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Beirut Select Tour Dates
over 2 years ago
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Beirut has set a modest US tour up for the Fall, a coast to coast affair. Their limited engagements are in support of the upcoming sophomore album, ??The Flying Club Cup??, which is schedualed for release on October 9th via Ba Da Bing.Beirut is headed by 21-year-old Santa Fe native Zach Condon's band. The group has been described as a mix of Eastern European and folk sounds. Thu. Sept. 20 Broo...

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Beirut's First 2009 Tour Dates Announced
10 months ago

After Zach Condon cancelled Beirut's European tour dates to take time off nobody was sure how long it would last, but now they are coming back, Beirut have announced their tour dates for 2009. The dates were posted on Saturday on Beirut's official forum . Most of the tour dates in the beginning are mostly in New York, then it moves out of the US with dates aborad in Mexico, Brazil, The Nether...

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Beirut On Tour & Sophomore Album
over 2 years ago
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Zach Condon, the creative power behind the Santa Fe based folk outfit Beirut, will release his yet to be titled release this fall. The new album (some sources have said it will be titled ??The Flying Club Cup??, though yet to be confirmed) is Condon's sophomore album and will be released on October 9th via Ba Da Bing!, according to the artist's publicist. Beirut's debut, ??Gulag Orkestar?? is a...

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Zach Condon returns!
about 1 year ago

Beirut's leader, Zach Condon, seems to have used his time off wisely... He's got a pair of Ep's to release at the beginning of next year.

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Beirut Heading Out On World Tour
about 1 year ago
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The mellow and worldly sounds of Beirut is heading around the world. The Zach Condon-heade ensemble kicks things off next month in Sydney, Australia. Come May Condon and Co. will play a few west coast US dates around their slot at Sasquatch! After that the band will do as most bands do in the summer and head to Europe. Beirut:03-05 Sydney, Australia - Manning Bar03-06 Brisbane, Australia - The ...

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Beirut's 'March Of The Zapotec' Out In February
9 months ago

Beirut are getting quite the tour of the world right now, riding high off of their 2007 album The Flying Club Cup. Their last album, which appeared on many best of 07' lists cleared the way for their upcoming EP, March Of The Zapotec. Their EP will be available on February 17th.Tracklist: 1. El Zocalo2. La Llorona3. My Wife4. The Akara5. On a Bayonet6. The Shrew7. My Night With the Prostitute F...

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Zach Condon Announces New Beirut, Solo EP
about 1 year ago

Zach Condon has annonuced the release of two EPs. One will feature six new songs by Beirut, that were recorded while Zach was in Mexico. The second EP will feature songs by Zach's solo project Realpeople. The release by Beirut will be titled "March of the Zapotec", the release by the Realpeople will be titled "Holland". You may have heard songs from Realpeople one called 'My Night With the Pros...

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[video] Beirut/Realpeople - The Concubine
4 months ago

Zach Condon, Oaxaca, Mexico, Beirut, Realpeople - I'm sure you've heard it all before. Check out the new video for "The Concubine" from Realpeople's Holland EP where Zach wanders around Brooklyn while his other half [maybe?] enjoys some desert scenery. MP3 :: Realpeople - The Concubine Technorati Us

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New Beirut - East Harlem, La Javanaise (Serge Gainsbourg Cover)
7 months ago
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    La Javanaise (Serge Gainsbourg Cover)

Beirut had previously played at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg on 2/4/2009 and there were some clips going around of the new song that he played called 'East Harlem', the song was debuted in his performance at the BAM. It was written around the time when he was...Click the link to read more

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Team B, Featuring Members of Beirut, Arcade Fire, and LCD Soundsystem, Return with Second LP; Did I Mention The Band Features Members of Beirut, Arcade Fire, and LCD Soundsystem?
8 months ago

Fronted by Kelly Pratt (instrumentalist of Beirut and The Arcade Fire) and featuring LCD Soundsystem drummer Pat Mahoney, many Beirut compatriots (specifically Tracy Pratt, Jon Natchez, Jason Poranski), and occasionally Arcade Fire-ette Richard Reed Parry, Team B have a lot expectations riding on them with their second self-released album, the follow-up to last year's self-titled album. You can...

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Beirut To Release New Balkan Folk French Mexican Synth Pop Double EP In February
11 months ago

Oh, that precocious Zach Condon of Beirut, always sticking his head into new genres of music to experiment with. In the case of his new double EP, March of the Zapotec, due February 17 in the U.S. and February 16 in Europe on Ba Da Bing! Records and his own Pompeii Records, Condon decided to head on down to Oaxaca, Mexico to the village of Teotitlan del Valle, where he recruited The Jimenez Ban...

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Beirut : "Postcards From Italy" et "Mount Wroklai" (Idle Days)
over 2 years ago

2 titres en écoutePostcards from ItalyMount Wroklai (Idle Days)Le site officiel : www.beirutband.com

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New Beirut video, Handsome Furs single, Charlie Gibson Indie Blog
9 months ago

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...

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Modern Figures
5 months ago

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 ...

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New Beirut video for "La Llorona", double EP on the way
9 months ago

New video for the song La Llorona taken from the upcoming double Beirut EP. The track appears on the first half of the EP titled March Of The Zapotec . The music within is based on a recent trip Zach Condon took to Oxaca, Mexico where he meet up with The Jimenez Band , a 19-piece from Teotitlan del Valle. The band backs up Condon on the EP.The second half is titled the Holland EP and con...

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