Tag: music

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…

April 2, 2023 / Books

For today’s A Nice Pair, we’re matching up Crying in H Mart by Michelle Michelle Zauner with Japanese Breakfast’s latest album Jubilee. It generally takes around a year for paperbacks…

March 12, 2023 / Books

For this week’s A Nice Pair, we’re not looking at a musician, but we’re heading back to the 90s and the heyday of MTV. We’re pairing Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours with…

February 26, 2023 / Books

Happy Sunday! You know what that means…it’s time for book and music matches that we call A Nice Pair! This week, we’re pairing Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits with the memoir Does…

February 18, 2023 / Music
February 12, 2023 / Books

Today’s A Nice Pair features Warren Zevon. We’re pairing his album A Quiet Normal Life: The Best Of Warren Zevon with the book I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead:The Dirty Life…

February 10, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday! It wouldn’t be the weekend without some new and recent releases to hit the shelves here at Backbeat. We’ve got fresh releases from Yo La Tengo and Paramore…

February 5, 2023 / Books

For this week’s A Nice Pair – book and music pairings we recommend – we’re turning our attention over to Electronic Dance Music (aka: EDM). We recommend pairing the book…

January 29, 2023 / Books
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January 22, 2023 / Books

Today’s A Nice Pair features the Wu-Tang Clan. We recommend pairing the book Once Upon a Time in Shaolin: The Untold Story of Wu-Tang Clan’s Million-Dollar Secret Album, the Devaluation…

January 15, 2023 / Books

Today’s A Nice Pair has a couple of Dave Grohl’s firsts in common. We’re pairing his first book, The Storyteller, with the self-titled debut album by the Foo Fighters. Dave…

January 8, 2023 / Books

Today’s A Nice Pair features Keith Richards. We’re pairing his book Life with the Rolling Stones’ album Bridges to Babylon. Though it was just published in 2010, Life has already…

January 2, 2023 / Books
December 22, 2022 / Music

Looking for more last-minute ideas? We have cool music-related mugs in stock. Featuring David Bowie, the Ramones, Jimi Hendrix and more, they’re perfect with your favourite holiday morning blend. We’re…