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Album Review: Lia Ices – Family Album

Jeremy J. FisetteFebruary 2, 2021

There’s something almost comical about the fact that Family Album, the fourth album from singer-songwriter Lia Ices, begins with a simple, forward piano melody...

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Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 23 – The Besnard Lakes: A Goth Episode

Jeremy J. FisetteJanuary 28, 2021

In this episode, we get to meet Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas of The Besnard Lakes. In this chat, we discuss some of the backstory and the aesthetic of their ...

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Album Review: Rhye – Home

Jeremy J. FisetteJanuary 22, 2021

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....

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Second Look: Azure Ray – Azure Ray

Jeremy J. FisetteJanuary 20, 2021

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...

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Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 22 – Zola Jesus: Songs Are Living Things

Jeremy J. FisetteJanuary 13, 2021

In this episode, we get to meet Nika Danilova, aka Zola Jesus. Nika and I discuss each of her studio albums, from her debut up to a highly collaborative al...

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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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Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 21 – Charles Spearin of Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think

Jeremy J. FisetteDecember 30, 2020

In this episode we get to meet Charles Spearin, multi-instrumentalist and part of two legendary Canadian bands: Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene. ...

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Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 20 – Anjimile

Jeremy J. FisetteDecember 16, 2020

In this episode, we get to meet Anjimile. Anjimile – or Jimi as he sometimes likes to be called – is a singer-songwriter from Boston who just put out his d...

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Album Review: Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir – Odin’s Raven Magic

Jeremy J. FisetteDecember 16, 2020

This is not your average Sigur Rós album. Whatever pipe dreams you may have had of another sweeping, brittle, occasionally-punishing post-rock album from these...

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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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