos, and Twitching Tongues are all playing rare reunion sets, and the lineup also features Anxious, Fiddlehead, Fleshwater, Full of Hell, Harms Way, Koyo, One Step Closer, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Sunami, and...

VIAL release their third album, burnout, on March 29, and they have just shared a new single from it. “apathy” has a dark edge running through it while still being a very hooky ripper. You can check out the animated lyric video made by Claire Minnihan, Amaya Peña, and Forrest Hormann below. Read more: 24...

Grunge luminaries Pearl Jam have announced their 12th studio album, Dark Matter, which arrives April 19 via Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records, and shared the swaggering title track as its first preview. The song, which finds Eddie Vedder seemingly sneaking a King Diamond shout-out in the lyrics (“Denounce the demigods/King diamond to discard/Deploy the dialog/Your word against...

Get ready for more Artist Friendly. Following conversations with Petey, Brain Dead co-founder Kyle Ng, and Southside, Mike Einziger of Incubus will join Joel Madden on the latest episode of the series. This past fall, vocalist Brandon Boyd stopped by to discuss the anniversary of their fourth studio album, Morning View, and now Einziger takes...