Named after the Buick Regal model, and a follow-up to Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022), GNX is Kendrick Lamar‘s first album after his departure from longtime labels Top…
Category: Music -Vinyl – New
Hey Backbeaters! As you may have seen, Record Store Day just dropped the big list of the upcoming RSD 2025 releases that will (should) be available April 12, 2025. We…
It’s Sunday and you know what that means…it’s time for A Nice Pair: book and vinyl pairings that go together like weather predictions and groundhogs. Today we’re pairing the book…
Hurry Up Tomorrow is the sixth studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd, released through XO and Republic Records. It is the final part of an album trilogy that…
Arriving for the first time on 4AD, Big Thief present the 2025 repress of their stunning sophomore album, 2017’s “Capacity”. After 2016’s “Masterpiece”, “Capacity” was recorded in a snowy winter…
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,…
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…
Balloonerism is a full-length album that Mac Miller created around the time of the release of Faces in 2014. It is an album that showcases both the breadth of his…
Liverpool electropoppers Ladytron – Helen Marnie, Mira Aroyo, Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu – formed in 1999 and sparked an entire movement in music pop culture powered by vintage synths…
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…
For years, Childish Gambino’s Atavista hid in plain sight. When he released an unfinished version of the record on March 15, 2020, it spent just 12 hours on his website…
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…
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…
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…
As we promised in yesterday’s post about our Black Friday weekend sale here’s a list of the RSD Black Friday exclusive releases we will have available in-store starting tomorrow at…
This weekend is our Black Friday (and Saturday and Sunday) Sale! We know lots of you have been waiting for Black Friday to arrive and we’re just as excited as…
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,…
It’s Friday! Boy oh boy do we have a load of new releases to dig into today. We’ve got the latest releases from The Smile, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Leon…
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,…
It’s Friday! We’ve got loads of recent new releases on the wall here at Backbeat! Don’t forget if you aren’t able to swing by the store you can always find…
Today’s book and vinyl pairing is the same-named Saxophone Colossus – one, a biography of Sonny Rollins by Aidan Levy; the other, Rollins’ album. The book is a deep dive…
Jack White’s new surprise album “NO NAME” has arrived! We only have a few of the indie shop exclusive blue vinyl edition in stock so it’s first come first served.…
Sunday means it’s time for A Nice Pair – book and vinyl pairings that share a common theme. This week, we’ve got one for the kids and/or the young at…
For today’s music and book pairing, we recommend grabbing your Docs, tying your favourite plaid around your waist and reading the book Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of…