Never Heavy revel in the comforts and nostalgia of affection on “Anything More” [BPM Premiere]
Alt-rock had its heyday in the ‘90s, with countless anthems pouring out of oversized stadiums and radios blaring...
Joshua Pickard
Morgan Swihart yearns for simpler histories and happier memories on “I Just Wanna Go” [BPM Premiere]
Music can speak to the history of a place, to its detailed geography and cultural nuances in ways...
BPM Curates: May 2024
Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songs
Jason Montero fights against the inequities of affection on “Thorn” [BPM Premiere]
Some musicians speak from experience while others speak from desire. Florida singer-songwriter Jason Montero spends his time somewhere...
Festival Review: Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival offers a trip through a parallel reality
Big Ears Festival is a bubble – a cloistered series of moments dedicated to creation and exploration. It’s wondrous...
Eric Schroeder finds revelation in the darkness on “Stayed the Same” [BPM Premiere]
Music is a study in contrasts: antagonistic tones resting perpendicular to one another, melodies serving the desires of...
BPM Curates: January 2024
Our new monthly playlist of our team's favorite new songs
Cassette Culture: January 2024
Cassette Culture is a monthly column dedicated to exploring the various artists that inhabit the expansive cassette market. Drawing...
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2023
If you are reading this: CONGRATULATIONS, you have survived war criminal Henry Kissinger and made it to the...
BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2023
Songs are soundtracks. No matter what you’re doing, when you have a song in your ears then it...
