Snail Mail returns with first new album in five years, shares lead single “Dead End” Joshua Pickard·January 20, 2026Snail Mail — the alter ego of Lindsey Jordan — has shared details of her latest album, a...News & Track Reviews
Kim Gordon announces new album, offers first glimpse through woozy tempest “Not Today” Joshua Pickard·January 14, 2026Kim Gordon is back with a new album, just two years removed from 2024’s The Collective. Matador Records...News & Track Reviews
Ora Cogan announces new album, shares lead single, “Honey” Joshua Pickard·January 13, 2026Ora Cogan will release her latest album, Hard Hearted Woman, on March 13 via Sacred Bones. Following up...News & Track Reviews
Converge examine loss and our need to mourn on “We Were Never the Same” Joshua Pickard·January 13, 2026The noise that vocalist-lyricist Jacob Bannon, guitarist-producer Kurt Ballou, bassist-vocalist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller create on...News & Track Reviews
Cate Le Bon enlists St. Vincent for new song “Always the Same” Joshua Pickard·January 8, 2026Cate Le Bon has spent the last few years finding new ways to explore and engage with her...News & Track Reviews
Searows addresses the inevitability of endings on harrowing new single, “Dirt” Joshua Pickard·January 7, 2026The voice of Pacific Northwest singer-songwriter and guitarist Alec Duckart appears as a transmission from an alternate reality...News & Track Reviews
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2025 Rob Hakimian, John Wohlmacher, Andy Johnston, Steve Forstneger, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, Joshua Pickard, Todd Dedman, Ray Finlayson, Ethan Reis, Chase McMullen, Carlo Thomas, Jeremy J. Fisette and Mary Chiney·December 16, 2025The 50 best albums from 2025, as picked by our teamFeaturesLists
BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2025 Rob Hakimian, Ray Finlayson, Jeremy J. Fisette, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Steve Forstneger, Chase McMullen, Carlo Thomas, Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, John Amen, Ethan Reis, Grady Penna and Tom Williams·December 15, 2025The 50 best songs from 2025, as picked by our teamBest of 2025FeaturesLists
Track-By-Track: Jane Inc. explores transient mortality while evincing a thirst for life on her new album, A RUPTURE A CANYON A BIRTH Joshua Pickard·October 17, 2025Tragedy, or near-tragedy, often has a way of clarifying purpose and direction, of delivering a needed circumstantial awareness...FeaturesTrack-by-Track
Big Ears Festival announces initial 2026 lineup: David Byrne, Robert Plant, Perfume Genius, Flying Lotus, John Zorn Joshua Pickard·September 9, 2025Knoxville, Tennessee will once again play host to Big Ears Festival on March 26-29, 2026. The experimental music...News & Track Reviews