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…
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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…
Happy Sunday! You know what that means…it’s time for book and music matches that we call A Nice Pair! This week, we’re pairing Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits with the memoir Does…
It’s Friday! We’ve got another week with some great new vinyl releases to dig into so we’re going to get right to them. If you’re looking for more info on…
It’s the weekend and we’ve got a few new and recent releases to feature. Ron Sexsmith has released his latest album “The Vivian Line”, Post Malone‘s 2022 release “Twelve Carat…
Hey Backbeaters! As you may have seen yesterday, Record Store Day dropped the big list of the upcoming RSD 2023 releases that will (should) be available April 22, 2023. We…
One of the things I like best about books are when they take you out of your familiar world and into another one. With that said, and as we celebrate…
Today’s A Nice Pair features Warren Zevon. We’re pairing his album A Quiet Normal Life: The Best Of Warren Zevon with the book I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead:The Dirty Life…
It’s Friday! It wouldn’t be the weekend without some new and recent releases to hit the shelves here at Backbeat. We’ve got fresh releases from Yo La Tengo and Paramore…
For this week’s A Nice Pair – book and music pairings we recommend – we’re turning our attention over to Electronic Dance Music (aka: EDM). We recommend pairing the book…
Our latest used books cover everything from 80s Brat Pack movie stars to childhood friendship to detachment parenting, plus one seriously messed up serial killer cult leader.
Today’s nice pair features the album The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd with the book of the same name by John Harris. The album is one of…
It’s Friday! Holy moly we’ve got a load of new releases today! As we mentioned earlier this week Start Your Ear Off Right 2023 releases have arrived and you can…
What new vinyl releases are you looking forward to in 2023? Last year we had a crazy amount of new releases roll through the doors here at Backbeat and we’re…
Today’s A Nice Pair features the Wu-Tang Clan. We recommend pairing the book Once Upon a Time in Shaolin: The Untold Story of Wu-Tang Clan’s Million-Dollar Secret Album, the Devaluation…
Today’s A Nice Pair has a couple of Dave Grohl’s firsts in common. We’re pairing his first book, The Storyteller, with the self-titled debut album by the Foo Fighters. Dave…