BPM Curates: January 2024 Rob Hakimian, Ray Finlayson, Kyle Kohner, Larry McClain, Steve Forstneger, Chase McMullen, Jeremy J. Fisette, Jasper WIllems, Tom Williams, Joshua Pickard, John Amen, John Wohlmacher and Andy Johnston·February 1, 2024Our new monthly playlist of our team's favorite new songsBPM Curates PlaylistsFeatures
Live Review: Jason Isbell at Cadogan Hall, London – January 26, 2024 Tom Williams·January 29, 2024Introducing his song “If We Were Vampires” – a love song both enhanced and weighted down by the...Live ReviewsReviews
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2023 Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Steve Forstneger, Tom Williams, Andy Johnston, Kristy Sawyer, Dana Poland and Josh LaClair·December 29, 2023If you are reading this: CONGRATULATIONS, you have survived war criminal Henry Kissinger and made it to the...Best of 2023FeaturesLists
Album Review: Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter – Saved! Tom Williams·October 25, 2023Many musicians incorporate Christianity into their music, but few focus on the fire and brimstone elements that are...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: CMAT – Crazymad, For Me Tom Williams·October 17, 2023Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson has a knack for making unlikely successes out of musical ideas that few others would...Album ReviewsReviews
Run It Back: BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2013 Rob Hakimian, Aleksandr Smirnov, Andy Johnston, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Steve Forstneger, John Amen, Ethan Reis, Carlo Thomas, Chase McMullen, Ray Finlayson and Tom Williams·July 17, 2023Ah, 2013… to say it was a “simpler time” is, well, oversimplifying things. But in the music world...FeaturesLists
Album Review: Jess Williamson – Time Ain’t Accidental Tom Williams·June 13, 2023While so-called bro-country may dominate much of the country charts at the moment, simultaneously emerging is a generation...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
Album Review: Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! Tom Williams·April 28, 2023The thematic shift that has occurred in Jessie Ware’s music over the 11 years since her acclaimed debut...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
Live Review: Big Thief at The Great Hall, Cardiff – April 8, 2023 Tom Williams·April 12, 2023There’s a sense of spontaneity that exudes from the work of Big Thief – even when they’re creating...Live ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Ruston Kelly – The Weakness Tom Williams·April 10, 2023Ruston Kelly’s 2018 breakthrough album Dying Star established the South Carolina native as a much-needed antidote to the...Album ReviewsReviews