For now, we’re open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 12-4 pm for pickups. This means that you can browse for records and books using our “Flippin” and “Book Browse” videos…
Backbeat Books and Music Posts
It’s Friday (well, pretty sure) and we have a bunch of new releases to dig into! Yes, some of these albums were released over the past month or two but…
Hey Backbeaters! We hope you are all doing well and staying safe. The Ontario government has announced that we can now begin to get ready to re-open. In order for…
We all look forward to Record Store Day each and every year. This year though, has been a little different. First, RSD was moved from April to June and now…
How are you all doing? We’re thinking of you lots and hope everyone’s hanging in there. We’ve just added some classic books to our inventory that’s currently available to…
Hey Backbeaters! As you know, our shop is closed until further notice because of Covid-19. We’ve had lots of emails and messages from you folks about how you can support…
How are you spending your extra downtime at home? There are only so many episodes of Tiger King to watch and the news isn’t very entertaining lately. How about picking…
It’s Friday (I think) and usually it’s the day we talk about new music. Unfortunately, with distribution shut down we aren’t receiving any deliveries so today we are giving you…
It’s Friday, it’s late, it’s still time for some new tunes! As much as we’d love for you to come down to Backbeat this weekend and grab some great new…
As promised, here is our BIG Flippin’ Video of our entire (well, almost entire) used record inventory from March 21, 2020. We used YouTube because of the size of the…
Hey Backbeaters. As you likely heard, the Ontario government has mandated that non-essential businesses close. So effective immediately our shop is closed until further notice. We will still be checking…
What’s new today? Well, DIO has released their 1996 – 2004 studio albums on vinyl and the packaging is top notch. They all have a 3D lenticular cover that you…
Hey Backbeaters. The time has come to adjust how we operate the store to reduce health and safety risks presented by Covid-19. Do we want to make these changes? Nope.…
Hey Backbeaters! We’ve received an announcement that Record Store Day is being moved to June 20th, 2020. As much as we love the tradition in April we agree it only…
The official Record Store Day release lists have been released! We’re just starting to dig into it and it looks like some great releases will be available April 18, 2020…
We’ve just restocked our greeting card shelf with some favourites, plus a whole bunch of new ones for your favourite sarcastic friend/relative/co-worker. Want to warn your friend that marriage is…
It’s Friday and we’ve got a bunch recent new releases to feature. The latest Caribou is out today and we can’t wait to give it a listen. We also have…
The new releases keep on coming, this week we are featuring the latest from Grimes, Stone Temple Pilots and Sarah Harmer. We’ve also received more copies of the new Tame…
For fans of the tiny house trend, eco-friendly living and build-it-yourself homes, I highly recommend Cabin Porn Inside by Zach Klein. His first book, Cabin Porn, had us drooling at…
So far it looks like 2020 might be a big year for album releases. Only 6 weeks in and there has already been several excellent albums to hit the shelves.…