This week’s book and music pairing is for the Marvel fans out there. We’re pairing the book Black Panther: The Ultimate Guide with the movie’s original score. The book covers…
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This week, we’re switching things up slightly and instead of recommending a book and record pairing, we’re pairing an album with some truly iconic greeting cards… We’ll start by wishing…
For this week’s A Nice Pair, we’re travelling back to the 90s. The EDM scene was hot and Moby was one of the top artists of that genre… His memoir,…
It’s Friday! On top of all the restocks and additions that came in this past week (we received another delivery yesterday) we’ve got a bunch of new and recent releases…
Today’s book and music pairing features Buffy Sainte-Marie. We’re pairing her latest book, Still This Love Goes On with the album The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie. This children’s book is…
It’s Friday! The National‘s latest album “First Two Pages Of Frankenstein” is out today and we’ve got the indie store exclusive red vinyl version here for you. Also with all…
It’s the day after the day the was Record Store Day 2023… where’d you all go?! To all of our customers who came out yesterday, we want to say a…
Lots of you amazing people have been asking what RSD 2023 releases we will have available tomorrow.The wait is over, here’s the list of what we have in stock and…
The day we’ve all been gearing up for is nearly here…Record Store Day is this Saturday! Are you as excited as we are? We’re looking forward to seeing our fantastic…
For this week’s A Nice Pair, we’re recommending the book Acid For the Children by Flea and Blood Sugar Sex Magik by The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Most musician memoirs…
Record Store Day is in one week and we can’t wait to celebrate with you! We will have over $1000 worth of amazing prizes to be won, including gift certificates…
It’s Friday, and there’s a new Metallica album! Metallica‘s 12th studio album, “72 Seasons” is out today. Produced by Greg Fidelman, along with James and Lars, “72 Seasons” explores the…
In just 2 weeks (on April 22nd) it will be Record Store Day! This will be the 10th year that Backbeat has participated and we’re super excited that we’re back…
We’ve changed our hours for this coming weekend because it’s Easter. Our hours this weekend will be: Friday: Closed Saturday: 11am-5pm Sunday: Closed We are always closed on Mondays and…
Ducks by Kate Beaton recently won Canada Reads 2023. It’s the first time a comics style book has ever won the competition. Voters decided it best fit this year’s theme…
Ice Ice Baby! Because of the poor weather we will be CLOSED today (Wednesday April 5th). Hit up our Facebook page for a “Flippin’ Video” of all the fresh used…
For today’s A Nice Pair, we’re matching up Crying in H Mart by Michelle Michelle Zauner with Japanese Breakfast’s latest album Jubilee. It generally takes around a year for paperbacks…
It’s the weekend and we’ve got a few new releases and reissues to feature. City and Colour have released “The Love Still Held Me Near” and The New Pornographers‘ latest…
It’s the weekend! Today we’re featuring the latest Pink Floyd vinyl release “The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974”This new release is part…
I don’t know about you, but I love seeing behind the scenes of artists’ processes. This week we’re pairing the book Fear Stalks the Land! A Commonplace Book by Thom…
For this week’s A Nice Pair, we’re not looking at a musician, but we’re heading back to the 90s and the heyday of MTV. We’re pairing Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours with…
It’s Friday! Do you need more records? Yes… yes you do. The latest Steel Panther album “On the Prowl” is out now as well as Macklemore‘s “Ben”. Some key albums…
Yesterday was International Women’s Day. We’re continuing the celebration by sharing just a few talented Canadian female authors. Have you read any of these authors’ books?
Sunday at Backbeat means it’s time for A Nice Pair. This week we’re pairing the book The Hard Times: The First 40 Years by the writers of thehardtimes.net with the…
