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Album Review: Ryley Walker – Course in Fable

Josh SandApril 7, 2021

Ryley Walker has deftly weaved together dual reputations as a singer/songwriter and prolifically-collaborating guitarist. His newest album, Course in Fable, sh...

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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 25 EPs of 2020

Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Andy Johnston, Tim Sentz, Conor Lochrie, JT Early, Josh Sand, Ethan Reis, Emma Bauchner, Kyle Kohner, Ray Finlayson, Jasper WIllems and Evan KaloudisDecember 7, 2020

Call them EPs, call them mini-albums, there's no denying that this short-form medium is still a crucial building block for an artist's development – and yet th...

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Hindsight 2020: The best albums we didn’t review

Emma Bauchner, Ray Finlayson, Rob Hakimian, Brody Kenny, Kyle Kohner, Ana Leorne, Chase McMullen, Gareth O'Malley, Grady Penna, Josh Sand, Tim Sentz, Harrison Suits Baer, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher and Scott ZanassiNovember 9, 2020

Well, here we are, with this nightmare of a year nearing a close. Before we dive into our proper year-end coverage, we wanted to take a moment to show some lov...

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Album Review: Autechre – Plus

Josh SandNovember 3, 2020

Autechre announced their recently released album SIGN as their first since their 2013 album, Exai. This is technically true, but makes an important omission: t...

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Album Review: Daniel Romano – How Ill Thy World Is Ordered

Josh SandSeptember 21, 2020

There are two very different contexts available for approaching How Ill Thy World Is Ordered. The first, and most likely, is that this is your introduction to ...

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The Year of Daniel Romano

Josh SandSeptember 16, 2020

A look back at Daniel Romano’s nine 2020 albums in preparation for the 10th, How Ill Thy World is Ordered, released this Friday. It’s hard to describe w...

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Overlooked 2020: Underappreciated albums from January to June

Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, Rob Hakimian, Josh Sand, Ray Finlayson, Lauren Mullineaux, Emma Bauchner, Ana Leorne, Tim Sentz, Chase McMullen, Gareth O'Malley and Grady PennaJune 29, 2020

Every year there are more and more releases vying for your attention – and that's not just in music. What's more, the quality is pretty much great all across t...

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For Your Health: Quarantine Listening

Chase McMullen, Ana Leorne, Grady Penna, Rob Hakimian, Joshua Pickard, Ray Finlayson, Todd Dedman, Brody Kenny and Josh SandApril 20, 2020

As this era of social distancing stretches on and on, distractions become all the more essential to keep us all from slipping into a completely grey state of "...

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Infection Collection: BPM’s Covid-19 Survival Songs

Rob Hakimian, Todd Dedman, Ray Finlayson, Kyle Kohner, Scott Zanassi, Josh Sand, Chase McMullen and Ana LeorneMarch 30, 2020

28 songs to reflect any and all of your feelings during this unusual time This week we've decided to put together a playlist of songs that relate to this curr...

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