SXSW 2007: Beirut
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The brainchild of New York-based singer-songwriter Zach Condon, Beirut draws on a wide variety of old-world sounds. Performed without a single guitar, Beirut's sweeping music seems vaguely old-fashioned and Eastern European. Condon is only 20, which has fed the considerable hype surrounding Beirut. His rugged, world-weary voice makes last year's Gulag Orkestar sound like the results of worldly — even otherworldly — music-industry veterans.
Seattle-based KEXP presents a diverse mix of music, live performances and podcasts from indie rock and punk to jazz and old school soul.
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"Island Song"
"Carousels"
"After the Curtain"
"Moribund"
"My Family Role"
"Elephant Gun"
"Sunday Smile"
"Closing Song"
"Mount Vroclai"
"The Gulag Okestar"
"Brazil"
"Scenic World"
"The Canals of Our City"
