“I can’t believe we’re playing here,” Beirut leader Zach Condon said as he looked out over the crowd of his second night selling out Terminal 5 in New York. He seemed genuinely surprised with his success, which has only escalated with the recent release of third LP The Rip Tide. Condon and the rest of [...]

Beirut brings the brass to New York City’s Terminal 5.

If there were to be a theme to Beirut’s third album, The Rip Tide, it seems to be stability. After 2006’s Gulag Orkestar catapulted the band to nearly overnight fame, Zach Condon toured the world, canceling one tour due to exhaustion. This summer he played with Arcade Fire in London’s Hyde Park and had a [...]

Beirut, the band born out of the bedroom of Santa Fe teenager Zach Condon in the early 2000s, has come a long way fast. The night after I spoke with Condon by phone from his hotel in Belgium, where he was situated for a European press junket, Beirut played a show with Arcade Fire in [...]

American Songwriter is proud to present the The Muse August Sampler, a hand-picked selection of ten new tracks from some of our favorite artists.  And best of all, it’s free! You can download the sampler by going to this URL: http://americansongwriter-august11.bandcamp.com/ Check out the playlist below. Track reviews by Dan Weiss and Lucian Crockett. Beirut [...]

Bonnaroo 2011: Day 4 In Photos. Sunday, June 12th. The Apache Relay, Ben Sollee, Beirut, Greg Allman, Explosions In The Sky & more!

Geography buff Zach Condon will be back with a new Beirut long-player this summer. The Rip Tide will be delivered via Condon’s wholly-owned label Pompeii, with distribution from Revolver USA. Over two previous LPs and several EPs, Condon has displayed a preternatural ability to infuse various world music influences – namely Eastern European folk and [...]

For covering such vast regional flavors, Zapotec largely follows suit with Beirut’s signature warbly crooning…

Zach Condon, a.k.a. Beirut, might just be the archetype for youthful DIY bedroom rockers.