Leonard Cohen’s 14th studio album “You Want It Darker” is out today on vinyl. We’ve had a unprecedented amount of interest and pre-orders for this release, luckily we were able…
Backbeat Books and Music Posts
Show some love for your favourite record and book store by wearing a Backbeat t-shirt! These super comfy shirts are ready to go out the door, over your face and…
I know we haven’t talked about new vinyl releases for a little while but that doesn’t mean new stuff hasn’t been coming in. Here’s what’s fresh (or freshly reissued) on…
Of course at Backbeat our focus is on books and vinyl, but we also sell some amazing greeting cards. We’ve been stocking the beautiful ecojot cards for a couple years…
Looking for the perfect way to personalize your gifts? We just brought in these super cool stamp sets by Yellow Owl Workshop. Okay, we got a little excited and opened…
Here’s what’s going down starting this Friday for our annual Black Friday Sale. We really hope we will see you this weekend for these great deals. It’s the last sale…
Next Thursday November 17th, come hang out with us at Backbeat in the dark. We’ll be open until 7:00pm that evening. The first five customers after 5:00pm will receive a…
Thought our current sale couldn’t get any better? All of our in-stock colouring books are now 50% off as well! This includes The Neil Gaiman Coloring Book that was produced…
Since we focused on vintage vinyl, cassettes and audio gear last week we didn’t post about some of the new vinyl that has been coming in. The hugely anticipated new…
Tired of that computer-glazed look in your kids’ eyes? Okay, here we go – tell them it’s time to put down the mouse and pick up a book! … Easier…
If you like rectangular analog music we just loaded up the cassette section today. We know we have a few die hard cassette collectors out there that will be happy.…
We wait and we wait with so much anticipation and then the list comes out and we all go… meh. There is certainly a wide variety on the list, but…
It’s a soggy Friday but we’ve got a few recent releases that might just get you through a grey weekend. It’s a diverse mix of albums we are featuring this…
We’re all about keeping things fresh over at Backbeat, so today we’re spending the day pricing loads more secondhand books for the shelves. This is such a great haul –…
When you travel, how many books do you bring? I went home for the long weekend and brought along no less than five books for four days, two of which…
When you shop for books, do you usually have something in mind or do you prefer to browse and see which books call out to you? When a customer is…
Hey Backbeaters! Where to put all these new releases that have been arriving lately? The browsers are feeling a little stuffed right now, but we can’t help ourselves from ordering…
We’re all about encouraging reading, so we’ve made room for some sale racks. While we already think we have pretty great prices on our used books, you can find even…
Hey Backbeaters! What seemed like a bit of a snoozy summer for new releases has now turned into a steady stream of great albums coming out on a weekly basis.…
