Tagged: Beirut

FADER 60: Beirut Cover Story

Zach Condon grew up with a map on his bedroom wall and when he needed a name for Beirut, he picked it from there. He’s since expanded his empire of city music through much of … read more »

POSTED March 9, 2009 11:15AM IN FEATURES Comments (1) TAGS: , ,

Freeload: The FADER Issue 60 Podcast

Because this is the Style Issue and we couldn’t figure out a way to turn clothing into sound, we decided it would be just as good if we had our pal DJ Rezound put together … read more »

POSTED February 26, 2009 10:54AM IN MP3 / STREAMS TAGS: , , , ,

Video: Beirut, “La Llorona”

New Owen Cook-directed video from Zach Condon’s upcoming Beirut/Realpeople double EP March of the Zapotec/Holland. We will have a lot more to say about this project in the coming weeks, but for now enjoy this … read more »

POSTED January 14, 2009 5:45PM IN MUSIC VIDEO TAGS: ,

ATP UK Weekends Add Health, CSS To Lineup

All Tomorrow’s Parties’ two UK weekend festivals are starting to take shape as more bands were added to both line-ups today, including Health to ATP’s Fans Strike Back weekend and CSS to the ATP UK weekend curated by The Breeders. read more »

POSTED January 5, 2009 6:21PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Holiday

Alaska In Winter, which began as the project of Brandon Bethancourt, who fled the warmth of New Mexico to a remote Alaskan cabin to escape the trappings of everyday life. The product of this time resulted in Dance Party In The Balkans. But this is the sophomore release and mountainous terrain and frigid weather are no longer our soundscape; instead, Holiday soundtracks the Berlin haus-muzik scene. Yet, this album feels like an odd fusion of the two: the drive of German-electro and the sunless depression of Alaska. read more »

POSTED December 15, 2008 3:30PM IN THE TRIPWIRE Comments (1) TAGS: , , , , , ,