b-side

Discovering bonus tracks to your favorite albums was hands-down one of the best feelings ever back in the 2000s. Before the rise of streaming services, instant downloads and damn near limitless music collections, B-sides and other limited releases were like gold. If ...

We Are The In Crowd just dropped two special B-sides that they think deserved to see the light of day. Both songs came on some physical copies of their 2014 record Weird Kids. So, there's a good chance some people didn't even know they existed.  Now,...

Set It Off just dropped a surprise B-side this morning. The track is called "Catch Me If You Can".  Cody Carson and Maxx Danziger began teasing some sort of news on Twitter last night and it ended up being a new song. Allegedly, further B-sides and tracks are coming soon and we can't wait. Re...

Mayday Parade just knows how to stay in the news. They tour all the time, they've been pumping out albums since 2006 and they support their friends. Even in their downtime, they stay relevant. Mayday Parade just surprise-released a special 7" EP featuring an acoustic version and B-side from Sunnyland. Re...

Get ready to bob your head—Hundredth have just unleashed a couple of fresh B-side tracks from their latest album, RARE. You can hear the new songs, "Porcelain" and "Melancholia," via Spotify and Apple Music down below. Read more: Hundredth's new album is a 'RARE' scene turnaround The two new tunes continue the extreme metamorphosis the band displayed on RARE, which found the q

Blink-182’s deluxe edition of California drops on May 19 and includes a whopping 11 new tracks. That got us thinking about the B-Sides and bonus cuts released over the years that we love just as much as the “proper” songs. Here are 13 of our favorites: A Day To Remember – “Right Where You Want Me To Be” Hailing from ADTR’s Attack Of The Killer B-Sides EP—which also features the band’s cover of Kel

Any music fan longs for the “lost tracks” of an album. We all hope and pray in our hearts that someday we’ll hear the “outtakes” to our favorite LPs. Well, 5SOS did that. Like, they just did that. Recently, the band released a Spotify playlist that contains all their B-Sides and rarities, so in honor of the four Aussies being back in the studio (cough, where’s that third album at, though…), we've

Beartooth have officially released “Sick Of it All,” which is a b-side track from their debut full-length, Disgusting. The song was originally released as a free download, but has since run out. You can stream it over at Red Bull’s 20Before16 website, or give it a spin below. Watch: Beartoot... Read More ... Read More ...

The Plot In You have released a music video for a previously unreleased b-side, titled "Crows." According to the band, the band track was supposed to be part of a seven-inch effort that never came to fruition. You can check out "Crows" along with an accompanying music video below ...

Daisyhead released a split with Have Mercy in February, but the two tracks they contributed to it weren't all the band had up their sleeves at the time. "Can't Live In It," which you can stream exclusively below, is an unreleased B-side in which frontman Michael Roe, using deep empathy, communicates from the perspective of a friend he lost to suicide. "I wrote this song a ... Read M

Tides Of Man have released a B-side from their most recent full-length, Young And Courageous, titled "Bloodhound." The record was self-released by the band earlier this year and is the first to feature their fully instrumental sound. If you h ...

Taking Back Sunday are streaming “How I Met Your Mother,” a B-side taken from the band’s Flicker, Fade 7-inch vinyl. (The song is not available on the full Happiness Is album.) You can listen to the song below; tell us what you think. TBS’s new album, Hap... Read More ... Read More ...

We’ve teamed up with California rockers Night Riots to bring you an exclusive premiere of the song “Renegade.” The track is a b-side taken from the band’s latest EP, Young Lore, which is available on iTunes now. "We recorded 'Renegades' with Erik Ron in Los Angeles and it ended up helping us fund a recent indiegogo campaign," says vocalist Travis Hawley. "It came from two other song

Tegan And Sara have released a new b-side on Rolling Stone titled, "Shudder To Think." The song is also featured on the soundtrack for Dallas Buyers Club. Fans can stream the track here. Let us know what you think! The band's latest album, Heartthrob, is available now. ...

Johnny Marr has announced that his next single, "New Town Velocity," from The Messenger, released earlier this year on Sire Records, will see a limited U.K. 7-inch release, as well as a worldwide digital release, next week. Additionally, the single will contain an unreleased b-side, a poppy and upbeat track called "The It-Switch," which is streaming now on Pitchfork.  The

AltPress is excited to unveil the winner of Man Overboard's "build your own b-side" contest, Jake Mcelfresh, who performs under the name Front Porch Step. For the contest, Man Overboard released their instrumental 2011 b-side, "Dump Me," and asked artists for their spin on the song. You can s ...

Last Month, The Rocket Summer launched Life Will Write The Words b-side series, in which one album outtake is digitally released every 3 weeks. The first song in the series was  "Cars And The Pixies (Happy New Year)", and today we have  "Anna," which is set for release tomorrow through various digital retailers, available to stream below. The fi ...

Tomorrow, The Rocket Summer will launch their Life Will Write The Words b-side series. That entails digitally releasing a song that did not make their June-released album every 3 weeks. We have the first song in the series, "Cars And The Pixies (Happy New Year)" available to stream a day early below ...

Today you can check out this exclusive premiere of "I Want You" from the Maine's upcoming B-side album, Good Love. The EP will be out September 11 in a package with their 2011 album, Pioneer, and can be pre-ordered on iTunes here. You can also pre-order their DVD, Anthem Of A Dying Breed, on the 11th and recieve a free copy of the EP. Check o ...

Kurt Travis has released a bonus track from his debut EP, Wha Happen?, called "Hollidaisies." Check it out below.