I had the great opportunity to see Miriam Toews read and speak last night as part of the Ottawa International Writers Festival. If you know me at all, you know…
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Let’s get caught up on some of the recent new releases that have come out the past week or two. We’ve got the latest from Alice in Chains, Great Lake…
Earlier this week, we recommended some extremely well-priced new books for adults with the Vintage Minis series. With this in mind, we’ve also just restocked our Puffin Classics for kids…
It’s Friday and it’s a long weekend! Luckily there are some fantastic new album releases to add to your soundtrack for the weekend. The latest Beach House is here, Courtney…
Well, I guess yesterday answers the question “How many people can fit in Backbeat?” A huge THANK YOU to all our amazing customers that came out to celebrate Record Store…
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.…
– UPDATE – The Day After – APRIL 22, 2018 – A huge thanks to our amazing customers that came out and took part in a great day here at…
This week we’re featuring four new vinyl releases from Superorganism, Oneida, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. The usual list of restocks and…
Hey Backbeaters! Looks like it could be a snowy couple of days, so why not head over to the shop, pickup a book, grab a record and hibernate for the…
Perth is a winter wonderland today! If you’re finishing up your shopping, stay close to home this Christmas Eve. We’re open until 3 pm today if you still have some…
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…
We’ve been adding a bunch of great books to the shelves this week, refreshing the stock, so we thought we’d highlight just a few recent releases available right now in…
We’re stocking our shelves with a huge fresh selection of used books at this very moment! Pictured is just a tiny sample highlighting the types of books we’re bringing in.…
Hey Backbeaters! We’ve got a bunch of new vinyl releases to feature this week. The latest albums from Afghan Whigs, Brother Ali, Mac DeMarco and The Mountain Goats are now…
In just a little over a week on April 22 it will be Record Store Day! It is always our busiest day of the year here at Backbeat and a…
Although we weren’t closed for that long we’ve got a load of fresh vinyl to catch you up on. Most years start pretty slowly for new music releases but so…
Backbeat will be closed for some much-needed mid-winter R&R from Monday, January 30th to Thursday, February 9th. We’ll be back to our usual seven days a week schedule and happy…
The best thing about secondhand shopping is the potential for discovering treasures. On that note, our latest special addition (or is that edition?) to our rare books section is this…
Yesterday we gave you the Backbeat Book Lovers Gift Guide – today, we’re back with the Backbeat Vinyl Lovers Gift Guide. Vinyl fans often tend to spend their hard-earned cash…
Looking for the perfect way to personalize your gifts? We just brought in these super cool stamp sets by Yellow Owl Workshop. Okay, we got a little excited and opened…
Next Thursday November 17th, come hang out with us at Backbeat in the dark. We’ll be open until 7:00pm that evening. The first five customers after 5:00pm will receive a…
We wait and we wait with so much anticipation and then the list comes out and we all go… meh. There is certainly a wide variety on the list, but…
It’s a soggy Friday but we’ve got a few recent releases that might just get you through a grey weekend. It’s a diverse mix of albums we are featuring this…