Child Seat attempt to maintain their creative momentum on new wave jam “Stuck” [BPM Premiere]
Los Angeles electro-pop band Child Seat are as attuned to the physical effects of music as they are...
Joshua Pickard
August Benjamin explores the power of familial histories on “Rose Marie” [BPM Premiere]
Claiming Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom as his youthful stomping grounds, musician August Benjamin first heard the sound of music...
Ruby Waters announces new album, examines the weight of financial burdens on lead single “Pay As You Go” [BPM Premiere]
Born in Ontario and currently calling the mountains of British Columbia home, Ruby Waters has always viewed music...
BPM Curates: September 2026
Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songs
CHVRCHES return with scathing new single, “Roses”
It’s been five years since the release of CHVRCHES‘ last album, 2021’s Screen Violence, but the Glasgow synth-pop...
Perfume Genius announces new stage collaboration, offers endorphin-laced new single “Natural High”
Musician and composer (and Perfume Genius architect) Mike Hadreas has once again collaborated with acclaimed choreographer Kate Wallich,...
Meiv explore hyper-terrestrial pop on debut single, “Dedeoka”
If you peer too long into the depths of Meiv‘s hyper-terrestrial debut single, Dedeoka”, some odd things begin...
Protomartyr disassemble distorted patriotism on “Exalted Eagles”
The latest album from genre-warping experimentalists Protomartyr, Hotel Usona, is due out this Friday, and it finds the...
Big Ears Festival announces 2027 lineup: Thundercat, Weyes Blood, Natalie Merchant, Norah Jones, Jeff Tweedy, Oneohtrix Point Never
Big Ears Festival returns to Knoxville, Tennessee next year from April 1-4, bringing its own unique perspective on...
Valerie June collaborates with Sam Amidon on cover of blues standard, “Trouble in Mind”
For the final preview from her forthcoming EP, Brighter Blue, multi-instrumentalist Valerie June has joined forces with Sam...
