When Local Natives announced their new album “Sunlit Youth” in June we were pretty excited knowing that new music was coming from one of our favourite bands here at Backbeat.…
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Finally some new music to sink your stylus into, the new Dinosaur Jr. album “Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not” and the latest from Russian Circles “Guidance” are both…
Hey Backbeaters! Just a reminder that we are closed tomorrow June 12th, just in case you didn’t see our last post. Sorry for any inconvenience but don’t worry we’ll keep…
This is going to be a huge post about new music that you may have passed up the past couple of years. But first we just want to quickly let…
Pink Floyd Records begin the reintroduction of the Pink Floyd catalogue on vinyl for the first time in over two decades. The first four records will be The Piper at…
Happy long weekend peeps! Another week has zipped by and again this week we have several new releases to feature. All the details are coming right up. We have recently…
Hey there! This year seemed like it started pretty slow for decent new music coming out, now in the past month or so there have been so many great albums…
We certainly have a stack of wax to dig into today. Hundreds of used/vintage vinyl hitting the browsers plus some great new releases and new vinyl restocks. New releases now…
It’s Friday which usually means some new releases hit the shop. This week we have three releases we are featuring. We’ve been waiting for the new Coathangers album since it…
The day has come once again – it’s Record Store Day this Saturday April 16th and we want you to come hang out with us. We have lots planned for…
Hey good people. So things are getting sorted out for the big day here that is Record Store Day. We have lots planned for this Saturday April 16th and will…
Hey good people, it’s April 1st but we’re not going to fool with you. A few deliveries came in with lots of fresh releases to talk about today, plus restocks…
Hey good people! Yup, sure feels like the 90s here today as we have reissues from Nirvana and Sonic Youth, plus a new album from The Cult. M. Ward’s latest…
That crazy time of year has started again. That’s right the official Record Store Day exclusive release list came out yesterday. You can check it out online here: http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases Or…
A few recent releases and restocks just came in today. We’ve been waiting for GoGo Penguin and Hinds to arrive on vinyl since they were released and Wolfmother is back…
Its been a while since we talked about new music in 2016. With the renos behind us, it’s time to look at some of the releases that have come out…
Want to learn how to be the ultimate fangirl? Trying to figure out what the heck the KonMari Method is all about? Want to just stare at men with cats?…
As you well know, there are two halves that make up Backbeat: music and books. Some of our best-selling books are autobiographies and biographies about musicians…so we’re introducing a fun…
Our little shop’s been lucky to have been featured in a couple of magazines, but no books to-date…maybe the author of this book will do a sequel? A Canadian version?…
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…
What’s an absolute must-have in a book and music store? Books about music! We’ve got autobiographies and biographies written by and about rap stars, country singers, jazz artists, riot grrrls,…
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…
It’s a simple question and has an easy answer because it’s never too hard to find something you want at a record shop. We’ve been putting out hundreds of vintage…
