One-time boy wunderkind prodigy Zach Condon of Beirut sure does love sampling the toothpicks of flavors at the International Musical Food Court. This year he's in Mexico.While I wish this brilliantly conceived video by Owen Cook was just a *tidge* more clear in resolution, I dig the way the visuals go along with the sloppiness of the song and the drawings of the band. LOVE the animation of the ...
Oh man lots of good stuff kicking around today. Above is Beirut's new video for La Llorona , which I am assuming will appear on March of the Zapotec which drops 2/17 via Condon's own Pompeii Records/Ba Da Bing. (via S.Gum ) --------------------------------------- On another front, a song has finally leaked from Handsome Furs upcoming Face Control . For all of you regular readers, you alr...
Stelios Phili EDITOR For the thousands of non-Bostonians that visit PopSense daily, I'm sorry sorry to burst your beer-drinking bubbles, but Beirut beats pong anytime, anyday. That's right, a meek indie boy and a 19-piece Mexican backing band with tubas and other sharp, brass instruments is ultimate means of domination. For those of you who don't know what the hell I'm talking about, brac...
After announcing some long overdue tour dates Beirut is back with a new video for their song 'La LLorona'. It will be featured on the new EP March of the Zapotec which will be released with Zach Condon's Realpeople EP called "Holland" . Beirut was down in Mexico when he worked on some of these songs so thay may sound more like a Mexican funeral band rather than a Balkan brass band. Beirut als...
I want to see Beirut next month. A lot. This is the new video for "La Llorona" off of their (yes, they are a 'they' now) upcoming EP, March of the Zapotec. Stereogum premiere. Yada Yada.