Tag: music

April 26, 2024 / Music

It’s Friday! Holy moly we’ve got a lot of fresh releases to feature today. We’ve got the new Pet Shop Boys, Charley Crockett, Darkthrone and AWOL. Laufey has dropped Bewitched:…

April 19, 2024 / Music
April 19, 2024 / Music

The day we’ve all been gearing up for is nearly here…Record Store Day is tomorrow! Are you as excited as we are? We’re looking forward to seeing our fantastic regular…

April 12, 2024 / Music

It’s Friday! Only one new release to feature this week but don’t worry, there’s going to be loads of new releases next week for Record Store Day! Linkin Park –…

March 30, 2024 / Music

It’s Saturday! We’ve got a few great new vinyl releases to feature this week so we’re going to get right into them. If you’re looking for more info on these…

March 23, 2024 / Music

It’s the weekend! We’ve got a few new and recent release to feature today including the latest from Adrianne Lenker and Waxahatchee. Let’s dig in. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future…

March 17, 2024 / Books

It’s Sunday, it’s time for A Nice Pair – book and vinyl recommendations that go together like March and unpredictable temperatures. Today we’re pairing the book Janis: Her Life and…

February 25, 2024 / Books
January 14, 2024 / Books

We’re back at it today and it’s time for A Nice Pair – today we’re featuring Johnny Cash. We’re pairing the biography Johnny Cash: The Life by prolific author Robert…

January 3, 2024 / Bags

Let’s kick off the new year with a BIG sale! Our “Happy New Year To You Sale” starts this Friday! There are some amazing deals to be had, so don’t…

December 19, 2023 / Books

Are you still looking for last-minute gift ideas? Backbeat has you covered with all sorts of fun music- and book-related finds. From patches and buttons to t-shirts and bibs, everything…

December 17, 2023 / Books

It’s time for another book and music pairing and today we’re matching The Tragically Hip’s album Fully Completely with the book The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and…

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…