Overlooked 2023: The Best Albums Of The Year So Far We Didn’t Review Joshua Pickard, Chase McMullen, Rob Hakimian, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Kyle Kohner and John Wohlmacher·August 28, 2023Sometimes albums just slip through the net - we wanted to give the best ones their moment in the spotlight.FeaturesLists
12 Acts to Watch Out For at Lollapalooza 2023 Alex Nguyen·July 31, 2023Lollapalooza is once again coming to the United States for a four-day music festival held from August 3-6....FeaturesLists
The world is full of noises: 15 obscure shoegaze classics John Wohlmacher·July 24, 2023With the blaring hot sun of summer in full force and our collective tongues aching for exotic icecream...FeaturesLists
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
Festival Preview: 11 Acts to Discover at REWIRE 2023 Jasper WIllems·April 7, 2023The Hague’s multi-disciplinary music festival is upon us this weekend. Beats Per Minute has cherry-picked 11 acts to...FeaturesLists
BPM’s Most Anticipated Releases of 2023 Chase McMullen, Rob Hakimian, Joshua Pickard, Kyle Kohner, Kristy Sawyer, Aleksandr Smirnov, Grady Penna, Todd Dedman, Tom Williams, Jeremy J. Fisette, JT Early and Steve Forstneger·January 10, 2023Here we are in another January facing down another year full of surprises. While some of those surprises...FeaturesLists
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2022 Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Aleksandr Smirnov, Lucas Martins, Steve Forstneger, Eddie Smith and Tom Williams·December 15, 2022You could easily write a dramatic pop-rock opera about the major global events that happened in 2022. From...Best of 2022FeaturesLists
BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2022 Rob Hakimian, Tim Sentz, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, John Amen, Jasper WIllems, Joshua Pickard, Eddie Smith, JT Early, Steve Forstneger, Lucas Martins and Todd Dedman·December 14, 2022This year saw Beyoncé retain her Queen of Pop crown with a 16-track comeback, one of the pretenders...Best of 2022FeaturesLists
18 songs that display Mimi Parker as the beating heart of Low Rob Hakimian, Joshua Pickard, Jeremy J. Fisette, Tim Sentz, John Wohlmacher, Jasper WIllems, Kyle Kohner, John Amen and Todd Dedman·November 8, 2022The music world was quietly rocked this weekend when news broke that Mimi Parker – drummer, vocalist and founding member of Low – had passed away. FeaturesLists
12 albums that showcase why Loretta Lynn was one of country music’s most rebellious storytellers Joshua Pickard·October 10, 2022 From Christmas albums to twangy ‘80s adaptations to more recent rockier and folky albums, Loretta Lynn's music captured so many moods and themes that her creativity seemed to never restFeaturesLists