When you think of summer music, reggae is where it’s at. So for this week’s A Nice Pair we’ve chosen the legendary Bob Marley. We recommend pairing his album Natty…
Backbeat Books and Music Posts
This Sunday we’re putting a little twist on our weekly A Nice Pair series. We usually pair book and record recommendations but this week we just brought in a fun…
It’s Friday! It’s also a bit of a Bowie day here. Some more vinyl reissues this time from Bowie’s 90s catalogue have been released. Recently included as part of the…
This post is for all the book-loving kids out there…we’ve just put out a bunch of fresh books for you in the used section. Bring your stamp card or pick…
You know what’s way more fun to receive than junk mail and bills? A postcard! When’s the last time you received a handwritten note? They’re so few and far between…
Just because you have little ones around doesn’t mean you have to be stuck into the kid music zone. What is Punk? by Eric Morse is fun introduction to a…
It’s Friday! We’ve got a few recent new releases to feature this week. All those details are below. We put out a fresh batch of used albums into the recent…
It’s Friday! We’ve got a few recent new releases to feature today. They are all stellar albums but they all hit different. Check out some details below. We’ve also got…
It’s that time of the week where we showcase another recent used book stack! Have you read any of these or are any on your to-read list? Brother by David…
Hello Backbeaters! Just a quick reminder that we are closed tomorrow, July 1st for Canada Day. We’ve got a bunch of great recent new releases to feature today including some…
We’re always putting out fresh books…here are some of the latest used ones. What are you currently reading?
New Running Press mini kits just arrived! We got lots of new ones plus some old faves…I’m looking at you Screaming Goat…
We hope you are all having an awesome week so far! Just wanted to give you all a heads up that we’ve had to make a couple adjustments to our…
Would your dad get this card? We have this and others to celebrate the dad or dad figure in your life. Happy Father’s Day! Stay funky.
Tomorrow is the day that the RSD Drops releases will be available right here at Backbeat. As promised we’ve got a list of what we will have available starting at…
You’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard of Elvis (no last name necessary) but there’s one person who knew him intimately: his former live-in girlfriend and muse,…
For today’s A Nice Pair we’re going emo. We recommend pairing the book Everybody Hurts by Leslie Simon and Trevor Kelley with the king of emo’s eponymous soundtrack, Napoleon Dynamite…
To all of the adventurous readers out there…we’ve brought our fun Backbeat surprise fiction packs back! Perfect for when you’re not sure what you want to read. Or maybe you…
Somehow it’s already June and this month we’re celebrating PRIDE! We’ve got lots of great books to kick off the fun (many that are Canadian authored and Backbeat Recommended Reads!)…
What’s one of the most fun parts about having a bookstore? Sourcing the books to stock it with! Here are some of our most recent used arrivals…we love finding great…