Backbeat Books and Music Posts

January 3, 2024 / Bags

Let’s kick off the new year with a BIG sale! Our “Happy New Year To You Sale” starts this Friday! There are some amazing deals to be had, so don’t…

December 24, 2023 / Books

From our family to yours, we want to wish you all Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas! No matter how you celebrate the season we hope that you’re able to…

December 23, 2023 / Bags

Hey Backbeaters! We’re here today until 5pm and tomorrow we are open 11am-4pm.We’ve got some adjustments to our hours over the next couple of weeks so here’s the info you…

December 21, 2023 / Books

Stuck for time and ideas and also, what’s that? You hate wrapping? We’ve got our Backbeat surprise packs all ready to go for you! Each pack contains three pre-loved (but…

December 19, 2023 / Books

Are you still looking for last-minute gift ideas? Backbeat has you covered with all sorts of fun music- and book-related finds. From patches and buttons to t-shirts and bibs, everything…

December 18, 2023 / Books

Not sure what to get? A Backbeat gift card is a great option! You can purchase a physical gift card at our store or buy an “eGift card” that can…

December 17, 2023 / Books

It’s time for another book and music pairing and today we’re matching The Tragically Hip’s album Fully Completely with the book The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and…

December 1, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday! The latest album from Travis Scott “UTOPIA” is now available on vinyl. We’ve got the indie exclusive version on translucent orange vinyl in stock. We also loaded up…

November 30, 2023 / Books

We are now open 7 days a week until Christmas!Of course you can always shop for new records 24/7 on our eShop – shop.backbeatperth.com We hope to see you soon!

November 26, 2023 / Books

This week’s music and book pairing features a book about seven genres of music and one artist, Joni MItchell, one of the pioneers of a new kind of rock. Major…

November 23, 2023 / Books

Tomorrow is the day! We know lots of you have been waiting for Black Friday to arrive and we’re just as excited as you. Some of you just want to…

November 10, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday! It wouldn’t be the weekend without some new releases to hit the shelves here at Backbeat. This week we’ve got recent releases from The Struts and Poolside, plus…

November 5, 2023 / Books

Today’s Nice Pair features Canadian twins Tegan & Sara. We’re pairing their latest collabs with each other: their graphic memoir Tegan & Sara: Junior High with their album Crybaby. While…

November 3, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday!1989: Taylor’s Version rolled in this week so we now have loads of stock in both the “Crystal Skies Blue Edition” and “Tangerine Edition”.Tay Tay not your thing? Definitely…

October 27, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday!We’ve got lots of new and recent new releases to feature today since we skipped posting about releases last week.We know we’ll be getting asked about Taylor Swift‘s 1989…

October 22, 2023 / Books

We’re back today with our book and vinyl pairing that we like to call A Nice Pair…this week features Madonna, aka The Material Girl, The Queen of Reinvention, The Queen…

October 13, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday! Holy moly we’ve got a lot of fresh releases to feature today. A few more of the Rocktober limited edition releases have rolled in, Grateful Dead, Yes, Fleetwood…

October 8, 2023 / Books

It’s been a little bit since we’ve done A Nice Pair, but we’re back today pairing the late Sinead O’Connor’s memoir Rememberings with her second studio album I Do Not…

October 6, 2023 / Music

Looking for exclusive new vinyl releases? This week kicks off Rocktober 2023! Rhino’s Rocktober returns with some great exclusive, limited-edition vinyl releases. Starting today, there will be new releases during…

September 15, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday! We’ve got a few recent new releases to feature today plus the Perth Night Market is happening tomorrow. It’s going to be a great weekend! With the Perth…

September 13, 2023 / Books

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…

September 8, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday! We’ve got another week with some solid fresh releases hitting the new release wall. The latest from The Glorious Sons, Half Moon Run and Tyler Childers and The…

September 7, 2023 / 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…

September 1, 2023 / Music
August 23, 2023 / Music

Did you know that we post videos on our Facebook page that feature the latest used/vintage albums to arrive here at Backbeat? You do now! Join us on Facebook to…