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Beirut
Signed to label: 4AD
So what would you do if you were an 18-year-old A-student in Albuquerque, New Mexico? That's the question that faced Beirut's Zach Condon last year and, luckily for the human race, he chose to bugger off across Europe and fill his head with Eastern European harmonies which on his return he melded with his pop upbringing to form Gulag Orkestar, possibly 2006's standout album.
An album destined to top many critics end-of-year best-ofs.
News
- 30/10/2008: Newsround #1: Beirut, Eugene McGuinness... The Jackson 5?!
- 24/04/2008: Spiritualized replace Beirut at Green Man
- 16/04/2008: Laura Marling, Los Campesinos!, more announced for Green Man 2008
- 03/04/2008: Beirut cancels all European summer shows, including Green Man headline slot
- 06/12/2007: Rolling Stone gathers some hoss: Wood wants Band of Horses link-up, fanboys Beirut
- 29/10/2007: Natalie Portman picks Shins, Beirut and more for charity comp
- 15/10/2007: Chart round-up: grief-stricken children
- 11/10/2007: Beirut to play free show
- 10/10/2007: Friend For Life? Grizzly Bear announce tracklisting for EP
- 03/10/2007: Swn Festival tickets go on sale
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In Depth
- 23/12/2007: The votes are in: DiS readers' top 25 of 2007
- 23/12/2007: DiS's features of 2007
- 30/11/2007: A Month, or two, In Records: November 2007
- 26/11/2007: DiS's albums of 2007: reader voting is now open!
- 20/11/2007: Beirut: inspiration is an old piano
- 07/11/2007: Huw Stephens on SWN Festival: "I can't believe it's actually happening"
- 12/07/2007: The Weekly DiScussion: just who can you trust?
- 04/07/2007: Glastonbury: Sean's Blog - Day 3
- 07/06/2007: Primavera Sound 2007: the DiS Review
- 30/05/2007: DiS @ Primavera Sound: the preview
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