Category: Music -Vinyl – New

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 28, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday! The National‘s latest album “First Two Pages Of Frankenstein” is out today and we’ve got the indie store exclusive red vinyl version here for you. Also with all…

April 21, 2023 / Music
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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 15, 2023 / Books

Record Store Day is in one week and we can’t wait to celebrate with you! We will have over $1000 worth of amazing prizes to be won, including gift certificates…

April 14, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday, and there’s a new Metallica album! Metallica‘s 12th studio album, “72 Seasons” is out today. Produced by Greg Fidelman, along with James and Lars, “72 Seasons” explores the…

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 5, 2023 / Books

Ice Ice Baby! Because of the poor weather we will be CLOSED today (Wednesday April 5th). Hit up our Facebook page for a “Flippin’ Video” of all the fresh used…

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 31, 2023 / Music

It’s the weekend and we’ve got a few new releases and reissues to feature. City and Colour have released “The Love Still Held Me Near” and The New Pornographers‘ latest…

March 25, 2023 / Music

It’s the weekend! Today we’re featuring the latest Pink Floyd vinyl release “The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974”This new release is part…

March 19, 2023 / Books

I don’t know about you, but I love seeing behind the scenes of artists’ processes. This week we’re pairing the book Fear Stalks the Land! A Commonplace Book by Thom…

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…

March 10, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday! Do you need more records? Yes… yes you do. The latest Steel Panther album “On the Prowl” is out now as well as Macklemore‘s “Ben”. Some key albums…

March 5, 2023 / Books

Sunday at Backbeat means it’s time for A Nice Pair. This week we’re pairing the book The Hard Times: The First 40 Years by the writers of thehardtimes.net with the…

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…

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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…