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Beirut unveils 13 new videos

By Kasia Galazka on 5:36 PM on October 16, 2007

By now you've probably wrapped yourself up in the French musings of Beirut's new release The Flying Club Cup like clothes warm out of the dryer. And since the band's just wrapped up its U.S. theater tour and is scheduled to sidle across Europe next, we've been getting a bit panicky not knowing where we'll get our next pseudo-European fix. Filmed just last month, Beirut's new Take Away videos--one for each song on the album--follow the band and occasional guests around Brooklyn's less-trampled corners. The eight-piece and La Blogothèque also lassoed Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste for "Cliquot" (Video #5). Prepare... read more

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Beirut

By Steve Dollar on 10:05 AM on October 9, 2007

Someday in the distant future, cultural archaeologists will isolate a huge square block in Brooklyn’s formerly industrial neighborhood of Greenpoint and decide here was the incubator of indie cool. “TV on the Radio used to practice down there,” Zach Condon says, gesturing north as we cross the street... read more

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Beirut tour only a month away

By Kasia Galazka on 11:24 AM on August 27, 2007

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... read more

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Beirut Hits Theaters for Fall Tour

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on June 26, 2007

Beirut will play a short tour this fall to promote its untitled LP, out October 9 on Ba Da Bing! Most scheduled venues are “theatrical” in nature, so the shows will probably make for very nice places to take opera glasses and a date. If he or she doesn’t dig old-world-folk influences, it might be time to move on. Although, maybe he or she will be into the new material, which is supposedly heavier on French influence and features Owen Pallett from Final Fantasy on strings. Catch Zach Condon and friends in the following locations: September: 23 - Princeton, NJ... read more

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Beirut's Zach Condon Hospitalized

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on November 15, 2006

Zach Condon of Beirut was hospitalized for a short time this past Saturday in Paris, France. According to PitchforkMedia.com, Condon suffered from “extreme exhaustion” and the band was forced to cancel the remaining shows on its current tour. Condon is recovering and the band plans on making up missed dates in the future. Cancelled dates: November 16 - Providence, RI - Leung Gallery 17 - Oswego, NY - SUNY Oswego 18 - Bennington, VT - Bennington College 19 - Boston, MA - Middle East 21 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom 22 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom... read more

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