Beirut tour only a month away

photo by Danelle Manthey

When he's not charming us with impromptu Grizzly Bear covers, music blog darling Zach Condon occupies himself with making us swoon via totes gorgeous videos and his "Wait, how old is he?" vocal chords.

On the eve of his sophomore effort, The Flying Club Cup (due Oct. 9), the Beirut bandwagon will tour our coastlines.

Catch the Balkan parties here:

September
20 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Masonic Temple in Fort Greene (Worldless Music Series)*
23 - Princeton, N.J. @ Terrace F Club (students only)
24 - New York, N.Y. @ Society for Ethical Culture (Wordless Music Series) #, ^
26 - New York, N.Y. @ Delacorte Theater $

October
4 - Chicago, Ill. @ Portage Theater #, %
8 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Herbst Theater #, %
9 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Herbst Theater #, %
10 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Avalon #, %

* w/ Fifth Veil
$ w/ Balkan Beat Box
# w/ Colleen
^ Katya Mihailova, Piano and Colin Jacobsen, Violin
% w/ Alaska in Winter

Related links:
BeirutBand.com
Paste 4 to Watch: Beirut
Eastern Bloc Party: Balkan sounds make Old World new again

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