A writer and musician from England. You can also find him writing at The Quietus, Attitude, and Record Collector. In the autumn and winter you are more likely to find him watching repeats of Poirot on ITV3.

Matthew Barton

Vespertine at 20: Our guide to Björk’s romantic opus

Jeremy J. Fisette, Matthew Barton, JT Early, John Wohlmacher, Andy Johnston, Rob Hakimian, Jasper WIllems, John Amen and Harrison Suits Baer·August 27, 2021

She wanted to craft an album bound by domesticity, inspired by her newfound partnership with Matthew Barney, and delivered a record overflowing with wintry choirs and strings, icicle-delicate music box keyboards and beats...

Features Track-by-Track

Book Review: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike – You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico

Matthew Barton·July 19, 2021

“Though she is remembered for contributions to The Velvet Underground & Nico, her artistry and influence are often...

Book Reviews Reviews

Please Don’t Reproach Me for How Empty My Life Has Become: PJ Harvey’s White Chalk and its Demos

Matthew Barton·July 8, 2021

In the latest of his series of explorations into PJ Harvey’s recent reissues and demos, Matthew Barton investigates...

Essay Features

BPM’s Darkest Albums

John Wohlmacher, John Amen, Mimi Kenny, Ray Finlayson, Todd Dedman, Aleksandr Smirnov, Tim Sentz, Matthew Barton, Jasper WIllems, JT Early, Rob Hakimian, Ana Leorne, Kyle Kohner, Jeremy J. Fisette and Chase McMullen·May 31, 2021

Grab a cup of tea, hold on to your favourite My Little Pony plushie, and venture with us into the nether realms of the darkest albums according to the BPM team

Features Lists

Tape the Broken Parts Together: PJ Harvey’s Uh Huh Her and Its Demos

Matthew Barton·May 17, 2021

Continuing in his series of explorations into PJ Harvey’s recent reissues and demos, Matthew Barton investigates the songwriter’s...

Essay Features

heka channels her anger into the mellifluous folk of “(a) wall”, announces EP

Matthew Barton·March 31, 2021

Born in Italy but now London-based, Francesca Brierley – aka heka – emerges with “(a) wall”, the first...

News & Track Reviews

This is love that I’m feeling:  PJ Harvey’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea and its Demos

Matthew Barton·March 17, 2021

Following the deep dives into the songwriter’s early work and the dark Is This Desire?, Matthew Barton continues...

Essay Features

Album Review: Lizzie Reid – Cubicle EP

Matthew Barton·February 15, 2021

Following a series of quality single releases, Glaswegian singer-songwriter Lizzie Reid arrives with her debut EP, Cubicle, assembled from a mix...

Album Reviews Reviews

Trouble Taking Place: Examining PJ Harvey’s Is This Desire? and Demos

Matthew Barton·February 4, 2021

Following on from last year's reissue of her early records and demos, PJ Harvey has just released an expanded version of her 1998 album Is This Desire? Matthew Barton revisits the record and its newly released demos, exploring the mind of a songwriter in artistic turmoil.

Essay Features

Clara Mann reflects on her unwise urges in the melancholy “Thoughtless”, reveals debut EP plans

Matthew Barton·January 20, 2021

Bristolian singer-songwriter Clara Mann follows the plaintive “I Didn’t Know You Were Leaving Today” with the next missive from her forthcoming...

News & Track Reviews

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Reviews

Album Review: Parquet Courts – Sympathy For Life

Album Review: Helado Negro – Far In

Album Review: Hayden Thorpe – Moondust For My Diamond

Features

Interview: Dark Mark vs Skeleton Joe – Breaking Out Of The Basement

Interview: Circuit Des Yeux runs towards luminescense – “Everything is an art project in my life”

BPM’s Top 50 Albums of the 2010s

News & Track Reviews

Ryan Pollie dreams of teenage summers in the exuberant jam “On The Nose”, announces new album

BLACKPINK’s Lisa joins Ozuna and Megan Thee Stallion for DJ Snake’s snappy “SG”

Podcasts

Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 37: Nite Jewel – World Beyond

Podcast: Let It Beat Episode 05 – Caleb Landry Jones, Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine, and Poppy

Podcast: Let It Beat Episode 04 – Lil Nas X, Moor Mother and Injury Reserve

Matthew Barton

Vespertine at 20: Our guide to Björk’s romantic opus

Book Review: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike – You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico

Please Don’t Reproach Me for How Empty My Life Has Become: PJ Harvey’s White Chalk and its Demos

BPM’s Darkest Albums

Tape the Broken Parts Together: PJ Harvey’s Uh Huh Her and Its Demos

heka channels her anger into the mellifluous folk of “(a) wall”, announces EP

This is love that I’m feeling:  PJ Harvey’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea and its Demos

Album Review: Lizzie Reid – Cubicle EP

Trouble Taking Place: Examining PJ Harvey’s Is This Desire? and Demos

Clara Mann reflects on her unwise urges in the melancholy “Thoughtless”, reveals debut EP plans