Category: Books

March 16, 2025 / Books

It’s Sunday which means it’s time for A Nice Pair: book and vinyl pairings that go together like a rainy day and saved plans. Today we’re teaming up the book…

March 9, 2025 / Books
February 19, 2025 / Books

As you know, we love celebrating Canadian authors! Here are some highlights. We highly recommend Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley and do you see that Linwood Barclay there?…

February 15, 2025 / Bags

Well dang, we’re having another snow day tomorrow, so we will be closed Sunday February 15th. We are so sorry for the inconvenience. If you have to be out and…

February 12, 2025 / Bags

Just giving a heads up that we will be closed tomorrow, February 13, 2025 because of the snowstorm. Good excuse to stay in, listen to records and read a good…

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January 26, 2025 / Books

It’s Sunday, the sun is shining and it’s time for A Nice Pair – our weekly vinyl/book pairing! This week, we’re recommending the book Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan,…

January 23, 2025 / Books

Rebecca Yarros fans, it’s here! We have the deluxe edition of Onyx Storm currently in stock. Bonus: it’s 15% off the retail price and you’ll get a stamp towards used…

January 19, 2025 / Books

It’s that time of week when we pair a book with a related record for your visual and auditory pleasure! Today we’re recommending A Memory Within a Song: Music That…

January 16, 2025 / Books

Is one of your goals for 2025 to read more? There are lots of strategies for easing back into reading if it’s a habit you’ve shelved for a while. One…

January 12, 2025 / Books

It’s Sunday and it’s time for our weekly book and music pairing! Today it’s all about Alice Cooper and we’re pairing the memoir Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! with the album…

January 5, 2025 / Books

It’s Sunday and for today’s book and vinyl pairing, we’re recommending the novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens alongside the Jojo Rabbit Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Caging Skies by Christine…

December 29, 2024 / Books

Before we delve into this week’s Nice Pair, just a reminder that we are:– OPEN today from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm.– We will then be CLOSED from Monday, December…

December 22, 2024 / Books

It’s Sunday, it’s the holidays and today it’s time for a Christmas edition of A Nice Pair! But before we kick things off, we want to remind you that we’re…

December 18, 2024 / Bags

We just want to give you a heads up for our upcoming hours for the holiday. Wed December 18 – Sat December 21 – 11am-5pmSun December 22 – 11am-4pmMon December…

December 3, 2024 / Books

We hope your December’s off to a good start! We have a few important dates to share here for this upcoming week… Backbeat will be CLOSED this coming Saturday, December…

November 27, 2024 / Books
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October 13, 2024 / Books

It’s Sunday and it’s a long weekend…a.k.a. the perfect combination for another vinyl and book pairing, right? This week, we’re featuring the latest offerings from Nick Cave: his book Faith,…

October 6, 2024 / Books

It’s Sunday and we’re switching things up a little today for today’s Nice Pair – we’re pairing the Backbeat Recommended Read, Salmon Run by Jeff McIntyre with…any music that makes…

September 29, 2024 / Books

It’s the last Sunday in September so let’s settle in with A Nice Pair – book and vinyl pairings that go together like squirrels and foraging for nuts. This week,…

September 11, 2024 / Bags

Hey! What you doing Saturday evening? Perth is having a night market and Backbeat will be open until 9pm. Perth Tourism describes it as “an enchanting evening waiting for you…