As I prep for my trip to Cannes next week, I’ve decided that this tune from indie buzz band Beirut, will be today’s MP3. Yes, I know Cannes is not in Italy, but it is rather close. And, no, I don’t ...

What the cock? Beirut is headlining Brixton Academy, amongst a series of dates over the coming months... DiS has long admired the euphoric-folkish emotings of Zach Condon, aka the main chap from ...

The blog buzz on Beirut, the work of 19-year-old Brooklynite Zac Condon, started abruptly and hyperbolically last month and hasn’t let up yet. Reviews from the band’s first concerts have been mixed, ...

Each season has a song, sometimes even a whole band. Last spring it was Marc Jacobs star M.I.A., this past fall, in New York at least, it was Beirut’s Postcards from Italy, and this spring it’s MGMT.