Beats Per Minute

BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2025

Rob Hakimian, John Wohlmacher, Andy Johnston, Steve Forstneger, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, Joshua Pickard, Todd Dedman, Ray Finlayson, Ethan Reis, Chase McMullen, Carlo Thomas, Jeremy J. Fisette and Mary Chiney·December 16, 2025

The 50 best albums from 2025, as picked by our team

Features Lists

BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2025

Rob Hakimian, Ray Finlayson, Jeremy J. Fisette, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Steve Forstneger, Chase McMullen, Carlo Thomas, Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, John Amen, Ethan Reis, Grady Penna and Tom Williams·December 15, 2025

The 50 best songs from 2025, as picked by our team

Best of 2025 Features Lists

BPM Curates: February 2025

Rob Hakimian, Steve Forstneger, Joshua Pickard, Kyle Kohner, John Wohlmacher, Larry McClain, John Amen, Chase McMullen, Carlo Thomas and Andy Johnston·March 3, 2025

Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songs

BPM Curates Playlists Features

BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2024

Rob Hakimian, John Wohlmacher, Andy Johnston, Steve Forstneger, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, Joshua Pickard, Todd Dedman, Ray Finlayson, Ethan Reis, Chase McMullen, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Brianna Corrine, Jeremy J. Fisette and Tom Williams·December 18, 2024

The 50 best albums from 2024, as picked by our team

Best of 2024 Features Lists

BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2024

Rob Hakimian, Ray Finlayson, Jeremy J. Fisette, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Steve Forstneger, Chase McMullen, Carlo Thomas, Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, John Amen, Ethan Reis and Brianna Corrine·December 17, 2024

The 50 best songs from 2024, as picked by our team

Best of 2024 Features Lists

BPM Curates: September 2024

Rob Hakimian, Jasper WIllems, Ray Finlayson, Larry McClain, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, Steve Forstneger and Chase McMullen·October 2, 2024

Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songs

BPM Curates Playlists Features

BPM Curates: July 2024

Rob Hakimian, Jasper WIllems, Ray Finlayson, Larry McClain, John Amen, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Jeremy J. Fisette and Andy Johnston·August 1, 2024

Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songs

BPM Curates Playlists Features

Overlooked 2024: The best albums we didn’t review from January to June

Rob Hakimian, Andy Johnston, Ray Finlayson, Tom Williams, John Amen, John Wohlmacher, Jeremy J. Fisette and Chase McMullen·July 10, 2024

Highlighting the best albums of the year that we didn't review

Features Lists

BPM Curates: May 2024

Rob Hakimian, Kyle Kohner, Jasper WIllems, Ray Finlayson, Larry McClain, Steve Forstneger, John Amen, Andy Johnston, Joshua Pickard, Chase McMullen and Ethan Reis·June 3, 2024

Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songs

BPM Curates Playlists Features

BPM Curates: March 2024

Rob Hakimian, Kyle Kohner, Larry McClain, Chase McMullen, Jeremy J. Fisette, Jasper WIllems, Andy Johnston and Ray Finlayson·April 4, 2024

Our new monthly playlist of our team's favorite new songs

BPM Curates Playlists Features

Reviews

Live Review: Swans at Festaal Kreuzberg, Berlin – 27 November 2025

Album Review: Slime City – National Record of Achievement

Album Review: TEED – Always With Me

Features

BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2025

BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2025

BPM Curates: November 2025

News & Track Reviews

Desperate Hauswives salute a rebel on “The Ballad of Edie Britt”

Cheryl B. Engelhardt and GEM are a healing force on “Glimmer”

Glóey makes a capella magic on “Holy”

Podcasts

Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 102: Austra – A Particular Grief

Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 101: Julian Brave NoiseCat

Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 100: Imogen Heap – This Is My Communion

Andy Johnston

BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2025

BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2025

BPM Curates: February 2025

BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2024

BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2024

BPM Curates: September 2024

BPM Curates: July 2024

Overlooked 2024: The best albums we didn’t review from January to June

BPM Curates: May 2024

BPM Curates: March 2024