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Album Review: The Hold Steady – Open Door Policy

Tim SentzFebruary 22, 2021

Brooklynites The Hold Steady are making up for lost time. Following their sixth album, 2014's Teeth Dreams, the beloved indie rockers took a hiatus, returning ...

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Album Review: The Telescopes – Songs of Love and Revolution

Tim SentzFebruary 11, 2021

In 2002, Stephen Lawrie and Jo Doran reunited for their first album as The Telescopes in nearly a decade. The new sound they presented on Third Wave was far re...

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Album Review: The Weather Station – Ignorance

Tim SentzFebruary 8, 2021

On her fifth and arguably greatest album to date, Tamara Lindeman aka The Weather Station is no longer playing games. As the planet progresses towards destruct...

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Album Review: The Notwist – Vertigo Days

Tim SentzFebruary 1, 2021

On an alternate timeline, Germany’s The Notwist were the next Radiohead. By the early 2000s, they’d swung a gradual one-eighty from their hardcore punk beginni...

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Album Review: Kiwi jr. – Cooler Returns

Tim SentzJanuary 27, 2021

Eventually, slacker rock grows up. The godfathers of the genre, Pavement, made it a decade before exclaiming how burdensome it was being a band, and those who ...

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Album Review: Viagra Boys – Welfare Jazz

Tim SentzJanuary 8, 2021

For their sophomore record, Sweden’s Viagra Boys are employing the tried and true method of going big or going home. This is no small undertaking for a band th...

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Our most anticipated albums of 2021

Rob Hakimian, Ana Leorne, Andy Johnston, Tim Sentz, Gareth O'Malley, JT Early, Chase McMullen, Jeremy J. Fisette, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher, Kyle Kohner and Evan KaloudisJanuary 6, 2021

A new year, a whole new batch of music to get excited about. Will the pandemic have a delayed effect on this year's releases? Only time will tell, but – as you...

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Album Review: Flee Lord – In The Name of Prodigy

Tim SentzJanuary 6, 2021

Despite being born with sickle cell anemia, legendary rapper Prodigy never seemed to live his life like he was on borrowed time. His passing shocked the hip-ho...

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Album Review: Boldy James – Real Bad Boldy

Tim SentzDecember 17, 2020

2020 has undoubtedly been the year of Boldy James. It’s been drilled into our brains for good reason because several still aren’t getting the memo. With three ...

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BPM Team’s Personal 2020 Round-ups

Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Todd Dedman, Ray Finlayson, Tim Sentz, Jeremy J. Fisette, Gareth O'Malley, Ana Leorne, John Wohlmacher, Andy Johnston and Aleksandr SmirnovDecember 14, 2020

It's been a year of many endings, but Beats Per Minute's is one of re-birth. For those many of you who probably don't know our history, BPM was run as a passio...

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