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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, 2022

This year saw Beyoncé retain her Queen of Pop crown with a 16-track comeback, one of the pretenders...

Best of 2022 Features Lists

Interview: Sophie Jamieson: “I wanted to accentuate the promise of new life, the inevitability of renewal and resilience of nature”

Rob Hakimian·December 7, 2022

London-based songwriter Sophie Jamieson released her debut album Choosing last week, culminating years of hard work in which...

Features Interview

Bonjour Motherfuckers #29 – BPM edition

Ana Leorne·December 2, 2022

What’s another year?, Johnny Logan famously asked in 1980. Whatever the way you choose to measure it in...

Bonjour Motherfuckers Features

Cassette Culture: November 2022

Joshua Pickard·November 30, 2022

Cassette Culture is a monthly column dedicated to exploring the various artists that inhabit the expansive cassette market. Drawing...

Cassette Culture Features

Interview: Special Interest and their intense and intentional new album Endure

Rob Hakimian·November 14, 2022

On the release day of their flamboyant new album Endure, New Orleans quartet Special Interest were in London...

Features Interview

Interview: Low Island guide us through Life In Miniature

Kristy Sawyer·November 11, 2022

Earlier this month, Oxford indie quartet Low Island released their latest album, Life in Miniature on their own label, Emotional Interference. Kristy Sawyer connected over Zoom with lead singer Carlos in his North London studio while the others chipped in over email, telling the story of its creation.

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