Live: Beirut at the Wiltern

In interviews surrounding the release of Beirut's excellent French pop-inspired sophomore effort, "The Flying Club Cup," the band's frontman-mastermind, Zach Condon, revealed that for inspiration during the recording process, he constantly referred to a weathered, sepia-toned image of Parisians sailing hot air balloons next to the Eiffel Tower.

By Jeff Weiss

June 2, 2008