Album Review: The National – First Two Pages of Frankenstein
It’s been four years since The National last released a full-length, but they’ve hardly been absent in that...
Rob Hakimian
Album Review: boygenius – The Record
There’s always been some kind of special aura around boygenius. The trio of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and...
Live Review: Alex G at the Roundhouse, London – March 23, 2023
There was a sense of celebration throughout Alex G’s headline performance at London’s Roundhouse on Thursday night –...
Track-by-Track: Anna B Savage navigates us across her hauntingly personal new album in|FLUX
Today sees the release of in|FLUX, the second full-length album from London songwriter Anna B Savage. It comes...
Live Review: Caroline Polachek at Eventim Apollo, London – February 14, 2023
Desire Day. It was always meant to be this way: Caroline Polachek releasing her hotly anticipated new album...
Interview: Black Belt Eagle Scout guides us through her homeland and its influence on her new album
Black Belt Eagle Scout’s new album The Land, The Water, The Sky finds the artist reflecting on the way she’s reconnected with the terrain and the history of where she was raised. Rob Hakimian speaks to her about the musical and literal journey to this release.
Album Review: M(h)aol – Attachment Styles
Irish feminist band M(h)aol (pronounced “male”) first punctured into my consciousness with the release of “Asking For It”...
BPM’s Most Anticipated Releases of 2023
Here we are in another January facing down another year full of surprises. While some of those surprises...
BPM Team’s Personal 2022 Round-ups
Every year we throw the doors open to the BPM team to give them space to write or...
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2022
You could easily write a dramatic pop-rock opera about the major global events that happened in 2022. From...
