News
Apr 25, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Recently completing an appearance at this year's Coachella, Beirut stuck around in California for a bit longer to play The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night. More
Feb 23, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Trumpeting singer/songwriter Zach Condon and his band Beirut has unveiled a music video for the track "Vagabond" from the group's 2011 album The Rip Tide. More
Featuring Jack White, Bon Iver, St. Vincent, and More
Feb 03, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
The 11th annual Sasquatch Music Festival has announced its official lineup of artists, including Jack White, Bon Iver, Tenacious D, The Shins, St. Vincent, Feist, The Roots, Beirut, and Beck. More
Plus: Florence and the Machine, Beirut, PJ Harvey, Anna Calvi, SBTRKT, R.E.M., and more
Dec 23, 2011
By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus
Under the Radar's Best of 2011 Issue has shipped out to subscribers and will be hitting newsstands soon. The issue features three unique covers, each featuring an artist behind one of our Top 5 albums of the year: M83, The Horrors, and Bon Iver. The issue also takes a look back at other artists who have made a splash in 2011, including Beirut, Anna Calvi, EMA, Florence and the Machine, Gang Gang Dance, Neon Indian, PJ Harvey, R.E.M., SBTRKT, Slow Club, St. Vincent, Summer Camp, tUnE-yArDs, and Yuck. More
"Live in Concert" Starts Tonight
Dec 14, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
NPR has announced that tonight it will be streaming Beirut's last stage performance of the year beginning at 9:30 p.m. EST. More
Nov 02, 2011
By Laura Studarus
On Halloween night, Beirut played a show at Warehouse Live in Houston, Texas. More
Plus: Paul Rudd vs. The Divine Comedy, plus interviews with Broadcast, Grandaddy, The Flaming Lips, Bat For Lashes, Rilo Kiley, Broken Social Scene, and much more
Oct 19, 2011
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the release of the indie music and entertainment print magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue which hits newsstands next week. The extra-sized 10th Anniversary Issue features cover artists Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold together in an exclusive photo shoot and joint interview. Exclusive video taken during the cover shoot of Robin Pecknold and Joanna Newsom arm wrestling can be found here. More
Check out Their Performance on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert
Sep 28, 2011
By Mi Tran
Currently amidst a tour around the U.S., Beirut has added some new dates along the east coast. More
Life/Death and Everything In-between
Sep 09, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Today, Beirut unleashed a video for The Rip Tide cut, “Santa Fe.” We have the clip. More
Plus Beirut, tUnE-yArDs, Junip, Major Lazer, !!! and more
Aug 17, 2011
By Wendy Lynch Redfern
Check out photos from Day Three of the Outside Lands Festival, held in the historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA. The gallery includes photos of Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, tUnE-yArDs, Little Dragon, Beirut, Junip, !!!, Lord Huron and Major Lazer. More
Aug 09, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Hot and heavy into the promotion of forthcoming album The Rip Tide (out August 30), Beirut announced today an extended tour schedule. More
Aug 08, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
Coinciding with the digital release of Beirut's latest album The Rip Tide, frontman Zach Condon has granted streaming privileges to the all-powerful NPR. More
The Rip Tide due August 30
Jun 29, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Beirut have announced a tour this fall in support of their new album, The Rip Tide, due August 30 via Pompeii Records. More
Jun 07, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
Four years since the band's last full-length, Beirut has announced the release of their newest LP, The Rip Tide, for Aug. 30. More
"East Harlem" From the Band's Forthcoming Album Now Streaming
Jun 06, 2011
By John Everhart
Beirut have released the first single from their upcoming, as yet untitled new album due in the summer. You can stream "East Harlem" here. More
"East Harlem" Arrives Monday, June 6
Jun 03, 2011
By Lauren Barbato
After announcing a new full-length is in the works last month, the world music-inspired indie pop band Beirut will be unleashing a new single Monday, June 6. More
Forthcoming Album Due This Summer
May 11, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Last week, Zach Condon spilled the beans on the new Beirut new album—due out sometime this summer. Monday night in Virginia (the start of his current tour) he gave audiences a sneak peak of the project. More
Untitled Album Set for This Summer
May 05, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Zach Condon’s been off the map for awhile now, but the Beirut leadman is coming back strong. We have the details on the new album. More
Lineup Also Includes The Black Keys and MGMT, Among Others
Apr 11, 2011
By Lauren Barbato
Outside Lands recruits a solid lineup for their 2011 fest. We have the details. More
At Least $2.00 off Most Back Issues
May 13, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Sad but true, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. Well, sad for us that is. Swamped with back issues—which I’m all sure we can agree is a good thing—Under the Radar is passing them on to you with a sale on selected issues. The question is, can you have too much of a good thing? We're offering two dollars off most available back issues! More
Photos of Fucked Up, Beirut, Final Fantasy, Plants and Animals, Lindstrøm, Doom, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Yeasayer
Jul 19, 2009
By Mark Redfern
The Pitchfork Music Festival continued yesterday in Chicago and we sent photographer Andrew Reed Weller down to capture the day two action. Check out his photos of Fucked Up, Beirut, Final Fantasy, Plants and Animals, Lindstrøm, Doom, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Yeasayer. More
Plus The Decemberists, Beirut, The Streets, Grizzly Bear, Girl Talk, Yo La Tengo and Dan Deacon
Jul 13, 2009
By Kyle Lemmon
It's official: MGMT and the Flaming Lips will headline the two days of Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment's third annual Treasure Island Music Festival, to be held in the midst of San Francisco's beautiful Indian Summer, Oct. 17-18. Plus The Decemberists, Beirut, The Streets, Grizzly Bear, Girl Talk, Yo La Tengo, The Walkmen, Dan Deacon, others set to play. More
Under the Radar articles on Those Performing This Weekend
Apr 16, 2009
By Mark Redfern
We have posted to our website select previous Under the Radar interviews with some of the great artists playing the Coachella festival this weekend. If you're heading out to the festival, then check out these interviews at the links below to either give you a primer on an unfamiliar artist or remind you why they are one of your favorites whose set you will definitely be catching. Even if you're not hitting the desert festival, this is a great collection of back issue content newly posted to the site. More
Start Weeping About Set Time Clashes Now
Apr 14, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
The set times for Coachella have finally been posted to the festival website. With a nerve-shattering 3 days to go, festival goers can finally agonize over conflicts, geography and meal times. More
Interviews
Zach Condon: Found in Translation
Oct 01, 2007
By Matt Fink
He was a kid from New Mexico living in New York, playing Balkan music under the moniker of a Middle Eastern city. And when you heard his music, it all made sense. But for Zach Condon, the days before the release of Beirut’s 2006 debut album Gulag Orkestar were the beginning of an unimaginable transformation, one where in the span of a few weeks, he would go from being an anonymous kid who was trying to put together a band and maintain his day job to headlining shows in New York City’s hottest rock clubs. More
Reviews
Coachella Day 3: Beirut, Goyte, Wild Flag, and Fitz & the Tantrums
Apr 17, 2012
By Laura Studarus
I learned an important fact on the final day of Coachella—namely that no one knows anything. Oh hey, there was also music from Fitz & the Tantrums, Wild Flag, Gotye, and Beirut. More
Aug 09, 2011
By Hays Davis
The Rip Tide may finally answer the question, "Will the real Beirut please stand up?" Since 2006's Gulag Orkestar, each Beirut release has been somewhat culturally immersive, playing like an aural snapshot or period soundtrack for bandleader Zach Condon's current focus of interest. More
Apr 18, 2009
By Mark Redfern
Coachella 2009 kicked off with strong sets from living legends Leonard Cohen and Paul McCartney, as the crowd adjusted to a desert heat that was forecasted to get even hotter as the weekend went on. More
