Album Review: Lia Ices – Family Album
There’s something almost comical about the fact that Family Album, the fourth album from singer-songwriter Lia Ices, begins...
Jeremy J. Fisette
Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 23 – The Besnard Lakes: A Goth Episode
In this episode, we get to meet Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas of The Besnard Lakes. In this...
Album Review: Rhye – Home
Rhye’s music, while bountiful with beauty, texture, sensuality, and grace, is also pretty nondescript much of the time. If not for Milosh’s velvety coo of a voice the songs here would mostly fade into the background – and they almost do anyway.
Second Look: Azure Ray – Azure Ray
Despite the music box-delicacy of their sound, Azure Ray was full of barely-submerged emotion. They didn’t have to overexert themselves to betray the heartache and longing in their work: the music, their voices, and their moving lyrics all combined to tell us exactly what we needed to know, and nothing more
Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 22 – Zola Jesus: Songs Are Living Things
In this episode, we get to meet Nika Danilova, aka Zola Jesus. Nika and I discuss each of...
Our most anticipated albums of 2021
A new year, a whole new batch of music to get excited about. Will the pandemic have a...
Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 21 – Charles Spearin of Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think
In this episode we get to meet Charles Spearin, multi-instrumentalist and part of two legendary Canadian bands: Do...
Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 20 – Anjimile
In this episode, we get to meet Anjimile. Anjimile – or Jimi as he sometimes likes to be...
Album Review: Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir – Odin’s Raven Magic
This is not your average Sigur Rós album. Whatever pipe dreams you may have had of another sweeping,...
BPM Team’s Personal 2020 Round-ups
It’s been a year of many endings, but Beats Per Minute’s is one of re-birth. For those many...
