Interview: Princeton

Ace Ubas talks to the Los Angeles band about writing their sophomore record, collaborations and intra-band bets.

Interview: Perfume Genius

Philip Cosores talks to Mike Hadreas about recording his new album, performing live and the pressures associated with all of it.

Versus: Built to Spill

Versus is a series in which we pit selected albums against one another and offer case statements for which is superior. In our latest installment, we match Built to Spill’s Perfect From Now On and You in Reverse and pose the question: which do you think is the better album? Perfect From Now On (1997) [...]

The Depressing 54th Annual Grammy Awards Preview

Photo by Valerie Macon The Grammy Awards shocked the public last year by giving Album of the Year to Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs, which spawned not only widespread confusion from the public (searching “who is arcade fire” on Twitter in the immediate aftermath of the ceremony provided comedy for days), but countless think-pieces on blogs [...]

Interview: Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead

Kazu Makino spoke with Beats Per Minute to discuss the idea of songs as works in progress, the political climate in Japan, and what’s next in store for both Blonde Redhead and their new record label.

Discussions: Pearl Jam

In light of their recent twentieth anniversary, Jaso Hirschhorn and Daniel Griffiths discuss Pearl Jam’s past, present and future.

My Top 5: Classic R&B and Soul Tracks

Andrew Bailey runs through his personal top 5 R&B and Soul songs of all time. Agree? Disagree? Leave a comment.

Appreciating The Weeknd

Sean Highkin on the promise of Abel Tesfaye.

Interview: Porcelain Raft

Beats Per Minute (Rob Hakimian): Out of interest, where are you at the moment? Porcelain Raft (Mauro Remiddi): I’m in New York, in Brooklyn. I live in New York. And the album was recorded there, is that correct? Yeah! I moved here six months ago, basically when I recorded the album. I started to rent [...]

Discussions: David Bowie

In this latest edition of Discussions, Josh Becker and John Ulmer try to pin down the musical chameleon that is David Bowie.