So what would you do if you were an 18-year-old A-student in Albuquerque, New Mexico? That's the question that faced Beirut's Zach Condon last year and, luckily for the human race, he chose to bugger off across Europe and fill his head with Eastern European harmonies which on his return he melded with his pop upbringing to form Gulag Orkestar, possibly 2006's standout album.

An album destined to top many critics end-of-year best-ofs.

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Releases

• The Flying Club Cup - album, out 08/10/2007 on 4AD. 1 review (read/post)
• Elephant Gun - single, out 25/06/2007 on 4AD. 1 review (read/post)
• Gulag Orkestar - album, out 05/06/2006 on Ba Da Bing! Records. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Thu 15 Nov at Amsterdam Paradiso. 1 review (read/post)
• Sat 10 Nov at London Roundhouse. (post review)
• Swn Festival, Fri 09 Nov at Cardiff The Point. (post review)
• Thu 08 Nov at Leeds The Irish Center. (post review)
• Wed 07 Nov at Glasgow Arches. (post review)
• Tue 06 Nov at Manchester Club Academy (Cellar). (post review)
• Tue 03 Jul at Paris Le trabendo. (post review)
• Tue 26 Jun at London Koko. (post review)
• Fri 22 Jun at Dublin Tripod. (post review)
• Sun 05 Nov at London Roundhouse. (post review)
• Sat 04 Nov at Sheffield Octagon at Sheffield University. (post review)
• Fri 03 Nov at Liverpool Academy (Liverpool University). (post review)
• Thu 02 Nov at Dublin Olympia. (post review)

News

• 24/04/2008: Spiritualized replace Beirut at Green Man
• 16/04/2008: Laura Marling, Los Campesinos!, more announced for Green Man 2008
• 03/04/2008: Beirut cancels all European summer shows, including Green Man headline slot
• 06/12/2007: Rolling Stone gathers some hoss: Wood wants Band of Horses link-up, fanboys Beirut
• 29/10/2007: Natalie Portman picks Shins, Beirut and more for charity comp
• 15/10/2007: Chart round-up: grief-stricken children
• 11/10/2007: Beirut to play free show
• 10/10/2007: Friend For Life? Grizzly Bear announce tracklisting for EP
• 04/10/2007: Swn Festival tickets go on sale
• 12/09/2007: Early forecast: it'll be Swn-ny in Wales this November

Features

• 23/12/2007: The votes are in: DiS readers' top 25 of 2007
• 23/12/2007: DiS's features of 2007
• 30/11/2007: A Month, or two, In Records: November 2007
• 26/11/2007: DiS's albums of 2007: reader voting is now open!
• 20/11/2007: Beirut: inspiration is an old piano
• 07/11/2007: Huw Stephens on SWN Festival: "I can't believe it's actually happening"
• 18/07/2007: Glastonbury: Sean's Blog - Day 3
• 18/07/2007: Primavera Sound 2007: the DiS Review
• 12/07/2007: The Weekly DiScussion: just who can you trust?
• 30/05/2007: DiS @ Primavera Sound: the preview

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