John Amen is the author of several collections of poetry, including Illusion of an Overwhelm, a finalist for the 2018 Brockman-Campbell Award. He founded and is managing editor of Pedestal Magazine. As a result of the COVID quarantine, he’s been wearing headphones so much that they are now part of his body.

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BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2022

Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Aleksandr Smirnov, Lucas Martins, Steve Forstneger, Eddie Smith and Tom Williams·December 15, 2022

You could easily write a dramatic pop-rock opera about the major global events that happened in 2022. From...

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BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2022

Rob Hakimian, Tim Sentz, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, John Amen, Jasper WIllems, Joshua Pickard, Eddie Smith, JT Early, Steve Forstneger, Lucas Martins and Todd Dedman·December 14, 2022

This year saw Beyoncé retain her Queen of Pop crown with a 16-track comeback, one of the pretenders...

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18 songs that display Mimi Parker as the beating heart of Low

Rob Hakimian, Joshua Pickard, Jeremy J. Fisette, Tim Sentz, John Wohlmacher, Jasper WIllems, Kyle Kohner, John Amen and Todd Dedman·November 8, 2022

The music world was quietly rocked this weekend when news broke that Mimi Parker – drummer, vocalist and founding member of Low – had passed away.

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Album Review: Backxwash – His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering

John Amen·November 3, 2022

With 2020’s God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It and 2021’s I Lie...

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Album Review: Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork

John Amen·October 21, 2022

On Dry Cleaning’s 2021 debut album, New Long Leg, Florence Shaw issued a manifesto: “Do everything, feel nothing.”...

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Album Review: Courtney Marie Andrew – Loose Future

John Amen·October 10, 2022

Courtney Marie Andrews’ discography brims with sketches of doomed relationships and precarious psychological states. Her new album, Loose...

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Out of the Darkness: 20 years of Interpol’s Turn On the Bright Lights

Joshua Pickard, Kristy Sawyer, JT Early, John Amen, Todd Dedman, Kyle Kohner, Ray Finlayson, Rob Hakimian, Andy Johnston, John Wohlmacher and Aleksandr Smirnov·October 3, 2022

The towers fell, and America was covered in dust. Within this twilight, four young men headed to a studio, to restart the recording of their debut album as Interpol.

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