Video: Beirut East Harlem Live @ BAM in Brooklyn 2/7/09

Zach Condon ne tweete pas, n'a pas d'armada d'attachés de presse derrière lui, a mis deux ans avant de mettre à jour son site web , longtemps remplacé par une simple page Facebook en jachère. Son retour, il fallait le deviner via des bribes d'interviews données à propos de projets parallèles, jusqu'à ce que finalement, hier, soit annoncée la sortie d'un nouveau single, et qu'il soit mis quelques heures plus tard en écoute. Beirut - East Harlem by Revolver USA 'East Harlem', donc [...]

• Beirut - East Harlem

Who had the better week: Beirut or college-band geeks? Well Zach played three sold-out shows in Brooklyn (including a secret gig in Greenpoint to kick it off) and made his network television debut at the Ed Sullivan Theatre on Friday night, so that is pretty good. But between the USC Marching Band's Radiohead moment and the thirty-plus members of the Vassar Orkestar joining Beirut at this past weekend's Brooklyn Academy Of Music concerts, collegiate ensembles had the indie-rock week of their lives. I went to Beirut's Music Hall of Williamsburg show and Friday night's BAM performance (pics TK), [...]