Photos by Kyle Dean Reinford Last month, young master Condon bailed on a string of European dates with a letter posted on his site, saying: "It's come time to change some things, reinvent some others, and come back at some... CONTINUE READING BEIRUT SHOWS SOME SPANISH STYLES @ MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN 5/18/08»
Posted on May 19, 2008 in , (15 comments)
Tags: Beirut
Mother's Day is this weekend. Hopefully you haven't forgotten. If you did, then hopefully you've done something great enough that your poor mom can get by on motherly pride alone. Like, for instance, over at emusic, there's a dang cute... CONTINUE READING MAMMAS, LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE INDIE ROCKERS»
Posted on May 8, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Bon Iver | High Places | Holy Fuck | LOST
Stereogum's tag cloud hovers above The Paper Of Record today, with profiles on Brooklyn alt-rockers in Arts & Leisure and an indie rock dress-up cheat sheet in the Men Styles Magazine. Consider it a print version of the story run... CONTINUE READING NY TIMES PROFILES BROOKLYN'S EXPERIMENTAL (AND STYLISH) INDIE ROCKERS»
Posted on March 8, 2008 in (47 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Battles | Beirut | Deerhunter | Dirty Projectors | Dragons Of Zynth | Gang Gang Dance | Grizzly Bear | High Places | MGMT | Vampire Weekend | Yeasayer
Hey, David Byrne and the Boss aren't the only old-school rockers keeping abreast of the new, crazy sounds. Turns out Rolling Stones' guitarist Ronnie Wood has a new musical obsession. ... CONTINUE READING RONNIE WOOD GETS A NEW MUSIC WOODIE»
Posted on December 6, 2007 (5 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Rolling Stones | Ronnie Wood
Just about two years ago, Grizzly Bear gave us an advance taste of Yellow House with "On A Neck, On A Spit," initiating a run that has metamorphosed the outfit from an alias for Ed Droste's bedroom sonic collages into... CONTINUE READING NEW GRIZZLY BEAR - FRIEND EP (AND THE LAST CHANCES TO SEE 'EM LIVE FOR ABOUT A YEAR)»
Posted on November 2, 2007 in (3 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear
She once extolled the virtues of the Shins, and lives definitely were changed forever (though most of those lives belonged to the Shins themselves). And things are already on the (way) up and up for Greenpoint ambassador Beirut, but a... CONTINUE READING NEW BEIRUT (AKA NATALIE PORTMAN'S FAVORITE BAND) - "MY NIGHT WITH THE PROSTITUTE FROM MARSEILLE"»
Posted on October 26, 2007 (8 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Natalie Portman
Owen Pallett's back with some post-He Poos Clouds Final Fantasy as a part of Tomlab's Alphabet Single series. The two tracks on X, recorded in Montreal with Zach Condon, predate the tunes on the full-length. If you remember, Pallett sings... CONTINUE READING NEW FINAL FANTASY (FEAT. ZACH CONDON) - "HEY DAD"»
Posted on October 22, 2007 (6 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Final Fantasy
John Norris may sport a really fake-looking wig, but his interest in Zach Condon, a "young musical savant," seems real, especially when he bubbles over "horns, glorious horns" (Hair?) later intoning "Zach is back!," giving the last year's Band To... CONTINUE READING MTV NEWS ON BEIRUT AND LA BLOGOTHèQUE»
Posted on October 17, 2007 in (8 comments)
Tags: Beirut
Mama always said, In indie rock, as in life, it's all about having good Friends, and nobody in the game seems BFFer than Beirut + Grizzly Bear these days. A few weeks ago we got to hear Ambassador Condon's contribution... CONTINUE READING NEW LIVE BEIRUT (FEAT. ED DROSTE) VIDEO - "CLIQUOT"»
Posted on September 27, 2007 in (11 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Grizzly Bear
Everybody's always looking for "the new" whatever, and nobody's better at those speculative shenanigans than New York hipsters and trend-reporting journalists. So, just in time for Bowery Presents' move into the 'hood, the "Williamsburg Is Over" cries are louder than... CONTINUE READING GREENPOINT'S THE NEW WILLIAMSBURG, AND BEIRUT'S ITS NEW SPOKESMAN»
Posted on September 21, 2007 (26 comments)
Tags: Beirut
Folks rolled up their sleeves 'n' split into camps for Feist's made-for Late Night choir. OK, maybe those outfits were a bit much, but it's gonna be difficult griping about this bouyant remake of "Alligator" from Grizzly Bear's quiet-is-the-new-loud 2004... CONTINUE READING NEW GRIZZLY BEAR (FEAT. DIRTY PROJECTORS & BEIRUT) - "ALLIGATOR (CHOIR VERSION)" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on September 12, 2007 in , (20 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear
Zach Condon's taking over La Blogothèque! Our favorite Jacques Brel-lovin' 21-year-old already put the Take Away spin on "Sunday Smile," "Siki, Siki Baba," "Nantes," and "The Penalty," but in a new installment of the series, Condon and his merry Orkestar,... CONTINUE READING BERIUT TAKES THE FLYING CLUB CUP TO THE STREET»
Posted on September 12, 2007 in (6 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Zach Condon
Young master Condon's second full length sees release this October, although it's so good we already prematurely evaluated all over our keyboard, singling out first single "A Sunday Smile" for its "elegantly stringed carnival pump and lilt." Truly a tune... CONTINUE READING NEW BEIRUT - "A SUNDAY SMILE"»
Posted on August 31, 2007 in (5 comments)
Tags: Beirut
After taking care of that bout of exhaustion set in from too-much-too-fast, blogosphere crown prince Zach Condon has admirably kept his name in your bloglines with well-timed and excellent EPs; videos with rampant, mustachioed debauchery; Grizzly Bear covers; and collabs... CONTINUE READING NEW BEIRUT TRACKS FROM THE FLYING CLUB CUP»
Posted on June 29, 2007 in (13 comments)
Tags: Beirut
A note of warning before you watch this clip: While the footage you are about to see is indeed brought to you by the folks behind the ever-awesome La Blogothèque, it is NOT an official "Take Away Show" (Beirut's proper... CONTINUE READING BEIRUT COVER GRIZZLY BEAR»
Posted on June 18, 2007 in (5 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Grizzly Bear
For their second LP, out next week, Dismemberment devotees Get Him Eat Him ratchet up expectations with fancy guests (Beirut's Zach Condon, the Wrens' Charles Bissell, Broken Social Scene's Chris Brown) and embrace their pedal-pushing idols by enlisting D Plan... CONTINUE READING NEW GET HIM EAT HIM - "PUSH AND PULL"»
Posted on May 30, 2007 in (4 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Get Him Eat Him
Those lucky enough to choose the first date of Zach Condon's sold-out three-night run at Bowery Ballroom Sunday evening got an eye full of horns and more for an encore. After a night opened by Final Fantasy, Beirut fended off... CONTINUE READING THE BEIRUT FIRE FANTASY PERFORM "GULAG ORKESTAR" @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 5/6/07»
Posted on May 8, 2007 in (13 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Beirut | Final Fantasy
Beirut should win honors with this vid for 'best depiction of mustachioed debauchery set to a ukulele-accordion waltz.' The clip's preview pics had us expecting some fancy threads, S&M poses, and ticker-tape confetti, but the ensemble's dance moves (save Zach)... CONTINUE READING NEW BEIRUT VIDEO - "ELEPHANT GUN"»
Posted on April 27, 2007 in (14 comments)
Tags: Beirut
Some stills from upcoming vids for ya. Next up for the Shins after their history-depicting school play clip for "Phantom Limb" is "Australia," and Subterranean posted a pic that to has the Sub Poppers in lovely shade of prisoner orange... CONTINUE READING THE SHINS, BEIRUT SHOW OFF FRESH NEW LOOKS»
Posted on March 29, 2007 (3 comments)
Tags: Beirut | The Shins
Sometimes we have Gilmore Girls nights. Especially when we're asked (forced) to. And though Gilmore always throws in indie references, this exchange seemed a little over the top (starting with pregnant Lane's Eddie Argos love). Watch it here, sorta halfway... CONTINUE READING GILMORE GIRLS INDIE TALK OVERLOAD»
Posted on January 25, 2007 (26 comments)
Tags: Art Brut | Beirut | Gilmore Girls | Panda Bear
We were really amused by Pitchfork's list for the year's Worst Album Covers; great picks, pithy quips! Apparently they Forkers are just as awed by Gangsta Rap as we were, but they were more observant than us. Here are a... CONTINUE READING THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE ICE-T»
Posted on December 15, 2006 (19 comments)
Tags: Asobi Seksu | Beirut | Ice-T | Rod Stewart
In which Zach Condon is forced, again, to talk about the blogosphere.Pitchfork: How did you become aware that people were listening to your CD? Zach Condon: Almost entirely through Ben [Goldberg of BaDaBing Records]. He would just send me e-mails.... CONTINUE READING BEIRUT ON BLOGS»
Posted on August 21, 2006 (10 comments)
Tags: Beirut
NY Press talks to music blogosphere sensation Zach Condon.Before the indie rock blogosphere creamed itself for Zach Condon and his lil' Balkan experiment, Beirut, the 19-year-old Brooklynite wasn't aware of daily-destination-mp3-depots ... "I was never much of a computer or... CONTINUE READING BEIRUT DOESN'T READ BLOGS»
Posted on June 14, 2006 (2 comments)
Tags: Beirut
