Live Review: Jamie xx and others at LIDO Festival, London, 7 June 2025 Todd Dedman·June 11, 2025The rain. Oh, the rain. Weather forecasts were checked all week, waterproofs that weren’t actually waterproof at all...Festival ReviewLive ReviewsReviews
Live Review: Massive Attack and others at LIDO Festival, London, 6 June 2025 Todd Dedman·June 9, 2025The first day of the inaugural LIDO Festival, headlined and curated by Massive Attack, is the first ever...Festival ReviewLive ReviewsReviews
Preview: London’s new 5-night festival, LIDO Todd Dedman·May 27, 2025Next month sees the inaugural LIDO Festival take place in London’s Victoria Park, and Beats Per Minute will...FeaturesLists
Album Review: Deerhoof – Noble and Godlike in Ruin Todd Dedman·April 30, 2025Deerhoof are the 21st century version of The Fall. For the uninitiated, they have an almost off-puttingly large...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Snapped Ankles – Hard Times Furious Dancing Todd Dedman·April 2, 2025With the exception of that town in Footloose, every society has dancing as a key aspect of cultural...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Benefits – Constant Noise Todd Dedman·March 31, 2025Kingsley Hall (voice) and Robbie Major (synths and noise) are Benefits, and they exist within a lineage of...Album ReviewsReviews
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2024 Rob Hakimian, John Wohlmacher, Andy Johnston, Steve Forstneger, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, Joshua Pickard, Todd Dedman, Ray Finlayson, Ethan Reis, Chase McMullen, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Brianna Corrine, Jeremy J. Fisette and Tom Williams·December 18, 2024The 50 best albums from 2024, as picked by our teamBest of 2024FeaturesLists
Live Review: The Cure at Troxy, London – 1 November 2024 Todd Dedman·November 4, 2024The ominous sound of thunder rolls around the lush art deco space of Troxy in London’s east end...Live ReviewsReviews
Album Review: The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World Todd Dedman·October 31, 2024The real beauty of life is its impermanence. It takes a while to work this out, but it’s...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
Album Review: The Jesus Lizard – Rack Todd Dedman·September 17, 2024Ah, good – a 2024 reunion of a band from the 1990s that I can get excited about. ...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews