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Amber Nicholson evokes the breezy motions of ragtime in the emotionally empowering “Far Far Far” [BPM Premiere]
Album Review: Magdalena Bay – Mercurial World Ben Cohn·October 13, 2021Pop music has a prescription for Prozac. You can see the depression everywhere, from Billie Eilish and Clairo’s...Album ReviewsReviews
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of the 2010s Ben Cohn·October 12, 2021This isn’t some alternate timeline, or an instance of you waking up from a long Super Mario World...Albums of the 2010sFeaturesLists
BPM’s Albums of the 2010s: Honorable Mentions Ben Cohn·October 11, 2021This week Beats Per Minute is unveiling its Top 50 albums of the 2010s. We’re well aware it’s...Albums of the 2010sFeaturesLists
Album Review: Water From Your Eyes – Structure Ben Cohn·August 31, 2021A potent combination of irony and pretension is a good way for a band to alienate most of...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: LUMP – Animal Ben Cohn·August 2, 2021There’s this moment in “Gamma Ray”, the excellent second track off of LUMP’s excellent second record, where Laura...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Spellling – The Turning Wheel Ben Cohn·June 28, 2021In four years, SPELLLING has come a long way. What began, with 2017’s Pantheon of Me, as a...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Rostam – Changephobia Ben Cohn·June 10, 2021Rostam’s song “Bike Dream”, off his first solo record Half-Light, contains the great verse “Two boys: one to...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Lost Girls – Menneskekollektivet Ben Cohn·March 29, 2021“In the beginning, there was no word and no I / In the beginning, there is sound /...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Cassandra Jenkins – An Overview on Phenomenal Nature Ben Cohn·February 22, 2021The Ramble is probably the only place on earth known for gay sex and birdwatching. For a long...Album ReviewsReviews
