beirut

*zach condon is only 19 years old
*zach condon is the band leader of the band beirut
*beirut have been the blog darlings since the beginning of this summer which is where i discovered them
*beirut's music is inspired by balkan gypsy troupes but filtered with zach's sweeping tenor vocals and a backup band that are all genius multi-instrumentalists
*i've seen beirut perform twice in the past two weeks and it's sickening how much i have a crush on a 19 year old kid

here are my favorite songs from his current album gulag orkestar

beirut - postcards from italy
beirut - mount wroclai (idle days)

here are two more songs that beirut performed at soundfix last weekend
beirut - shiki shiki baba (live) [this is apparently one of the songs that inspired his love of balkan okestar music. the vibe is awesome!]
beirut - new song (live) [this is one of my favorite new tunes of his. it's love-r-ly!]

and if you wanna see what beirut look like live, check out two videos from the gig that i was at last night at northsix


beirut - postcards from italy (live at northsix)
beirut - unknown song (live at northsix)
[the camera work is horrendous, but this song was written last week and is absolutely beautiful! just click on the link and listen to the song without watching the video]

finally, if you want a really nice profile of the band, check out this one from the village voice