Balloonerism is a full-length album that Mac Miller created around the time of the release of Faces in 2014. It is an album that showcases both the breadth of his…
Backbeat Books and Music Posts
Is one of your goals for 2025 to read more? There are lots of strategies for easing back into reading if it’s a habit you’ve shelved for a while. One…
Liverpool electropoppers Ladytron – Helen Marnie, Mira Aroyo, Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu – formed in 1999 and sparked an entire movement in music pop culture powered by vintage synths…
It’s Sunday and it’s time for our weekly book and music pairing! Today it’s all about Alice Cooper and we’re pairing the memoir Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! with the album…
For years, Childish Gambino’s Atavista hid in plain sight. When he released an unfinished version of the record on March 15, 2020, it spent just 12 hours on his website…
It’s Sunday and for today’s book and vinyl pairing, we’re recommending the novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens alongside the Jojo Rabbit Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Caging Skies by Christine…
Before we delve into this week’s Nice Pair, just a reminder that we are:– OPEN today from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm.– We will then be CLOSED from Monday, December…
It’s Sunday, it’s the holidays and today it’s time for a Christmas edition of A Nice Pair! But before we kick things off, we want to remind you that we’re…
We just want to give you a heads up for our upcoming hours for the holiday. Wed December 18 – Sat December 21 – 11am-5pmSun December 22 – 11am-4pmMon December…
We hope your December’s off to a good start! We have a few important dates to share here for this upcoming week… Backbeat will be CLOSED this coming Saturday, December…
As we promised in yesterday’s post about our Black Friday weekend sale here’s a list of the RSD Black Friday exclusive releases we will have available in-store starting tomorrow at…
This weekend is our Black Friday (and Saturday and Sunday) Sale! We know lots of you have been waiting for Black Friday to arrive and we’re just as excited as…
We’ve recently added a small amount of French books for babies and little kids to our collection. If you’re wanting to teach your little one a new language or if…
It’s Sunday and it’s a long weekend…a.k.a. the perfect combination for another vinyl and book pairing, right? This week, we’re featuring the latest offerings from Nick Cave: his book Faith,…
It’s Sunday and we’re switching things up a little today for today’s Nice Pair – we’re pairing the Backbeat Recommended Read, Salmon Run by Jeff McIntyre with…any music that makes…
It’s Friday! Boy oh boy do we have a load of new releases to dig into today. We’ve got the latest releases from The Smile, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Leon…
It’s the last Sunday in September so let’s settle in with A Nice Pair – book and vinyl pairings that go together like squirrels and foraging for nuts. This week,…
It’s Friday! We’ve got loads of recent new releases on the wall here at Backbeat! Don’t forget if you aren’t able to swing by the store you can always find…
Check out the NEW Audio Technica LP70x turntables! We just got them in last week and are very impressed with this fantastic new turntable. Not only does it sound great,…
Hey! What you doing Saturday evening? Perth is having a night market and Backbeat will be open until 9pm. Perth Tourism describes it as “an enchanting evening waiting for you…
Looking for a fresh pair of powered speakers? Check out the sale on our remaining stock of Kanto speakers. Drop by for more details on these models or check out…
We’ve restocked some music-related favourites as well as added some new designs to our greeting card wall…these latest ones are again from Smitten Kitten. We love a good sense of…
Today’s book and vinyl pairing is the same-named Saxophone Colossus – one, a biography of Sonny Rollins by Aidan Levy; the other, Rollins’ album. The book is a deep dive…
Jack White’s new surprise album “NO NAME” has arrived! We only have a few of the indie shop exclusive blue vinyl edition in stock so it’s first come first served.…
