Hey Backbeaters! What seemed like a bit of a snoozy summer for new releases has now turned into a steady stream of great albums coming out on a weekly basis. ...
So many great releases have been coming in lately and today (a few days late) the new Dawes album "We're All Gonna Die" has arrived. Porcupine Tree's brilliant ...
It's my kind of Friday with more Cure reissues and the latest Local Natives now here. We've been waiting since Local Natives announced the new album ...
...the price gun, that is. It's been making its way around the new fiction, non-fiction and YA sections and there are some sweet deals to be had! Get ...
Our famous surprise book packs are back! In brown paper packages tied up with strings, each contains a classic paperback - or three - so you can now choose ...
We're spending today pricing and putting out a whole whack of secondhand books for you. Yes, you! This is a particularly great haul, so although the ...
We said the new releases would start rolling in frequently and this week we've got some great releases that you have been waiting for. The new July Talk and ...
You never know what you may find inside a brown paper package. In this case, it was a copy of The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge ...
There are lots of great new releases and re-issues heading our way over the next month or so. Today Pink Floyd has re-issued The Wall and Division Bell, and ...
Remember when you were a kid learning to read and you would pick up a Ladybird book? Maybe you wanted to learn about policemen or cars or crafts to make on ...
When Local Natives announced their new album "Sunlit Youth" in June we were pretty excited knowing that new music was coming from one of our favourite bands ...
When you own a shop that sells secondhand books, you come across a lot of treasures and fun things that the previous owners left inside them. We've come ...
Finally some new music to sink your stylus into, the new Dinosaur Jr. album "Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not" and the latest from Russian Circles "Guidance" are ...
Here it is Backbeat fans, starting this Tuesday (we are closed today for the holiday) and going until Sunday, August 7th. Buy one, get one free record ...
Some people like to spend their summers outside, but for others it's the perfect time to catch up on some reading. Or you could combine the two and spend ...
We will be closed tomorrow for Canada Day. Have a great day. See you
When I remind you that tomorrow is Father's Day, is your first reaction one of forgetfulness and panic? No worries, check out "Dad Magazine". Just like ...
Big release day today with the new Radiohead, Tragically Hip, Band of Horses and Swans all in stock now! All the details below. But first. We are now ...
Hey Backbeaters! Just a reminder that we are closed tomorrow June 12th, just in case you didn't see our last post. Sorry for any inconvenience but don't worry ...
This is going to be a huge post about new music that you may have passed up the past couple of years. But first we just want to quickly let you know that we ...
Pink Floyd Records begin the reintroduction of the Pink Floyd catalogue on vinyl for the first time in over two decades. The first four records will be The ...
We've got the reggae pumping loudly today while pricing this latest selection of secondhand books for you! The hardest part is choosing...will it be Ruby by ...
Happy long weekend peeps! Another week has zipped by and again this week we have several new releases to feature. All the details are coming right up. We have ...
Hey there! This year seemed like it started pretty slow for decent new music coming out, now in the past month or so there have been so many great albums to ...
We haven't done a music and book pairing in a little while, so we thought today would be a good time to do another one. As we all know, it's a special day ...
Hey good people, it's Friday and that usually means we have a few new releases on vinyl to feature. We have 5 excellent albums we are featuring this week and ...
We've got yet another reason to visit Backbeat this Saturday, April 30th (a.k.a.: Authors for Indies Day 2016)...The Neil Gaiman Coloring Book! // // // ...
As you know, children's author Sandra Bradley will be joining us next Saturday, April 30th for Authors for Indies. Have your children read her book yet, ...
We certainly have a stack of wax to dig into today. Hundreds of used/vintage vinyl hitting the browsers plus some great new releases and new vinyl restocks. ...
Authors for Indies is just over a week away and we can't wait to celebrate! Is your child one of the many who have read Henry Holton Takes the Ice by ...
How can you not judge books by their covers when they look as beautiful as these? Luckily the classic stories between the covers are just as great. We just ...
It's Friday which usually means some new releases hit the shop. This week we have three releases we are featuring. We've been waiting for the new Coathangers ...
The day has come once again - it's Record Store Day this Saturday April 16th and we want you to come hang out with us. We have lots planned for the day and you ...
Hey good people. So things are getting sorted out for the big day here that is Record Store Day. We have lots planned for this Saturday April 16th and will let ...
We have a fine trio of releases to feature this week. I've been waiting for a new Woods album since their amazing 2014 release "With Light and With Love" and ...
Are you planning on seeing the movie The Jungle Book? There's still time to read the story before it hits the big screen! We have a couple of different ...
Check out these stacks of secondhand books we just brought in! There are too many titles to list, but we've filled out our Mystery/Thriller section with lots ...
Hey good people, it's April 1st but we're not going to fool with you. A few deliveries came in with lots of fresh releases to talk about today, plus restocks ...
Authors for Indies is only one month away and we couldn't be more excited! We recently interviewed our special guest author Sandra Bradley. Sandra is the ...
Ready for another music + book pairing? This week, we're featuring the uber-talented wild child, Amy Winehouse. We recommend pairing her album Back to Black ...
Hey good people! Yup, sure feels like the 90s here today as we have reissues from Nirvana and Sonic Youth, plus a new album from The Cult. M. Ward's latest ...
That crazy time of year has started again. That's right the official Record Store Day exclusive release list came out yesterday. You can check it out online ...
Tired of the same-old, same-old when it comes to books? There is an endless sea of award winners, bestsellers, top tens, the lists go on and on...and while ...
April is such a fun month here at Backbeat...not only do we celebrate Record Store Day for music lovers, we also celebrate all things book-related on Authors ...
A few recent releases and restocks just came in today. We've been waiting for GoGo Penguin and Hinds to arrive on vinyl since they were released and Wolfmother ...
If you didn't pick up the Bowie box-set "Five Years" last year, all the 6 studio albums included are now available separately. "Bowie At The Beeb: The ...
The snow out there today is beautiful and all, but it's just so...white. What today needs is some colour! Good thing we just got more Staedtler pencil ...
Its been a while since we talked about new music in 2016. With the renos behind us, it's time to look at some of the releases that have come out this year that ...
Hey good people, since we finished the renovations here we have way more space for vinyl in the shop. Here's a quick peek at some of the used/vintage vinyl ...
Hey good people, we would like to show you the new look Backbeat, let's call it Backbeat remastered. We hope when you visit the shop you dig the new layout. We ...
It's time for another Backbeat music and book pairing! This week, we're featuring Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by the multi-talented comedian, punk ...
Last week, we introduced you to our new series of music and book pairings. For the ultimate experience, why not read about your favourite artists while ...
Want to learn how to be the ultimate fangirl? Trying to figure out what the heck the KonMari Method is all about? Want to just stare at men with cats? ...
We just want to let all of our loyal customers know that we're closing our doors on Monday... ...but we're reopening on Friday! (See what we did there?!) ...
As you well know, there are two halves that make up Backbeat: music and books. Some of our best-selling books are autobiographies and biographies about ...
Do you like getting things for free? (Of course you do!) Are you part of our loyalty program for secondhand books? (If you're not already, you should ...
It's nice when one of the most anticipated albums of 2016 comes out first thing in the new year! That's right, David Bowie has released his latest album ...
Hey Backbeaters, we received a few deliveries of new vinyl this week so have finally got the new record browser loaded back up after the holidays. Lots of our ...
Here it is Backbeaters! Our "Happy New Year To You Sale" is happening this weekend, January 2 and 3, 2016. There are some great deals to be had, don't miss ...
Hey good people, just a quick post to keep you all up to date on the great used/vintage vinyl that we've loaded up the bins with this past week. We are still ...
We've been stocking up on lots of goodies here lately - take a look at this amazing selection of secondhand books that we just brought in today! Just ...
Hey good people, we've got a couple new releases this week to feature, one could qualify for a DIS or DAT on our Facebook page, the other a reissue of a mid ...
It's hard to believe, but we're at the point now in the year when we're really getting down to the wire when it comes to special ordering in new books in ...
Our little shop's been lucky to have been featured in a couple of magazines, but no books to-date...maybe the author of this book will do a sequel? A ...
You've got to love delivery day when you're working at a record store. Today we received some sweet new releases (I am so stoked for the 10th anniversary ...
Some of our customers collect vinyl, others collect books. When the two worlds collide, we end up with the perfect Backbeat blend... New at the shop is ...
We've recently expanded our greeting card offerings and want to introduce you to cards by Dani Press! When it comes to stationery at the shop, we're pretty ...
At the end of this week it will be "Black Friday", plus on Saturday it is "Shop The Neighbourhood" and the "Fesitval of Good Cheer" in Perth, details on that ...
What's an absolute must-have in a book and music store? Books about music! We've got autobiographies and biographies written by and about rap stars, ...
So you might have heard that the new Adele album "25" is out today. We have lots of the vinyl in stock and we've checked around and haven't found anyone ...
Did you grow up reading the beloved Mr. Men and Little Miss books? Well, they've been modernized for the times in parody format by Dan Zevin. These are not ...
At Backbeat Books and Music we pride ourselves in selling some of the best products available for you to get the most out of your vinyl. From the multi-award ...
It's a simple question and has an easy answer because it's never too hard to find something you want at a record shop. We've been putting out hundreds of ...
Tomorrow the winner of one of my favourite book awards will be announced: the Scotiabank Giller Prize! Who are you rooting for? As usual, the choices are ...
Credited with helping jump-start this whole colouring book trend, Backbeat has a huge selection of them for you to choose from! Our customers are always ...
UPDATE - NOVEMBER 4, 2015 Just wanted to update those of you on the WWW on what we now have pricing for. All these items are now available for us to pre-order ...
A couple days after our last post and another delivery shows up, gives us a good excuse to talk vinyl. Another batch of re-stocks ("Born To Die" finally is ...
Hey there good people. We've got three new vinyl releases to feature today. Deerhunter's latest is getting some tremendous reviews, we all know you can't go ...
There are only 13 days till Halloween. Feel like getting your spook on? Lucky for you, this little shop is full of horrors and we have lots of freakishly ...
Hey there good people! We've got lots to dig into today so we will get right to it. We just received in the latest releases from Chvrches, City and Colour and ...
The cat on the left is obviously a party animal and the bear on the right is clearly ready for a night on the town, but the rabbit in the middle really ...
Just a quick post to let you know that we will be closed on Monday October 12th, 2015 for
Just a quick post to feature couple of new vinyl releases now available at the shop plus there are lots more new releases coming this fall and winter to look ...
Fall is my favourite time of year and a big part of it has to do not only with the cooler temperatures but with the fall book releases! Which book are you ...
It's that time of year again...Banned Books Week! Go ahead, be a rebel and read whatever the hell you want! And savour every challenged word between the ...
Here are four mighty fine recent releases you can sink your stylus into. As usual, all the details and sample tracks are below. Telekinesis - Ad ...
We're back with a few new album releases to feature this week. It has already been a pretty great year full of solid releases. One of my favourites so far ...
What are you up to today? Right now, we're chilling at the shop, sorting and pricing the mountains of books we've brought in over the past couple of weeks. ...
Hey folks, we haven't posted here in a while about used vinyl that has been hitting the bins so we thought we better update you on the latest stuff coming in. ...
Check out the complete article about this video at exclaim.ca right here: http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/billy_moon-if_you_dont_read_books Video ...
Lots of recent new releases on vinyl to mention this week. Plus we have received a bunch of restocks of popular titles and have added some other new vinyl to ...
Well, it's that time of the year once again...and Backbeat's got ...
Hey good people. Until September 6th we have a sweet deal for you on our used gear and FREE record crates for every new Pro-Ject turntable purchase. You can ...
Lots of great new books have arrived at Backbeat! Up there, you'll see some great new fiction, non-fiction and kids/YA books. Here's the ...
Hey good people! Hope you are enjoying this fine weekend. We've got a few new releases to feature today along with a large amount restocks and other new vinyl ...
Brown boxes = so much fun at Backbeat! One arrived today and it was full of good things - new fiction titles for adults and middle grade kids, as well as ...
We're always filling up the recent arrival used vinyl bins around here. Here is a look into what dropped in this week. Also, added some second hand tapes ...
Hey good people. Just going to catch you all up on some of the vinyl happenings here. If you don't follow us on facebook you may have missed a few posts of the ...
New books keep on coming in! This week, we've got some great books made into movies (and you just know which is always better between the two, though we'll ...
Last Friday was the first that new music releases will be Fridays instead of the historic Tuesday. Not a huge difference for those of us who prefer vinyl since ...
What are some of our best-selling books here at Backbeat? Over the past year or so, it's definitely been colouring books! They're not just for ...
Local author, Randy Ferrier, has a new book out called The House of the Black Goat. He'll be at Backbeat this coming Saturday, July 18th from 1-3 pm for a ...
So what was in that delivery we mentioned yesterday on Facebook? You had a few good guesses, but that delivery was full of games and puzzles, plus some sweet ...
It's been a while since we've done a book post...here are some of our most recent new arrivals - others have left the shop before we've had a chance to ...
We have a bunch of brand-new books that we've discounted for you at 50-70% off. We want to make room for some new titles, so now's a great time to stock up ...
Hey there good people! Man we've got some good stuff to mention today. First off we have new releases from Nneka, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Helio Sequence, and ...
Father's Day is coming up on Sunday, so if you're looking for some gift ideas for your book-loving Dad, you need to come to Backbeat! Depending on your ...
You folks love digging in our new vinyl sale crate. Well today we've just loaded 2 crates of new vinyl at 20-50% off. There are some amazing albums in there, ...
Who is this mystery lady? It's international best-selling author J.L. Witterick - author of My Mother's Secret and It's Actually a Good Thing! She stopped ...
Good day people. We've got 4 excellent new releases today to feature so let's get straight to the details. Racontwoers - Live At ...
We have a small shipment of new books to show you for now, but they're all good ones! The rest of our shipment was customer orders and re-orders of Backbeat ...
Hey good people, it's Friday! We've got more recent release vinyl to feature today, plus more used vinyl went out in time for the weekend. You can tell it's ...
Hello good people. If you have already checked the lineup for CityFolk 2015 (Ottawa Folk Festival) then the 2 new releases we are featuring today will likely ...
Hey there good people. Another fine selection of recent release vinyl to dig into today. For those of you that missed out on the Brand New "Deja Entendu" ...
I'm so excited to show you all the fresh secondhand books we just brought into the shop! That's right, these are all secondhand books (though we wouldn't ...
We've got an eclectic new bunch of books at Backbeat! Which one are you most looking forward to reading? I'm currently reading - and thoroughly enjoying ...
We put the question out there on Facebook earlier today, well, that guy is the baby from the cover of Nirvana's "Nevermind" and now, Nevermind is available ...
Today's featured book is Thinkerox: A Brain in a Box. Written in a Dr. Seuss-like rhyming style, this book warns about what can happen when people spend ...
We just brought in some fresh secondhand books and will be replenishing these shelves much more in the coming weeks. Highlights from this bunch include: ...
Hey good people, it's a good week for music with some excellent releases we are featuring today. I've given them all a listen to but Patrick Watson's latest is ...
We can finally kick back and focus on some new release vinyl that has come in this week. Hey how about a live Eels triple LP?! Yes Please! Someone come buy ...
Feeling stuck for a gift idea for your Mom this Mother's Day? How about... - "Huckleberry: Recipes, Stories and Secrets from Our Kitchen" by Zoe Nathan ...
It's been a while since we've done a new book post...all of the books went out in the sunshine for their photo op today since it's so nice out here in ...
Thanks so much to everyone who came out on the weekend to celebrate the first-ever national independent bookshop party that was Authors for Indies! We had a ...
This time tomorrow, Authors for Indies will be in full swing! Liane Shaw will be nearing the end of her shift, Charles de Lint and his wife, MaryAnn ...
Some more details about our big Authors for Indies weekend...we're having a book sale! On Saturday and Sunday, new books will be 25-70% off and used ...
More Record Store Day late arrivals came in today. We still have over 60 RSD2015 releases in stock. Yeah, you can actually get them locally while others are ...
Today, we'll be meeting Julie Paul as part of our "Getting to know..." Authors for Indies series. Julie and I had actually just arranged for her to come to ...
A few great titles to feature this week. It has happened before that an EP has made it to my top albums of the year before, and I think it may just happen ...
Next up in our series of "Getting to know..." interviews is author Charles de Lint. Charles will be at Backbeat from 12 - 2 pm on Saturday, May 2nd as part ...
We've had such a great response to our ecojot stationery that we've expanded our selection! We've got a much wider range of greeting cards and journals to ...
We promised more information about Authors for Indies and here it is! With less than two weeks till The Big Day, this week we'll be presenting our "Getting ...
The winners from our Record Store Day draw have all been called and messages left. They are: Chris V. - Pro-ject Elemental turntable Matt H. - flook d. doo ...
Here is the obligatory Record Store Day "Money Shot". We once again have had a good fill of titles that we ordered but quantities are certainly limited but ...
Hello good people. A nice load of new vinyl to dig into today so we are getting right at it, no time for chit chat. Finally got in the ...
Here it is folks, all the details on our Record Store Day and 2nd "Re-Birthday" weekend sale. April 18-19-20, 2015. First we want to thank you so much for ...
On Saturday, May 2nd, we want you grab a friend, grab a family member, heck, grab a stranger off the street and come by Backbeat and help us celebrate the ...
Hey there good people. Check out this new record frame called "Records On Walls" we are now carrying. We just received them today and it literally took me 2 ...
With Record Store Day and our anniversary not too far away now, we thought we'd let you in on a contest we are having this year. Of course we will be having a ...
Hello good people, spring is here and that's a good feeling. We've had an extraordinarily busy winter so a huge thank you to our great customers, yeah you! Now ...
Backbeat Books & Music would like to congratulate Kim Thuy for winning the CBC Canada Reads 2015 competition with her barrier-breaking book Ru! We'd ...
As an independent bookseller, we're really excited that we can now unveil a unique upcoming event that we're participating in...Authors for ...
Hello out there. Lots of new releases we are featuring this week so we are going to get to them right away. If you are looking for info on recent vinyl ...
One of the best things about living in Canada is our freedom. Not everyone's so lucky and their reading materials can be censored or outright banned. Come ...
It's already March! We've got a handful of featured March releases here for you people to sample and pick a favourite. Certainly have to dig into these some ...
- UPDATE - April 2, 2015 - Well it has been a few weeks and there are only a handful more items added, we've reached the limit I guess. This is ...
If you're brave enough to brave the cold, you'll be rewarded with a fresh selection of secondhand books! We just priced these and got them on the shelves ...
Seems like it's re-issue week around here. Certainly DJ Shadow's album "Endtroducing..." has to be the pick of this week as it is likely on most peoples ...
Hey folks. So the new stuff on vinyl this week isn't so new, but some long awaited re-issues. Still waiting for a couple more Nick Cave re-issues but they ...
Did you see Fifty Shades of Grey this past weekend? We've got the paperback trilogy boxed set in our secondhand fiction section priced at just $14.95. New, ...
Are you as excited as I am for this year's round of CBC Canada Reads 2015 books? We're just over a month out from when the winner will be ...
Hey there folks. Some great new releases hitting the shop this week, including an amazing album from Viet Cong. It's been out for a few weeks but has been so ...
In this case, seeing red is a good thing...take a look for the red-stickered new books on our shelves and you'll save 70%! See that gorgeous Huckleberry ...
Here we are already into February of 2015! I personally love this time of year for music, usually there are more interesting and diverse album releases and I ...
Hello good people. We are wrapping up the week here with a post about pretty much everything at Backbeat. First though just a quick note to let you know we ...
What better day than Family Literacy Day to showcase this huge assortment of I Can Read books that arrived at the shop! We've brought in a whole bunch of ...
Finally a few new releases to feature for 2015. A really decent trio of albums to kick off the new year of music, looks like Sleater-Kinney is leading all the ...
Here are our recent new book arrivals. It's the perfect kind of day for sneaking a book under a blanket and not coming out until it's done - the hard ...
Hey good people, I'm going to be a little chatty today, we've got lots to mention on the music side of Backbeat. There's used vinyl, new vinyl and turntable ...
We just got in this super shipment for our younger readers. Whether your kids are into mysteries, fantasy, humour or uplifting stories, we've got something ...
We're closed today and tomorrow for our winter hours but, in the meantime, here are the books that arrived in our shipment this week: - "The Back of the ...
Now that the new year is here, we're switching to our winter hours. Starting this weekend, our store hours will be as follows: Sundays: ...
Welcome to 2015! We've all now looked back on the year that was 2014 for music and books and now let's start looking forward to what is on the horizon. I'm ...
Dan recently compiled his top albums of 2014, so I'm flat-out copying him and doing a list of my Top Ten Books of 2014. It was the year in which I've read ...
Hello good people, here are the details on our sale this coming weekend. We truly hope you had a great holiday and look forward to seeing you this coming New ...
It's that time of year again, the new releases have all come and gone and now I'm anxiously waiting for 2015 and all the new music that will be coming out. For ...
Thank you to all our great customers for a fantastic December at Backbeat Books and Music. All the best from our family to yours. However you celebrate, have ...
It has been a little while since we've posted anything vinyl related. But that doesn't mean there hasn't been vinyl coming in. I've still been cleaning and ...
Lots of newer releases to share with you today: a kids' book, an adult book that looks like a kid's book, books for young adults and some great fiction ...
Still wondering what to get that certain someone? Don't panic - we've got tons of ideas for you! Today, we're focusing on our Backbeat bestselling books of ...
You can now view our entire turntable and phono gear catalog by clicking the above link or here: http://www.backbeatperth.com/turntables/ We sell ...
Now available at Backbeat is A Cookbook for the Young at Heart - a collection of recipes put together by the Young at Heart (YAH) cooking program at The ...
Ok, I know we said no more sales until the new year, so let's just call these special prices then. We just got a big shipment with some amazing deals on new ...
I was flipping through a magazine the other day and was freaked out at their "gift suggestions for everyone"-type list: $600 handbags, $1400 dresses, $500 ...
-BLACK FRIDAY @ BACKBEAT BOOKS AND MUSIC- OK folks, here are the details for our weekend sale and Record Store Day Black Friday event for this coming ...
Need some gift ideas? Take a load off. Toss back an eggnog. Backbeat's got you covered... For the book lovers out there, we recommend the ...
Good day people! Just a few featured releases to mention today. Today it's a new Bowie compilation "Nothing Has Changed", Fugazi - "First Demo" and a new album ...
The Tragically Hip - Fully Completely vinyl reissue is in stock and available now! -Issued on 180 Gram Heavyweight vinyl -Re-mastered by Bob Ludwig at ...
Usually when we post about recent arrival vintage it's 20 or 30 albums. Today we have put out over 400 vintage vinyl that has not been in the shop before. Well ...
Talk about a visually appealing pile of books! While we do stock a few "Disney-style" children's books, what we prefer to specialize in at Backbeat are ...
If you follow us regularly, you know we always post when we get new stuff...well, instead of showing you a picture of a giant pile of books, this time ...
Happy Friday. We usually get a delivery Fridays and today we got two so we've got lots to mention. A little delay for the latest Pink Floyd - "Endless River" ...
When's the last time you visited our secondhand cookbook section? Overhauls take time, and this section has been a major work in progress, but we've now ...
Last week, we promised more new kids books, and they are making their way into the shop along with new non-fiction and YA. More are on their way soon! - ...
...Sean Michaels for his book Us Conductors! Backbeat Books & Music would like to congratulate Mr. Michaels and all of the other amazingly talented ...
Last week, we were bringing in bits and pieces to the book side, but look at the load we got today! So much goodness. This round, we're mainly stocking up ...
We've got several new vinyl releases to feature today. A few reissues in there along with a few new releases. These restocks have come in today too, Iron ...
It's that time of the year again - the month where facial hair starts sporadically appearing above the male population's lips. Whether they aim for a ...
Are you interested in local history? If so, you might be interested to know that local author, John McKenty just released another book. This one's titled ...
Just another small stash of new books to show you today - most of of our giant-sized shipment was filled with best-selling re-orders (a particular note to ...
Hello good people. Some new releases and re-issues to talk about today. More Zeppelin re-issues have been released, this time it is "Houses of the Holy" and ...
Just a small assortment of new books today (and reorders of bestsellers that aren't pictured), but there are some goodies, for sure. And, to note, on the ...
Local author, Randy Ferrier, dropped by the shop the other day and left us with some copies of his first book, which is about aging and the many decisions ...
Hey there people. A couple nice deliveries of vinyl just showed up. A few new releases to mention, a big load of essential vinyl, plus restocks of recent ...
It's that time of year - the one where we do some major stocking up on secondhand books! We've just brought in over one hundred titles and they're getting ...
Backbeat Books & Music is excited to host Ottawa-based author Stephen Dale's book launch for his latest book Noble Illusions: Young Canada Goes to War. ...
Hey good people, we've got everything covered today from new release vinyl, restocking our vintage vinyl bins and Spin-Clean is back in stock. We've had major ...
Some pretty great albums we are featuring today. Finally got these last few Beatles Mono re-issues in stock: Please Please Me, With The Beatles and Beatles ...
Originally from Lanark, Canadian author Julie Paul recently contacted us to let us know about her new book The Pull of the Moon. As you know by ...
As a bookshop with a Canadian focus, we're excited to hear the shortlist for this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize! The finalists are: David Bezmozgis ...
Hey there good people. If you follow us on Facebook you will have already seen a couple posts on the recent vintage vinyl arrivals. If you don't follow us on ...
So excited about this week's arrivals - there are some truly great and highly-recommended books in this bunch - and signed books by Ann-Marie MacDonald! ...
While nothing can ever replace my Bauhaus picture disc (it is the one record in this shop not for sale) these Disney picture discs sure are pretty sweet. ...
We're so excited to let you know that Backbeat now carries stationery! It's something we've been considering adding to our shop for a while now, but we ...
Okay, admittedly this might not be the prettiest book (it's a print-on-demand version), but the content may just blow your mind... Have you ever heard ...
Hello good people. We've got a few recent releases on vinyl to feature which are excellent albums to start autumn with. As always you can check out the details ...
Today, we're showcasing a Backbeat best-selling series, Backyard Farming, by Kim Pezza. The latest book in the series, Growing Garlic, just arrived today, ...
Hello people. There's a little triangle theme going on today with 2 new releases this week now in stock. Plus restocks of alt-J's first album are in along with ...
The books just keep on coming this week! This is a large selection of secondhand books that are just about to be put out on the shelves. This time around, ...
Here are some new books to help warm your bones on this freezing cold last day of summer. Beautiful handmade candle sets from flook.d.doo can ...
Hey good people. Just a quick post on some recent releases now in stock. Plus, scroll down to check out what new vinyl is 20% off. Have A Nice Life ...
Happy Friday! Here are some new books to kick off your weekend reading: - "The Girl You Left Behind" by Jojo Moyes In 1916, French artist Edouard ...
The Beatles Get Back to Mono - Vinyl re-issues Hey good people. The Beatles Mono re-issues are here. All the original UK Mono releases now ...
UPDATE - November 19th, 2014 - We've been posting since early September all the releases available to us and you. This is the last update before Black ...
Some new books have arrived just in time for fall! The new titles are listed here, but we have also received some reorders of Backbeat best-sellers that ...
Finally some new vinyl releases to mention, plus we have also received more stock on the latest Neil Young and Tom Petty. Portishead, Beastie Boys, Antlers, ...
Do you have a small person in your life who's heading to school for the first time in just over a week? If so, they're likely either bouncing off the walls ...
The latest album from local lad James Leclaire & The Cable 22's just arrived at Backbeat Books and Music. Titled "Of What is Left", it ...
Hey there good people. If you haven't been by the shop in some time you've been missing out on the recent additions to our vintage vinyl collection here at ...
I just got back from a little trip away and so, of course, I brought you all back a little something - more secondhand books to choose from! There are ...
Although the big Sidewalk Sale was on Saturday, now it's Monday and what Monday couldn't use a little pick-me-up? So, we're keeping the book sale going! ...
This week, we have lots of yummy books for you to devour... - "The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining: How to Make and Drink Whiskey" by ...
It has been awhile since we talked new vinyl. So finally we have some releases to mention. Yes, the Led Zeppelin Deluxe 2LP Re-issues are here! That was some ...
It's the middle of the week and we've got some new book titles in for you to enjoy: - "Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls" by David Sedaris A guy walks ...
For all of you Divergent and Tobias (aka: Four) fans out there - and we know there are lots of you - the day you've been waiting for is finally here...the ...
Big vinyl shipment came in yesterday. Mostly restocks but a few sweet new releases and re-issues to talk about. A few we have been waiting patiently for, they ...
A nice collection of new books just arrived at the shop in time for the weekend. Whether you're heading to the cottage or lounging at home in the hammock, ...
In the summer 2014 issue of Ottawa Magazine they have done a feature on Perth and some of the fine local businesses in town. They featured Backbeat as part of ...
We're stocking the shop for summertime fun and just brought in another great big load of secondhand books. As usual, there's lots of variety in this batch, ...
We just wanted to highlight a couple of local books that have recently come to our shop. Both are great choices for gift-giving, for tourists or for proud ...
There have been several big releases the past month that we have mentioned and have in stock, including The Black Keys, Jack White, Coldplay and the Led ...
If you haven't been in a while, there is a huge load of recent vintage that has been going out lately. In addition to what you see in the pic, about 15 LPs ...
File under "Face melting rock and roll". Local group Fools Like You now have their CD available at Backbeat Books and Music. We love supporting local ...
Some new books arrived today, ready for reading outside in the sunshine! Most of these are mainly for our younger and teen customers: - "Cold Antler ...
We wouldn't leave out our graphic novel fans! In fact, the lot is so huge, we needed a whole other post just for this genre. We're always adding to our ...
As promised, there is another huge lot of great secondhand books now at the shop! There is a really good amount of very recent releases - many titles from ...
I just got back from one of my favourite excursions...secondhand book shopping! This is just load one of two (or maybe three) coming into the shop this ...
This year the Stewart Park Festival will be held July 18-20, 2014. It is a free festival for the whole family with three days of music in Stewart Park, part of ...
We now have the Rock-Ola 496 (1988) jukebox setup up and loaded with 45s at the shop. Since it is an 80s vintage we decided to put mostly 80s music in there, ...
A few new releases to talk about and a bunch of new additions to our regular inventory. We are getting tight on space for vinyl right now, but are making a ...
We've got a load to get through today thanks to a late shipment yesterday full of goodies and an early delivery today with some great releases. Hard to pick ...
A pretty sweet delivery came in today. Not only did we get some new vinyl including an amazing 7" single from SFH called "Mayor on Crack", hmmm, wonder who ...
Just a little delivery again today - this one contains lots of opportunity for colouring! Starting off the pack is: - "Maisy's Placemat Doodle Book" by ...
Time for some new release vinyl. It's been coming in the past few weeks. Now that the weather has seemingly turned the corner music is just sounding that much ...
Hello good people! It's been a while since we posted about music, well really since we talked non stop about Record Store Day. Well that has passed, it was ...
Just a tiny shipment of new titles today - the rest of the box contained re-stocks of favourite titles. New books to the shop span rubber bands, invention, ...
We love it when kids of all ages walk through the door at Backbeat. We aim to keep our children's books affordable to encourage kids to pick up a book and ...
Please join Backbeat Books & Music for a fun, casual reading to celebrate the launch of Greg Bechtel’s debut book Boundary Problems, on Saturday, May ...
Who knew a little cardboard box could contain wallflowers, mysterious disappearances, unlikely heroes, the greatest train ever built, mysterious voices and ...
Just a small order came in today, but we've got some great titles encompassing such diverse topics as suicide, walking, bikers, South Africa, demons and ...
Here we are still a week away to that day we keep yapping about. Even though we are focused on making next weekend awesome there are still some fantastic new ...
You may have read Ryan Caley's Top 50 albums of 2013 (check it out here if you haven't) and now he's back with a review of the latest offering from Cloud ...
So here are the details on Record Store Day and our 1st "re-birthday" at Backbeat. Fancy poster to come later - we just wanted to get the details out today ...
Just came back from a buying trip and look what we've brought in...manga galore! Every single one of these secondhand books are in amazing like-new ...
Good day fine people. It's Tuesday so that means new music is out. We have 9 albums to feature today, a couple have been out for a few weeks but the vinyl is ...
Lots of new books just arrived via the nicest courier ever: - "The Memory Tree" by Britta Teckentrup A beautiful and heartfelt story about the death of ...
When you think of secondhand books, do you think of musty old behind-the-times books with ragged edges and faded covers? The above picture is just a sample ...
Just a few new releases to mention this week. We have finally got a new camera so these blurry webcam shots will soon be a thing of the past. Also received a ...
Just a small book shipment arrived today, but is it ever diverse! In addition to the books listed below, we also have some reorders of popular CBC Canada ...
It's the day the new releases come out, and we have a few albums to mention. We sold our first copy of the Notwist before we could even post about it, but it's ...
When the content of a book transports you somewhere magical and its cover is also enticing to look at, it's a thing of beauty. Today's round-up of magical ...
Attention Canadian Book Lovers! Backbeat Books & Music is about to start a book club...and you're invited! Since our focus here at the shop has been ...
We got lots of great books in over the past couple of days. This time around, they're mainly of the Y.A. variety, so share the news! We hope to see some ...
Good day people! With all the madness of listing off upcoming Record Store Day releases (check them out here) we don't want to forget about the great music ...
..."The Orenda" by Joseph Boyden! Started in 2001, Canada Reads is CBC's annual battle of the books, where five Canadian personalities select the book they ...
A package arrived this morning...and surprise, surprise, it was full of books! - "New Dress a Day" by Marisa Lynch Based on her wildly popular blog of ...
A great bunch of releases just came out today. Plus we have the latest Beck and Lo-Fang now in stock on vinyl! Also, back in stock now are Lumineers, ...
We have so many new books in this week. Tons of must-reads for adults, teens and kids! Here's what's in: - "Dads Are the Original Hipsters" by ...
A little bit of everything today, plus later we'll have a post on some recent arrivals in our vintage vinyl. Plus, I'm stocking up the 20% off bin with some ...
Here we have a small sampling of new books. A taster's plate, if you like. We do have many more books currently on special order, though, so keep your eye on ...
Good day fine people. Just a quick post to highlight 3 new releases which are in stock now. Later today we will be posting about the first round of Record ...
Going to post some new releases that just came in the store. But in spirit of Valentine’s Day all I want to first say is, it is Friday I'm In Love to ...
It's been a little while since we've talked vinyl. But some great titles have recently come in and we have also restocked our best sellers. It is going to ...
Looking for a good book to read? Well, now's the time to stock up... Just a reminder that our "We <3 our Customers Book Sale" is taking place right now! ...
We're not going to keep you guessing any longer...it's time for the: We <3 Our Customers Book Sale at Backbeat! Buy one book, get the second for 50% ...
It's the middle of a long winter, but tomorrow is February! The month of love, sappiness and snow. To help you get through it all, we have a special ...
Good day fine people. Wow, 2 new vinyl deliveries in one week, let's hope this keeps up! We did receive a few new releases that will be out Tuesday so you'll ...
So excited to finally talk about some up coming releases. Looks like the year is starting of with some really excellent music. If you don't yet have a ...
Good day vinyl lovers! Just got a delivery of some fine new vinyl. However a little different this time, once they're gone, they're gone and we only have one ...
We've been receiving re-stocks lately but nothing new to talk about. But finally today a few new additions to our regular stock to mention. Volcano ...
What better time could there be than a cold winter's day to fill your house with the tantalizing aroma of fresh-made bread? The mouthwatering book "Bread" by ...
It's been a while since we've posted news from the book side of the shop. So it doesn't feel left out, we've brought in some new goodies. Whether you want to ...
Our first "top albums from 2013" from our customers was Rick Medland's list and now we are featuring Ryan Caley's Top 50. What a list it is! I can't imagine ...
It is that time of year when the new releases stop coming out at a nearly unobtainable rate and just trickle out every so often. So we don't really have too ...
We are pleased to announce that this local and independently released CD from Diderick "On the Shoulders of Giants", is now available at Backbeat Books and ...
Good day fine people, Starting this weekend we will be going to our winter hours at Backbeat Books and Music. We will still be open 5 days a week Tuesday - ...
We have good news...to make up for the store closure because of insane weather yesterday, we are now open again and we're extending our sale by another day. ...
Just a note to let you know that due to the treacherous weather conditions out there, Backbeat will be closed today. If you can, stay in, stay safe and ...
It's so cold out there even our prices have shrinkage. You've bought presents for everyone else so now it's time to treat yourself! A perfect opportunity to ...
Running the music half of Backbeat has certainly changed the amount of music and types of music I have been exposed to and listening to throughout the year. ...
Thank you to all our great customers for such a wonderful December at Backbeat Books and Music. All the best from our family to yours. We will be closed for ...
Last-minute shopping to do - or are the kids already going stir-crazy? Bring the family to Backbeat today to relax with some stories! Christine will be ...
...extended Christmas shopping hours! Now you can be on the warm, cozy side of the window, rather than out on the sidewalk with your nose pressed up against ...
Did you know that you can still place special orders through us and receive your book(s) by Christmas Eve? While we can't guarantee all titles, we have a ...
Need some time to finish your shopping without little hands tugging at your coattails? We're here to help! Backbeat invites you to bring your little ones to ...
Just a little note to let you know that Backbeat is open today from 12-5 pm. The roads are pretty messy at the moment, so please drive extra carefully if ...
