Rotterdam powerhouse Tramhaus share their anthem “Make It Happen” Jasper WIllems·June 28, 2022If you have seen Rotterdam’s Tramhaus perform these past few months, it means you’re pretty well informed of...News & Track Reviews
Tramhaus blast out stone cold anti-procrastination anthem “I Don’t Sweat” Jasper WIllems·December 15, 2021The Dutch port city of Rotterdam has been a hotbed for more refractory guitar sounds for a good...News & Track Reviews
Festival Review: Tallinn Music Week, Estonia – 3-7 April 2024 Eddie Smith·April 10, 2024There’s an uncertainty in the parched, cold air of the Estonian capital. A slight mist obscures the spires...Festival ReviewLive ReviewsReviews
Weird On The Avenue: Left Of The Dial 2023 Reviewed Jasper WIllems·October 23, 2023Beats Per Minute’s Jasper Willems wanders Rotterdam’s rising showcase event Left Of The Dial, which has taken a growth spurt, but still wears its grassroots sensibility proudly on its sleeve.Festival ReviewLive ReviewsReviews
Festival Preview: 12 acts to watch at Left Of The Dial 2023 Jasper WIllems·October 16, 2023When those Luchador Sky Dancers start appearing in Rotterdam, you know what time it is. The annual musical...FeaturesLists
BPM Team’s Personal 2022 Round-ups John Amen, Todd Dedman, Ray Finlayson, Rob Hakimian, Kyle Kohner, Larry McClain, Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Aleksandr Smirnov, Jasper WIllems and John Wohlmacher·December 20, 2022Every year we throw the doors open to the BPM team to give them space to write or...Best of 2022Features
Library Card skip through the ruin on anxious debut single “Mirror Factory” Jasper WIllems·June 15, 2022A lot of punk rock takes aim at corrupt powers that hover over us daily, though Rotterdam’s Library...News & Track Reviews
BPM Team’s Personal 2021 Round-ups Chase McMullen, Rob Hakimian, Ray Finlayson, John Wohlmacher, Jasper WIllems, Kyle Kohner, Joshua Pickard, Jeremy J. Fisette, John Amen, Carlo Thomas, Mimi Kenny, Aleksandr Smirnov and Ethan Reis·December 23, 2021A space for our writers to give their own individual round-ups of their year in music (or anything else).Best of 2021Features
Rats on Rafts’ Visions Of Chapter 3 transposes personal narratives into audiovisual splendor Jasper WIllems·July 9, 2021Cloaked shadows drift in and out of the celestial light. Prodding eyes peer inside a vaudevillian diorama. Gymnasts...EssayFeatures