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…
Category: Books
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…
We’ve brought cookbooks back to Backbeat! We currently have a small curated selection that we just added to our used book section. What’s your go-to cookbook?
Sunday means it’s time for A Nice Pair – book and vinyl pairings that share a common theme. This week, we’ve got one for the kids and/or the young at…
For today’s music and book pairing, we recommend grabbing your Docs, tying your favourite plaid around your waist and reading the book Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of…
We don’t judge people by their covers, but we definitely judge books. Do you? Here are some of our favourite collections that are as beautiful to look at as they…
This week we continue to celebrate Pride Month by pairing the latest book we’ve brought in about today’s star, Me and Mr. Jones: My Life with David Bowie and The…
Before we delve into today’s book and music pairing, we’d like to wish a Happy Father’s Day to those celebrating! If your celebrations involve books or vinyl – or even…
Today, we’re continuing our celebration of Pride Month and pairing Tegan and Sara’s latest album, Crybaby, with their graphic novel, Tegan & Sara: Junior High. The book is a blend…
We loved seeing the Pride Parade yesterday in Perth and in celebration of Pride Month, today we’re kicking it off with A Nice Pair featuring Billie Eilish. We recommend pairing…
If you’re a fan of Patti Smith, today’s your day! We recommend pairing her latest book, The Book of Days, with her classic album Horses. The Book of Days is…
The long weekend is coming up…a perfect time for relaxing! If reading tops your list of ways to unwind, we have a great selection of used books here to choose…
In honour of Mother’s Day, today we’re pairing The Beatles’ classic album Let It Be with the book Sound Man by Glyn Johns. The title track of the album was…
We’re restocking the bookshelves with some great used titles and wanted to show you just a little sample of some of the more recent publications. Have you read any/are any…
Thank you to every single one of you who lined up, showed up and hung out with us for Record Store Day! You really made it the greatest day –…
Saturday (Record Store Day) is also sale day here – it’s one day only, so you won’t want to miss it!20% off everything in stock (includes Record Store Day exclusives…
Record Store Day is this Saturday and we can’t wait to celebrate with you! We will have over $1000 of amazing prizes and giveaways this year so you won’t want…
Because of the holiday this weekend we’ve adjusted our hours.Our hours for this weekend are: Thursday – 11am-5pmFriday – ClosedSaturday – 11am-5pmSunday – Closed We are always closed Mondays and…
We’re replenishing today with a bunch of fresh used books so come by soon for the best selection! Here are some of the most recently published titles hitting the shelves…
It’s Sunday, it’s time for A Nice Pair – book and vinyl recommendations that go together like March and unpredictable temperatures. Today we’re pairing the book Janis: Her Life and…
Surprise packs are back! We have three-packs of used books all wrapped up and ready to read…they come in Fiction, Humour and the ultimate mystery, Mysteries/Thrillers. Just $9.95 per pack…
It’s Sunday! It’s time for another Nice Pair…this time with help to make your plants grow? That’s right – we’re pairing the book The Inspired House Plant by Jen Stearns…
Hey Backbeaters! As you may have seen, Record Store Day just dropped the big list of the upcoming RSD 2024 releases that will (should) be available April 20, 2024. We…
