Bonjour Motherfuckers #10 – BPM edition
Many parallels could be made between these ‘unprecedented times’ and other apocalyptic occurrences: there’s that story about the...
Features
Trouble Taking Place: Examining PJ Harvey’s Is This Desire? and Demos
Following on from last year's reissue of her early records and demos, PJ Harvey has just released an expanded version of her 1998 album Is This Desire? Matthew Barton revisits the record and its newly released demos, exploring the mind of a songwriter in artistic turmoil.
Interview: Lynks – “Doing drag in music venues can be really challenging, but I feel very proud to do it”
We go through Lynks' origins as a 'shit house' producer, finding their drag name from a preferred scent, the challenges of doing a drag show in the indie scene, writing songs about anything that captures their attention, the musical and aesthetic progress between the two volumes of Smash Hits, and hopes for 2021.
On Deck: Anna B Savage tells us about her most influential albums of all time
Tomorrow sees the release of A Common Turn, the debut album from British songwriter Anna B Savage. If...
Interview: The Sonder Bombs – “I found myself growing with the record as I was writing it”
Making a name for themselves as part of the fertile Cleveland scene, The Sonder Bombs have undergone a...
On Deck: Alex Amor tells us about her favourite records
Scottish indie-pop artist Alex Amor releases her debut EP Love Language today; a five-track set that shows a...
Interview: Buck Meek – “Writing these songs was a process of understanding my own capacity for resiliency and transcendence above loss”
Buck Meek, best known for being a member of Big Thief, tells us all about his gorgeous new album Two Saviors
Bonjour Motherfuckers #9 – BPM edition
Hello from the other side, mes bichons. How ecstatically did you celebrate leaving 2020 behind? Did you ask...
Our most anticipated albums of 2021
A new year, a whole new batch of music to get excited about. Will the pandemic have a...
BPM Team’s Personal 2020 Round-ups
It’s been a year of many endings, but Beats Per Minute’s is one of re-birth. For those many...
