Hey! What you doing Saturday evening? Perth is having a night market and Backbeat will be open until 8pm (or later if we’re busy). Perth Tourism describes it as “an…
Category: Books
In honour of short attention spans, small segments of reading time, a love of small things, compact bag space, luggage weight limits and similar constraints, here are some used fiction…
The music world has lost a number of bright lights in the past week or two and for today’s A Nice Pair, we’re honouring Robbie Robertson by pairing his book…
Are you looking for the latest books but don’t want to pay full retail? Here are just some of the used books published in 2022-23 that are currently on our…
Today’s Nice Pair features famed rock & roll photographer Bob Gruen and one of his many famous subjects, The Runaways. Right Place, Right Time: The Life of a Rock &…
Today’s book and music pairing is the autobiography Let Love Rule and the album Mama Said by Lenny Kravitz. Let Love Rule is a memoir by Lenny Kravitz that covers…
We’re expanding our new music book selection…whatever your taste, whichever genre you’re into, come by and see what we have in store!
That’s right, we’re open Canada Day Saturday July 1st! If you’re in Perth this weekend we hope to see you right here at Backbeat.
First of all, Happy Father’s Day to those of you out there who are celebrating! Now, onto today’s A Nice Pair – book and music pairings that go together like,…
It’s June, which means for many it’s time for road trips, cottages and camping! If you’ll be travelling and unplugged, you’ll need some things to keep everyone entertained. We’ve got…
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…
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,…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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?