beirut: live on kexp

beirut: live on kexp

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Beirut's The Flying Club Cup has earned the designation of my official record of Fall. I didn't expect to love it this much, but the enthusiasm and respect with which Zach Condon tackles his obvious affection for baroque Parisian pop is refreshing and undeniably infectious. That Blogotheque video with Ed Droste didn't hurt either. Condon and the band recently played a number of the album's standout tracks live on KEXP. Here are a few of my favorites:

Download the full performance from KEXP. The Flying Club Cup is officially released on Tuesday, but you can get it now from eMusic. Read Stylus' A- review of the album here.

UPDATE: With two new additions today, La Blogotheque crew has nearly completed their project of posting a video for each song from The Flying Club Cup. Here's the wonderful clip for "St. Appolonia," yet another reason to look into the album:

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elsewhere:

Alela Diane stopped by Daytrotter's Rock Island studios earlier this summer for an encore to her jawdropping SXSW session. Previously unreleased numbers "Age Old Blue" and "The Alder Trees" are must listens, but the whole session is pretty special.

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