Run It Back: BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2013 Aleksandr Smirnov·July 17, 2023Ah, 2013… to say it was a “simpler time” is, well, oversimplifying things. But in the music world...FeaturesLists
Album Review: Squid – O Monolith Aleksandr Smirnov·June 9, 2023Regarding the creative process, Gertrude Stein said: “creation must take place between the pen and the paper, not before...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
Album Review: Angel Olsen – Forever Means EP Aleksandr Smirnov·April 17, 2023EP is very odd music release format. If a single is either a promo for an LP or...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Synecdoche Montauk – Acume Aleksandr Smirnov·April 4, 2023Synecdoche Montauk is a London-based Russian musician whose approach to experimental pop always contains an aura of sadness....Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Kosaya Gora – Kosogor Aleksandr Smirnov·March 22, 2023It is always interesting and enticing when a records seems to belong to multiple different time periods at...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Philip Selway – Strange Dance Aleksandr Smirnov·February 28, 2023Albeit a staple of romantic and melancholic films and series is a lonesome night drive or train ride...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Mac DeMarco – Five Easy Hot Dogs Aleksandr Smirnov·January 20, 2023Mac DeMarco needs no introduction as he was among the pioneers of bringing back the slacker sound into...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Lina K.O. – Earth Apple EP Aleksandr Smirnov·January 16, 2023Life is strange, isn’t it? While there is an infinity of ways to tackle that thought, sometimes the...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Rozi Plain – Prize Aleksandr Smirnov·January 13, 2023Every Bob Dylan fan knows 1965 as the year of the epochal Newport Folk Festival; the “Dylan goes...Album ReviewsReviews
BPM’s Most Anticipated Releases of 2023 Aleksandr Smirnov·January 10, 2023Here we are in another January facing down another year full of surprises. While some of those surprises...FeaturesLists
