Indie rock needed a revolution. And Zach Condon was the man to bring it. After being raised in Albuquerque, N.M., Condon made his band, , a trippy reality in Brooklyn — and his lush music brings to mind the multi-ethnicism of DeVotchKa and the occasionally over-the-top layering of Sufjan Stevens.
We first fell for his music in 2006 via “Gulag Orkestar,” and Beirut is now touring behind its stellar third record, “The Rip Tide,” including a date at the Fillmore Auditorium on Wednesday. And Reverb is giving away a VIP box — that’s you and three friends up top in your very own private box — for the Fillmore show! (See more below.)
A couple of the stunning offerings on their latest to check out: “Santa Fe” (see the video above), “East Harlem” and “The Peacock.” Also worth a listen: “O Leaozinho,” which they contributed to the album-of-the-year contender, the “Red, Hot + Rio 2” compilation. The track is as addictive as it is foreign. Laetitia Sadier will open the Fillmore show for Beirut. Tickets, $35, are available at livenation.com.
ENTER TO WIN A VIP BOX FOR FOUR AT BEIRUT ON WEDNESDAY AT THE FILLMORE AUDITORIUM:
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Ricardo Baca is the founder and executive editor of , the co-founder of The UMS and an award-winning critic and journalist at The Denver Post.
