Captain Highside drifts between bittersweet memories and familial affection on “You Floated On” and “Asavari in 7/4” [BPM Premiere]
Morgan Swihart yearns for simpler histories and happier memories on “I Just Wanna Go” [BPM Premiere] Joshua Pickard·June 6, 2024Music can speak to the history of a place, to its detailed geography and cultural nuances in ways...News & Track Reviews
BPM Curates: May 2024 Joshua Pickard·June 3, 2024Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songsBPM Curates PlaylistsFeatures
Jason Montero fights against the inequities of affection on “Thorn” [BPM Premiere] Joshua Pickard·May 24, 2024Some musicians speak from experience while others speak from desire. Florida singer-songwriter Jason Montero spends his time somewhere...News & Track Reviews
Festival Review: Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival offers a trip through a parallel reality Joshua Pickard·March 28, 2024Big Ears Festival is a bubble – a cloistered series of moments dedicated to creation and exploration. It’s wondrous...Live ReviewsReviews
Eric Schroeder finds revelation in the darkness on “Stayed the Same” [BPM Premiere] Joshua Pickard·February 22, 2024Music is a study in contrasts: antagonistic tones resting perpendicular to one another, melodies serving the desires of...News & Track Reviews
BPM Curates: January 2024 Joshua Pickard·February 1, 2024Our new monthly playlist of our team's favorite new songsBPM Curates PlaylistsFeatures
Cassette Culture: January 2024 Joshua Pickard·January 29, 2024Cassette Culture is a monthly column dedicated to exploring the various artists that inhabit the expansive cassette market. Drawing...Cassette CultureFeatures
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2023 Joshua Pickard·December 29, 2023If you are reading this: CONGRATULATIONS, you have survived war criminal Henry Kissinger and made it to the...Best of 2023FeaturesLists
BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2023 Joshua Pickard·December 29, 2023Songs are soundtracks. No matter what you’re doing, when you have a song in your ears then it...Best of 2023FeaturesLists
BPM’s Honorable Mentions 2023 Joshua Pickard·December 29, 2023The records we think you should give a second chance to change your life; albums that may have slipped by on your journey through the yearBest of 2023FeaturesLists
