Musicblogs' Beirut Profile

black joe lewis you don't loveben gibbard a lack of colour (acoustic)beirut cherbourgarctic monkeys you know i'm no good (amy winehouse cover)sufjan stevens ring them bells (bob dylan cover)bright eyes coat check dream songjosé gonzález stay in the shadecalexico alone again orthe high llamas banking on karma

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My new media player has the ability to hold all the music on my computer, but that's way too much for me to lug around, I've had problems with my back in the past... and the present. So, after the player synced with my computer and loaded a gazillion songsRead More

DOWNLOAD: Beirut - A Sunday Smile (MP3) -- (MHOW tix are on sale) April 3 A Letter from Zach It's with great regret that I have to tell all of you that Beirut is canceling their summer European shows. My reasons for doing this are many, a lot of them personal, but I…Read More

We'll be doing things a little differently this year. You'll have a chance to hear from all of MOKB's contributors as well, so you won't have to just take my opinion as law.The best albums of the year versus albums I actually listened to a lot are two different things.…Read More

Now that I've spent some time with the new Ghostface and Wu-Tang LPs, I feel fairly comfortable breaking out this list of my favorite releases of the year. I'm leaving off some really good records by stopping at 17, but with my obnoxiously long "songs of the year" list looming…Read More

feist (kexp session w/ kings of convenience)the waterkings of convenience feat. feist (kexp session)know howlive longchris wallathe a.g.b (instrumental)radiodeath cab for cutielowell, mathe rumble stripsmotorcyclebloc partywe were loversbeirut (kexp session)nantescherbourgthe national santa clara (demo)rademacher stuntsbuck 65 dangthe mohawk lodgeeverybody's on fire

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feist (kexp session w/ kings of convenience)the waterkings of convenience feat. feist (kexp session)know howlive longchris wallathe a.g.b (instrumental)radiodeath cab for cutielowell, mathe rumble stripsmotorcyclebloc partywe were loversbeirut (kexp session)nantescherbourgthe national santa clara (demo)rademacher stuntsbuck 65 dangthe mohawk lodgeeverybody's on fire

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nick cavesupernaturallythe veilscalliopebeirut (live at Kexp)nantesknives and forks (la fete)feist (CBC session)one eveningbeach housesaltwaterthe nationalavailablebloc party (FNX Radio)i still rememberarctic monkeysbrianstormryan adamsto be young (is to be sad, is to be high)

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nick cavesupernaturallythe veilscalliopebeirut (live at Kexp)nantesknives and forks (la fete)feist (CBC session)one eveningbeach housesaltwaterthe nationalavailablebloc party (FNX Radio)i still rememberarctic monkeysbrianstormryan adamsto be young (is to be sad, is to be high)

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Unlike most everyone else out there, I wasn't especially taken with Beirut's 2006 debut Gulag Orkestar. I don't have any hard, specific reasons but if pressed, I'd say that while I found the Gypsy/Balkan orchestra aesthetic novel, with a couple exceptions it seemed to be more about sound than song…Read More

That "Meg White sex tape" that's been floating around for a week or so that everyone is just now posting about? Clearly not Meg White (NSFW). In other news, click the "read more" link for this week's playlist for our Sirius Blog Radio show, complete with a bunch of assorted…Read More

Some of you may have noticed that anytime I've referenced Rilo Kiley's new record Under The Blacklight in the last little while, it's been in the context of "is not a very good record". Always in passing, never with specifics. I've been a Rilo Kiley fan for some time now,…Read More

Proving that he really can't be overworked (even when his body says otherwise), Zach Condon of Beirut just released a plethora of information regarding his latest piece of work! His new LP, supposedly titled The Flying Cub Cup, is slated to hit metal shelves and digital libraries October 9th. The...Read More