beach house : alien

sufjan stevens : unreleased

just gonna leave this beauty right here.

hamilton leithauser : room for forgiveness (stream)

hamilton leithauser : in the shallows (stream)

b-side to the superb "alexandra."

cut copy : line any other day (stream)

arctic monkeys : you're so dark (stream)

am was absent from stereogum, spin, and pitchfork's "best album of 2013" lists. and i don't understand why. especially when they knock out b-sides better than most band's a-sides.

grizzly bear : will calls (marfa demo)

for those not in the know, grizzly bear demoed a bunch of songs for their last album in the artist/farmer/rancher enclave of marfa, texas, before scrapping the sessions and continuing the process on the east coast. this track would be a product of those marfa sessions that didn't make it to the final album, and it's quite nice. i wouldn't have minded it taking the place of a couple songs that made the final cut. take a listen below.

arctic monkeys : stop the world i wanna get off with you (stream)

an awesomely solid b-side from the bands upcoming fifth lp.