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Articles tagged "beirut" Music ReviewBeirut / Realpeople: March of the Zapotec / Hollandby Dan Raper[12.Feb.09] :. Billed as a double EP between Beirut and Zach Condon's solo moniker Realpeople, this album-length release should be taken very seriously.  Mixed MediaNeko Case, Vetiver, Beirut…by PopMatters Staff[15.Jan.09] :. Neko Case People Got a Lotta Nerve [MP3] from Middle Cyclone [3 March] Vetiver Everyday [MP3] from Tight Knit [17...  Events ReviewBeirutby Nick Gunn[15.Apr.08] :. There is a sense of fin de siècle in the music of Beirut, as though it is prophesying the death of an era in which American music for the most part shunned external influences.  Books ReviewB As in Beirut by Iman Humaydan Younesby Rachel Smucker[21.Mar.08] :. Through four women who painfully embrace the city that is at once their prison and their home, Younes raises the question: are we powerless to the pull of our past?  Music ReviewBeirut: The Flying Club Cupby Lester Feder[10.Oct.07] :. The lushly textured but repetitious second album from indie darling Beirut shows the hazard of playing with yourself.  Music FeatureThe Triumph of Musical Touristsby Stu Sherman[16.Oct.06] :. Under the name Beirut, Zach Condon released an album of Balkan-style songs he recorded in his bedroom and became an Internet-driven sensation. Though his music gestures nostalgically toward a gypsy old world, Condon’s casual appropriations suggest something much grimmer for the future. Beirut: Gulag Orkestarby Justin Cober-Lake[1.Jun.06] :. A multi-instrumentalist with indie royalty connection and early underground buzz equals instant canonicity, but it might be worthwhile to consider the music itself. |
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