Tag: studio album

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 14, 2025 / Music

Since their breakout 2012 self-titled debut album, The Lumineers have achieved some incredible milestones: number one hits, billions of streams, packed global arena tours, multi-platinum releases, Grammy nominations, and, most…

February 9, 2025 / Books
February 7, 2025 / Music - Vinyl

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…

January 31, 2025 / Music

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…

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 15, 2025 / Music
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 4, 2024 / Music

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…

July 21, 2024 / Books

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…

June 23, 2024 / Books

This week we continue to celebrate Pride Month by pairing the latest book we’ve brought in about today’s star, Me and Mr. Jones: My Life with David Bowie and The…

June 22, 2024 / Music

It’s the weekend! We’ve got a few new and recent re-issues to feature today including from Sade, Spiritualized and Monsters of Folk. Let’s dig in. Spiritualized – Songs in A&EThe…

June 16, 2024 / Books

Before we delve into today’s book and music pairing, we’d like to wish a Happy Father’s Day to those celebrating! If your celebrations involve books or vinyl – or even…

June 9, 2024 / Books

Today, we’re continuing our celebration of Pride Month and pairing Tegan and Sara’s latest album, Crybaby, with their graphic novel, Tegan & Sara: Junior High. The book is a blend…

June 2, 2024 / Books

We loved seeing the Pride Parade yesterday in Perth and in celebration of Pride Month, today we’re kicking it off with A Nice Pair featuring Billie Eilish. We recommend pairing…

May 10, 2024 / Music

It’s Friday! We’ve got another week with some solid fresh releases hitting the new release wall. The latest from The Beaches and Chick Corea w/Bela Fleck are out now! Plus,…

April 5, 2024 / Music

It’s Friday! We’ve got a few highly anticipated new releases to feature today. The latest albums from The Black Keys, Khruangbin and Vampire Weekend are out! Let’s dig in. Khruangbin…

March 30, 2024 / Music

It’s Saturday! We’ve got a few great new vinyl releases to feature this week so we’re going to get right into them. If you’re looking for more info on these…

February 16, 2024 / Music

It’s Friday! It wouldn’t be the weekend without some new releases to hit the shelves here at Backbeat. This week we’ve got the latest releases from Grandaddy, Blackberry Smoke, Earl…

January 27, 2024 / Music

It’s the weekend! We’ve got a few new releases to feature so we’re going to jump right into them. Future Islands – People Who Aren’t There Anymore (Indie Exclusive)Baltimore-based 4-piece…

January 19, 2024 / Music

It’s Friday! We’ve got a bunch of recent new releases to feature today, including the new Green Day album “Saviors”. The other new releases are all part of Rhino Record’s…

December 17, 2023 / Books

It’s time for another book and music pairing and today we’re matching The Tragically Hip’s album Fully Completely with the book The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and…

November 5, 2023 / Books

Today’s Nice Pair features Canadian twins Tegan & Sara. We’re pairing their latest collabs with each other: their graphic memoir Tegan & Sara: Junior High with their album Crybaby. While…

October 27, 2023 / Music

It’s Friday!We’ve got lots of new and recent new releases to feature today since we skipped posting about releases last week.We know we’ll be getting asked about Taylor Swift‘s 1989…