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Our most anticipated albums of 2021

Rob Hakimian, Ana Leorne, Andy Johnston, Tim Sentz, Gareth O'Malley, JT Early, Chase McMullen, Jeremy J. Fisette, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher, Kyle Kohner and Evan KaloudisJanuary 6, 2021

A new year, a whole new batch of music to get excited about. Will the pandemic have a delayed effect on this year's releases? Only time will tell, but – as you...

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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 SmirnovDecember 14, 2020

It's been a year of many endings, but Beats Per Minute's is one of re-birth. For those many of you who probably don't know our history, BPM was run as a passio...

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Closedown wrestle with their own powerlessness on “To Shake with the Earth” and its video (BPM Premiere)

Andy JohnstonDecember 14, 2020

Fresh from being featured on our Best EPs of 2020 list, the Ohio emotive hardcore band Closedown have a new visual to accompany "To Shake with the Earth", the ...

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BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2020

Rob Hakimian, Michael Cyrs, Brody 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'MalleyDecember 9, 2020

Well. Well, this was a year. When we got back together, a mixture of old school BPMers and some blessed new blood, we were excited for what was to come. We ...

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BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2020

Rob Hakimian, Tim Sentz, Ana Leorne, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Aleksandr Smirnov, JT Early, Brody Kenny, Carlo Thomas, Grady Penna, Harrison Suits Baer, John Wohlmacher, Conor Lochrie, Gareth O'Malley, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Andy Johnston and Matthew BartonDecember 8, 2020

Despite everything else that's happened in 2020, there sure has been a lot of good music. It just keeps coming, and we've all found the songs that have helped ...

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BPM’s Top 25 EPs of 2020

Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Andy Johnston, Tim Sentz, Conor Lochrie, JT Early, Josh Sand, Ethan Reis, Emma Bauchner, Kyle Kohner, Ray Finlayson, Jasper WIllems and Evan KaloudisDecember 7, 2020

Call them EPs, call them mini-albums, there's no denying that this short-form medium is still a crucial building block for an artist's development – and yet th...

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Album Review: Respire – Black Line

Andy JohnstonDecember 4, 2020

Respire’s new album Black Line opens with the sound of 2020: a garbage fire crackling in the night. Our collective hopes and dreams rise like embers, glowing b...

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Album Review: Inter Arma – Garbers Days Revisited

Andy JohnstonJuly 13, 2020

Inter Arma make serious music, of that there is no doubt. Their albums are totems to existential despair, violent invocations of nature’s primal fury, and an a...

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Overlooked 2020: Underappreciated albums from January to June

Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, Rob Hakimian, Josh Sand, Ray Finlayson, Lauren Mullineaux, Emma Bauchner, Ana Leorne, Tim Sentz, Chase McMullen, Gareth O'Malley and Grady PennaJune 29, 2020

Every year there are more and more releases vying for your attention – and that's not just in music. What's more, the quality is pretty much great all across t...

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Album Review: Owen Pallett – Island

Andy JohnstonMay 22, 2020

It’s been 10 long years since Owen Pallett left behind the fantasy world of 14th-century Spectrum that served as the backdrop of their magnum opus, Heartland. ...

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