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Album Review: Adult Mom – Driver

Gareth O'MalleyMarch 16, 2021

Stevie Knipe knows a thing or two about asserting control. In late 2019, the New York-based artist blew the lid off an alleged breach of contract at the Caroli...

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Album Review: Mogwai – As The Love Continues

Gareth O'MalleyFebruary 23, 2021

The first thing you hear on the 10th album by Scottish post-rock stalwarts Mogwai is Benjamin John Power (Blanck Mass) murmuring the phrase that would become t...

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Album Review: TV Priest – Uppers

Gareth O'MalleyFebruary 10, 2021

This time last year, London quartet TV Priest had played precisely one gig and were yet to release a single; since then, they’ve gathered momentum at an impres...

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Album Review: Bicep – Isles

Gareth O'MalleyJanuary 26, 2021

In presenting their new record as “a snapshot in time,” London-via-Belfast duo Bicep raise an intriguing question: can two versions of the same project coexist...

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Interview: The Sonder Bombs – “I found myself growing with the record as I was writing it”

Gareth O'MalleyJanuary 25, 2021

Making a name for themselves as part of the fertile Cleveland scene, The Sonder Bombs have undergone a natural evolution over the past few years, having initia...

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Album Review: LICE – WASTELAND: What Ails Our People Is Clear

Gareth O'MalleyJanuary 12, 2021

LICE largely operate within the post-punk framework of their early material, but those intriguing influences are much more apparent here, with noise rock, industrial, psychedelia and classic prog chief among them...

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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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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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