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 Team’s Personal 2021 Round-ups

Chase McMullen, Rob Hakimian, Ray Finlayson, John Wohlmacher, Jasper WIllems, Kyle Kohner, Joshua Pickard, Jeremy J. Fisette, John Amen, Carlo Thomas, Mimi Kenny, Aleksandr Smirnov and Ethan Reis·December 23, 2021

A space for our writers to give their own individual round-ups of their year in music (or anything else).

Best of 2021 Features

BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Mimi Kenny, Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Aleksandr Smirnov, Grady Penna and Harriet Suits Baer·December 16, 2021

And so the sun sets on another year of music. This week the BPM staff have shared our...

Best of 2021 Features Lists

BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2021

Rob Hakimian, Tim Sentz, Ana Leorne, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Mimi Kenny, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Andy Johnston, John Amen, Jasper WIllems and Joshua Pickard·December 15, 2021

Sometimes a song says it all. Sometimes an artist produces a few minutes that provide a window into...

Best of 2021 Features Lists

BPM’s Top 20 EPs of 2021

Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, John Amen, JT Early, Joshua Pickard, Ethan Reis, Ray Finlayson and Josh Sand·December 14, 2021

Our favorite EPs, mini-albums, mixtapes and any other in-between releases.

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Overlooked 2021: The Best Albums We Didn’t Review

Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Grady Penna, John Amen, Joshua Pickard, Ray Finlayson, John Wohlmacher, Kyle Kohner, Mimi Kenny and Jeremy J. Fisette·December 13, 2021

Sometimes albums just slip through the net - we wanted to give the best ones their moment in the spotlight.

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Album Review: Emma Ruth Rundle – Engine of Hell

John Amen·November 12, 2021

Following 2018’s On Dark Horses and her riveting collaboration with Thou, 2020’s May Our Chambers Be Full, Emma...

Album Reviews Reviews

Album Review: Portrayal of Guilt – CHRISTFUCKER

John Amen·November 9, 2021

When Nietzsche declared that “God is dead,” he wasn’t necessarily expressing an atheistic position but responding to the...

Album Reviews Recommended Reviews

Album Review: The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore

John Amen·October 29, 2021

Todd Haines’s I’m Not There is overtly a fictionalized take on Bob Dylan’s mythologized persona. The movie focuses...

Album Reviews Reviews

Podcast: Let It Beat Episode 05 – Caleb Landry Jones, Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine, and Poppy

John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, Carlo Thomas and John Amen·October 18, 2021

On the new edition of Beats Per Minute’s writers podacast, John W welcomes Ray Finlayson, Carlo Thomas and...

Let It Beat Podcasts

BPM’s Top 50 Albums of the 2010s

Tim Sentz, Rob Hakimian, John Amen, Ben Cohn, Todd Dedman, JT Early, Ray Finlayson, Jeremy J. Fisette, Andy Johnston, Kyle Kohner, Ana Leorne, Aleksandr Smirnov, Josh Sand, Ethan Reis, Carlo Thomas, Jasper WIllems and John Wohlmacher·October 12, 2021

This isn’t some alternate timeline, or an instance of you waking up from a long Super Mario World...

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