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Little Beirut Thanks the Presidency

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2008-01-29 12:01:58 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...Beirut in response, referencing the struggling Middle-Eastern city where politically motivated revolts are the norm. Instead of taking the nickname to heart, the locals instead chose to relish Bushs phrasing. After all, they had achieved their intentions of revealing to the most influential political figure in the country that they were...
 
 
 
 
 
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Beirut

2008-05-28 14:28:47 by Editor in Alibi Music
 
...Beirut's Paul Collins recognized a budding star. "The first time I heard Zach [Condon] sing, I knew he was going to be more than just a local musician," Collins says. "I've never seen someone play where I just knew they were going to be something amazing." Condon, who was born in Albuquerque and grew up in Santa Fe, is the golden boy behind...
 
 
 
 
 
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Beirut @ The Music Hall of Williamsburg - 5/18/08

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2008-05-20 10:45:00 by Heidi Vanderlee in The LimeWire Music Blog
...Beirut's show there this past Sunday twisted my arm. Did I wish in my heart of hearts that there had been a Bowery Ballroom date, too, but alas, find this was not so? Sure thing. Have I idiotically missed many Beirut shows in the past couple of years due to "schoolwork" and "college"? You betcha. For these reasons, I broke my promise and...
 
 
 
 
 
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Beirut Cancel Summer European Tour

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2008-04-03 16:35:00 by Matthew Solarski in Pitchfork: News
...Beirut 's music abounds in European influences-- whether Balkan or Brel -- Zach Condon and the continent just don't seem to gel Condon was in Paris, as you may recall , when he landed in a hospital and had to cancel some shows due to a bout with "extreme exhaustion" in November 2006. "It felt like my body was falling apart while I was...
 
 
 
 
 
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LA Times-Beirut: Live at the Wiltern

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2008-06-02 08:24:24 by Passion of the Weiss in Passion of the Weiss
...Beirut concert at the Wiltern was a great experience. Ive written about Zach Condon, the 22-year old boy wonder/trumpeteer/po pimp* who is responsible for Beirut, once or twice or thrice prior. I really like him, think hes going to be one of those career songwriters, yup. In the words of C. Barkley, I might be wrong, but I doubt it. Of...
 
 
 
 
 
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Big Beirut News Announced On Pitchfork This Afternoon.

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2008-10-29 14:44:00 by Potsie Belcher in Revolver Distribution
...Beirut's Zach Condon canceled his European tour earlier this year to collect himself, he didn't just sit around reading On the Road, watching "Oprah", and wolfing down Ben & Jerry's by the tubful. Well okay, who knows really, maybe he did. But he also spent some time cooking up a nifty little double-disc release Come February 17 in the U.S....
 
 
 
 
 
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Beirut's Zach Condon Discusses New EPs, Time Off

2008-10-30 14:45:00 by Paul Thompson in Pitchfork: News
 
...Beirut -- 2006's Gulag Orkestar and 2007's The Flying Club Cup -- and traveling the world with his increasingly large band, Condon pulled out of a planned European tour scheduled for this summer , citing a need to "change some things, reinvent some others, and come back at some point with a fresh perspective and batch of songs." It's been...
 
 
 
 
 
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Beirut Schedules Spring World Tour

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2008-02-25 16:14:00 by Paul Thompson in Pitchfork: News
...Beirut . After a productive summer/fall last year around the release of the soaring Flying Club Cup LP, Beirut have been in hibernation (or, perhaps, learning the ins and outs of another worldly genre to explore for the next album). But Zach's back, and ready to rock Australia, New Zealand, North America, and Europe on tour this spring. The...
 
 
 
 
 
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Beirut Schedules Spring World Tour

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2008-02-25 16:14:00 by Paul Thompson in Pitchfork: News
...Beirut . After a productive summer/fall last year around the release of the soaring Flying Club Cup LP, Beirut have been in hibernation (or, perhaps, learning the ins and outs of another worldly genre to explore for the next album). But Zach's back, and ready to rock Australia, New Zealand, North America, and Europe on tour this spring. The...
 
 
 
 
 
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Beirut Schedules Spring World Tour

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2008-02-25 16:14:00 by Paul Thompson in Pitchfork: News
...Beirut . After a productive summer/fall last year around the release of the soaring Flying Club Cup LP, Beirut have been in hibernation (or, perhaps, learning the ins and outs of another worldly genre to explore for the next album). But Zach's back, and ready to rock Australia, New Zealand, North America, and Europe on tour this spring. The...