AP A-sides: 10 songs you need to hear
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 MX LONELY, Sassy 009, I Promised The World, GUV, Oxis, and more.
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Check out our picks below, and stay informed about everything coming out in December with our monthly album release calendar.
AP A-sides – December 12, 2025
- Bory – “We’ll Burn That Bridge When We Get To It”
- Dry Cleaning – “Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit”
- duendita – “uplifted one”
- GUV – “Warmer Than Gold”
- I Promised The World – “A Pure Expression”
- MX LONELY – “Shape Of An Angel”
- Nothing – “purple strings”
- Oxis – “Fingerling”
- Sassy 009 – “Mirrors” (feat. yunè pinku)
- Softcult – “Queen Of Nothing”
