Backbeat is turning 10 next month! We are truly humbled by your support and want to have some fun to kick off our 10th anniversary celebration. Maybe you’ve been shopping…
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We’re back open starting tomorrow (July 2) but we’ve implemented some changes. Please take a minute to read this if you are planning to visit Backbeat soon. Here’s everything you…
Thank you to every single one of you who lined up, showed up and supported Backbeat Books, Music & Gifts yesterday for Record Store Day 2019! You really made it…
The Perth & District Union Library is pleased to be hosting author and poet Julie Paul for a reading and book signing on Friday, August 10th, 2018, at 2 p.m.…
Arctic Monkeys are back with their sixth album, “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino”. Produced by James Ford and Alex Turner, the album was recorded in Los Angeles, Paris and London.…
Record Store Day is now only 1 week away so we’re going to start letting you in on a few details of what’s going down at Backbeat on April 21st.…
Tomorrow is the start of our “Black Friday” weekend scratch and win sale, but there are many more good reasons to swing by your indie record shop right here in…
You’ll want to visit Backbeat Books and Music in Perth, Ontario this week because… It’s the “We’ve Never Had a Sale in September So We’re Having a Sale in September…
You’ve got to love delivery day when you’re working at a record store. Today we received some sweet new releases (I am so stoked for the 10th anniversary Okkervil River…
At Backbeat Books and Music we pride ourselves in selling some of the best products available for you to get the most out of your vinyl. From the multi-award winning…
Hey there good people. We’ve got three new vinyl releases to feature today. Deerhunter’s latest is getting some tremendous reviews, we all know you can’t go wrong with Brittany Howard’s…
Today’s featured book is Thinkerox: A Brain in a Box. Written in a Dr. Seuss-like rhyming style, this book warns about what can happen when people spend more time interacting…
Backbeat Books & Music would like to congratulate Kim Thuy for winning the CBC Canada Reads 2015 competition with her barrier-breaking book Ru! We’d also like to give a big…
As an independent bookseller, we’re really excited that we can now unveil a unique upcoming event that we’re participating in…Authors for Indies! We’ve been working hard behind the scenes on this one and now…
Thank you to all our great customers for a fantastic December at Backbeat Books and Music. All the best from our family to yours. However you celebrate, have fun, be…
-BLACK FRIDAY @ BACKBEAT BOOKS AND MUSIC- OK folks, here are the details for our weekend sale and Record Store Day Black Friday event for this coming weekend (Nov 28th…
…Sean Michaels for his book Us Conductors! Backbeat Books & Music would like to congratulate Mr. Michaels and all of the other amazingly talented nominees. To celebrate, Us Conductors will…
Backbeat Books & Music is excited to host Ottawa-based author Stephen Dale’s book launch for his latest book Noble Illusions: Young Canada Goes to War. The event will take place…
The latest album from local lad James Leclaire & The Cable 22’s just arrived at Backbeat Books and Music. Titled “Of What is Left”, it is available on…
Hey there good people. If you haven’t been by the shop in some time you’ve been missing out on the recent additions to our vintage vinyl collection here at Backbeat…
There have been several big releases the past month that we have mentioned and have in stock, including The Black Keys, Jack White, Coldplay and the Led Zeppelin re-issues but…
File under “Face melting rock and roll”. Local group Fools Like You now have their CD available at Backbeat Books and Music. We love supporting local musicians so the entire…
A pretty sweet delivery came in today. Not only did we get some new vinyl including an amazing 7″ single from SFH called “Mayor on Crack”, hmmm, wonder who that’s…