Tag: music

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 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…

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 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…

August 13, 2023 / Books
August 11, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday! We’ve got the latest from Bonnie Prince Billy and some sweet Lush reissues finally! You can dig into some of the details on these releases below. If you…

July 28, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday! Just a couple of recent new releases to feature today so we’ll jump right into it! Greta Van Fleet – StarcatcherStarcatcher finds the band exploring the duality of…

July 21, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday! Busy week here at Backbeat with loads of deliveries coming in. We’ve got a few new and recent releases to feature plus some highlights worth checking out in…

July 16, 2023 / Books

Today’s book and music pairing is the autobiography Let Love Rule and the album Mama Said by Lenny Kravitz. Let Love Rule is a memoir by Lenny Kravitz that covers…

July 8, 2023 / Books

We’re expanding our new music book selection…whatever your taste, whichever genre you’re into, come by and see what we have in store!

June 25, 2023 / Uncategorized

In honour of Global Beatles Day, today we’re pairing the album Revolver with Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney by Howard Sounes. Global Beatles Day, celebrated yearly on June…

June 18, 2023 / Books
June 2, 2023 / Music

It’s Foo Fighters Friday! It’s been a little while since we’ve talked about new releases but today we have got a stack of fresh releases to feature so we’re going…

May 28, 2023 / Books

This week’s book and music pairing is for the Marvel fans out there. We’re pairing the book Black Panther: The Ultimate Guide with the movie’s original score. The book covers…

May 14, 2023 / Music

This week, we’re switching things up slightly and instead of recommending a book and record pairing, we’re pairing an album with some truly iconic greeting cards… We’ll start by wishing…

May 7, 2023 / Books

For this week’s A Nice Pair, we’re travelling back to the 90s. The EDM scene was hot and Moby was one of the top artists of that genre… His memoir,…

May 5, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday! On top of all the restocks and additions that came in this past week (we received another delivery yesterday) we’ve got a bunch of new and recent releases…

April 30, 2023 / Books

Today’s book and music pairing features Buffy Sainte-Marie. We’re pairing her latest book, Still This Love Goes On with the album The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie. This children’s book is…

April 23, 2023 / Books
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April 16, 2023 / Books

For this week’s A Nice Pair, we’re recommending the book Acid For the Children by Flea and Blood Sugar Sex Magik by The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Most musician memoirs…

April 8, 2023 / Music

In just 2 weeks (on April 22nd) it will be Record Store Day! This will be the 10th year that Backbeat has participated and we’re super excited that we’re back…