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BPM’s Top 50 Albums of the 2010s

Tim Sentz, Rob Hakimian, John Amen, Ben Cohn, Todd Dedman, JT Early, Ray Finlayson, Jeremy J. Fisette, Andy Johnston, Kyle Kohner, Ana Leorne, Aleksandr Smirnov, Josh Sand, Ethan Reis, Carlo Thomas, Jasper WIllems and John Wohlmacher·October 12, 2021

This isn’t some alternate timeline, or an instance of you waking up from a long Super Mario World...

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BPM’s Albums of the 2010s: Honorable Mentions

Tim Sentz, Ben Cohn, Ray Finlayson, Jeremy J. Fisette, Rob Hakimian, Andy Johnston, Ana Leorne, Josh Sand, Aleksandr Smirnov, John Wohlmacher and Chase McMullen·October 11, 2021

This week Beats Per Minute is unveiling its Top 50 albums of the 2010s. We’re well aware it’s...

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Festival Preview: 10 must see acts at Pitchfork Festival 2021

Ethan Reis·September 3, 2021

Pitchfork Fest’s 2020 lineup looked pretty good, but this year’s is even better. And considering the 2020 event...

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RIP to the Legend: Remembering Lee “Scratch” Perry through five of his essential albums

Chase McMullen·August 30, 2021

Man, Scratch. There really isn’t much I can say that isn’t already being said the world over, whether...

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Festival Preview: Five must-see early afternoon sets at End Of The Road 2021

Rob Hakimian·August 30, 2021

This Thursday to Sunday, a dearly beloved staple of the British music festival circuit returns, after a painful...

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Hip Hop 2021: Halftime

Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Ethan Reis, Rob Hakimian, Kyle Kohner, John Amen, Mimi Kenny and John Wohlmacher·July 5, 2021

We count down the Top 30 rap albums of the year so far

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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

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DOOMED: Dwelling within the Discography of Dumile – The Man, The Monster & The Master

Chase McMullen, Mimi Kenny, Ethan Reis, Tim Sentz, John Wohlmacher, Rob Hakimian, Andy Johnston and Todd Dedman·March 8, 2021

It’s hard to accept that DOOM is gone. It simply doesn’t feel his time has passed, and given...

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BPM’s Daft Punk Greatest Hits Compilation

Rob Hakimian, Seb Grech, John Wohlmacher, Todd Dedman, Ana Leorne, Kyle Kohner, Chase McMullen and Ray Finlayson·March 3, 2021

Rather than simply picking Daft Punk's most well known ("Get Lucky"? Get in the bin!), our writers were simply asked to pick a couple of their favourites for inclusion. What results is a unique, eclectic and surely not at all contentious compilation of tracks, which features something from each of their releases – even the Tron Legacy soundtrack!

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