Backbeat Books and Music Posts

May 17, 2024 / Music

It’s Friday! It’s a long weekend! New releases from Cage the Elephant and The Avett Borthers are out today! Don’t forget to check out our “Flippin’ Video” from earlier this…

May 16, 2024 / Books
May 12, 2024 / Books

In honour of Mother’s Day, today we’re pairing The Beatles’ classic album Let It Be with the book Sound Man by Glyn Johns. The title track of the album was…

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,…

May 4, 2024 / Music

It wouldn’t be the weekend without some new releases to hit the shelves here at Backbeat. This week we’re featuring new releases from Sia, Kamasi Washington, Dua Lipa and Mdou…

May 2, 2024 / Books

We’re restocking the bookshelves with some great used titles and wanted to show you just a little sample of some of the more recent publications. Have you read any/are any…

April 26, 2024 / Music

It’s Friday! Holy moly we’ve got a lot of fresh releases to feature today. We’ve got the new Pet Shop Boys, Charley Crockett, Darkthrone and AWOL. Laufey has dropped Bewitched:…

April 21, 2024 / Books

Thank you to every single one of you who lined up, showed up and hung out with us for Record Store Day! You really made it the greatest day –…

April 19, 2024 / Music
April 19, 2024 / Music

The day we’ve all been gearing up for is nearly here…Record Store Day is tomorrow! Are you as excited as we are? We’re looking forward to seeing our fantastic regular…

April 17, 2024 / Books

Saturday (Record Store Day) is also sale day here – it’s one day only, so you won’t want to miss it!20% off everything in stock (includes Record Store Day exclusives…

April 16, 2024 / Books
April 12, 2024 / Music

It’s Friday! Only one new release to feature this week but don’t worry, there’s going to be loads of new releases next week for Record Store Day! Linkin Park –…

April 6, 2024 / Books

Record Store Day is in two weeks! Who’s coming?

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…

March 27, 2024 / Bags

Because of the holiday this weekend we’ve adjusted our hours.Our hours for this weekend are: Thursday – 11am-5pmFriday – ClosedSaturday – 11am-5pmSunday – Closed We are always closed Mondays and…

March 24, 2024 / Books

We’re replenishing today with a bunch of fresh used books so come by soon for the best selection! Here are some of the most recently published titles hitting the shelves…

March 23, 2024 / Music

It’s the weekend! We’ve got a few new and recent release to feature today including the latest from Adrianne Lenker and Waxahatchee. Let’s dig in. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future…

March 17, 2024 / Books

It’s Sunday, it’s time for A Nice Pair – book and vinyl recommendations that go together like March and unpredictable temperatures. Today we’re pairing the book Janis: Her Life and…

March 7, 2024 / Books

Surprise packs are back! We have three-packs of used books all wrapped up and ready to read…they come in Fiction, Humour and the ultimate mystery, Mysteries/Thrillers. Just $9.95 per pack…

March 1, 2024 / Music

It’s Friday so of course we’ve got a few new vinyl releases to feature today. The latest Zakk Sabbath, Chelsea Wolfe and Faye Webster are in stock! FYI – We’ll…

February 25, 2024 / Books
February 23, 2024 / Music

It’s Friday! We’ve got a bunch of recent new releases hitting the shelves today plus loads of restocks and additions to our new record selection here at Backbeat. The latest…

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…