Zach Condon is back as Beirut, and he explained the reasoning behind the four-plus-year lag since his last Beirut album, 2019’s Gallipoli. He also announced his forthcoming album Hadsel with the ...

Zach Condon is resurrecting his acclaimed indie outfit Beirut four years after the release of their last album. Hadsel, due out on November 10, is named after the Norweigan island the ...

Hadsel is a small town way up in the northern part of Norway with a population of just over 8,000—a place where vast, snow-tipped mountains are reflected in calm, slate-black waters. It’s just the ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - To support his folk-tinged rock band's 2007 sophomore album, "The Flying Club Cup," Beirut frontman Zach Condon headed out on a world tour. It didn't go exactly as planned. "It ...

NEW YORK -- In the video to the song Nantes, Zach Condon slowly drifts down a staircase while singing in a youthful but sad baritone, "It's been a long time/ Since I've seen you smile." As he descends ...

For the past several weeks, Steven and Ian have planned to do a mailbag segment on the show. But they always end up yapping for too long, and the segment inevitably ends up getting bumped. This week, ...

A rock band’s ability to hold an audience in thrall, to sustain attention and enthusiasm and rapture, can be measured in text messages—the fewer, the merrier. Skilled performers will induce such ...

Have a great Labor Day Weekend. Jarren and I are heading to Dallas for a friends’ wedding. So, sit back and hum along to some of these new tunes surfacing on the Internet this week. And, no, I’m not ...