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Album Review: Floatie – Voyage Out Aleksandr Smirnov·April 14, 2021Since the beginning of the century, there has been a light trend among indie rock artists to incorporate...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – L.W. Aleksandr Smirnov·February 25, 2021It is never a pretty sight when a band one is quite fond of begins putting out formulaic...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: slowthai – TYRON Aleksandr Smirnov·February 12, 2021It has been quite a while since punk was in the popular eye. In the 1970s, punk rose...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Puma Blue – In Praise of Shadows Aleksandr Smirnov·January 29, 2021Most everyone has seen the numerous videos on YouTube titled something along the lines of ‘chillhop study’ or...Album ReviewsReviews
BPM Team’s Personal 2020 Round-ups Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Todd Dedman, Ray Finlayson, Tim Sentz, Jeremy J. Fisette, Gareth O'Malley, Ana Leorne, John Wohlmacher, Andy Johnston and Aleksandr Smirnov·December 14, 2020It’s been a year of many endings, but Beats Per Minute’s is one of re-birth. For those many...Best Of 2020EssayFeaturesLists
Album Review: Black Wing – No Moon Aleksandr Smirnov·December 14, 2020The mastermind behind such projects as Have A Nice Life and Giles Corey – Dan Barrett – has...Album ReviewsReviews
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2020 Rob Hakimian, Michael Cyrs, Mimi Kenny, Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, JT Early, Chase McMullen, Todd Dedman, Conor Lochrie, Lauren Mullineaux, Tim Sentz, Scott Zanassi, Ray Finlayson, Josh Sand, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, John Wohlmacher, Jeremy J. Fisette, Aleksandr Smirnov, Grady Penna, Emma Bauchner and Gareth O'Malley·December 9, 2020Well. Well, this was a year. When we got back together, a mixture of old school BPMers and...Best Of 2020FeaturesLists
BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2020 Rob Hakimian, Tim Sentz, Ana Leorne, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Aleksandr Smirnov, JT Early, Mimi Kenny, Carlo Thomas, Grady Penna, Harriet Suits Baer, John Wohlmacher, Conor Lochrie, Gareth O'Malley, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Andy Johnston and Matthew Barton·December 8, 2020Despite everything else that’s happened in 2020, there sure has been a lot of good music. It just...Best Of 2020Features
Album Review: Phoebe Bridgers – Copycat Killer EP Aleksandr Smirnov·November 23, 2020Releasing an EP shortly after dropping a full-length album is not the most common phenomenon; they are most...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Inturist – Comfort Aleksandr Smirnov·November 18, 2020Inturist (Интурист) are a Russian band lead by Evgeniy Gorbunov, an established musician in the country’s underground music...Album ReviewsReviews