We now have all of the Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlisted books in stock! Show your support of our amazing Canadian authors and see if your favourite wins on November 5th.…
Backbeat Books and Music Posts
Arcade Fire – Reflektor – Limited Edition CD or Double Vinyl – AVAILABLE TODAY! Today Arcade Fire has released their highly anticipated new album REFLEKTOR. The album was produced by…
Hello good people, We have 6 recent releases to tell you about today. Plus a big release coming out tomorrow, and we will have copies in stock. As usual you…
Sad news today. Lou Reed has died he was 71. His music whether it was with the Velvet Underground or his solo work has alway had a special place in…
Today is the day that all of you Veronica Roth fans have been waiting for…Allegiant is finally here! And, because you’ve been so patient, Backbeat is offering this title at…
Good day, If you’ve been by the store this week you may have noticed that our sweet old jukebox is gone. It was sold and moved into a new home…
Are you counting down? It’s not long now…in only five more days, Allegiant will hit the shelves! In the meantime, here’s a link from Veronica Roth that she made…
Congratulations to Ontario-born Eleanor Catton for winning the prestigious Man Booker Award! Her sweeping second novel, “The Luminaries” just won this year’s competition. We currently have a copy of her…
Good day fine people. Just a few releases to mention this week. I’ve been personally looking forward to the new Cults album since it was announced. Their debut album was…
We just got the “Nudes of Mississippi Mills” 2014 calendar in stock today! This cheeky calendar features some local brave souls who showcase both the natural beauty of the area…
Between the Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist announcement and Alice Munro’s Nobel Prize for Literature, it’s been an extraordinary week for Canadian authors! We just got a shipment of new books…
As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Alice Munro is the first Canadian woman to have been awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature! If you’ve been to our shop…
We have had lots of customers asking for guitar picks and strings. Our Backbeat guitar strings have been in stock for a few months now and we have just received…
It’s that time of the year, new releases are coming in every week and there have been some fantstic albums lately. I personally cant get enough of the new release…
Hello good people! We’ve received some fine new releases this week, some exclusive to vinyl and others available on both CD and vinyl. Take a break and check out some…
Driving along Highway 7 heading from a Toronto show the night before on the way to Ottawa for another gig before heading back to their home base of Boston, The…
Along with the usual re-stocks we received today we are now adding these titles to our regular stock for as long as they are available. The new vinyl browser is…
Just brought these amazing secondhand goodies into the shop today. They’re all in like-new condition and are about to be priced and added to the shelves, but I just wanted…
Today, the shelves are being stocked with some Backbeat bestsellers as well as some new-to-the-shop titles: – “Lucky Peach #8” magazine – “Just Kids” by Patti Smith – “Little Paris…
Here are the new releases for this week now in stock. The Dirtbombs new album has to have my favourite album title of the year so far – “ooey gooey…
Just in time for the weekend, two new titles just arrived. One is fiction; the other is non-fiction: 1) “Astray” is the latest novel by the supremely talented Emma Donohue…
Just a quick post on a chilly Friday the 13th to let you know about some new vintage records that showed up yesterday. Some nice albums in there, plus loads…
Good day fine people. We just received our music delivery for this week. A little bit of everything came in. Please check out some sample tracks and videos from the…
