BPM Curates: June 2025 Rob Hakimian, Steve Forstneger, Larry McClain, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Mary Chiney and Sydney Peterson·July 2, 2025Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songsBPM Curates PlaylistsFeatures
Q&A: Peter Salett discusses his Brian Wilson-style suites Larry McClain·June 22, 2025One of the fascinating things about pop music is that it’s amazingly cyclical. Peter Salett’s new song “Vision...FeaturesInterview
Oh Thom Staff·June 4, 2025While well-intentioned, the Radiohead frontman's open letter about Gaza also seems laboured and clumsy. It is, for many reasons, worthy of dissection.EssayFeatures
BPM Curates: May 2025 Rob Hakimian, Steve Forstneger, Larry McClain, Nathan Skinner, John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Kyle Kohner and Chase McMullen·June 1, 2025Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songsBPM Curates PlaylistsFeatures
Preview: London’s new 5-night festival, LIDO Todd Dedman·May 27, 2025Next month sees the inaugural LIDO Festival take place in London’s Victoria Park, and Beats Per Minute will...FeaturesLists
In Rotation: Nerves shine a light on some of their favorite Irish musicians Joshua Pickard·May 19, 2025West-Irish noisemakers Nerves are forging a path of extended amplitudes and nervous energy, of caustic rhythms and the...FeaturesIn Rotation
“I’m a laugh a minute!”: An exchange with Michael Gira John Wohlmacher·May 9, 2025Long before these questions had been formulated, Michael Gira already took control of the conversation! Ten questions –...FeaturesInterview
Track-by-Track: Ringdown walks us through the liminal spaces on their new album, Lady on the Bike Joshua Pickard·May 9, 2025Ringdown was always going to do things a little bit differently. Danni Lee Parpan and Pulitzer and Grammy...FeaturesTrack-by-Track
In Rotation: Desire curates a soundtrack for “night drives and distant dreams” Joshua Pickard·May 7, 2025Desire has long been the avenue through which Megan Louise and Johnny Jewel explore fluorescent landscapes spiked with...FeaturesIn Rotation
BPM Curates: April 2025 Rob Hakimian, Steve Forstneger, Larry McClain, Chase McMullen, Nathan Skinner, John Wohlmacher, Ethan Reis, Ray Finlayson and John Amen·May 1, 2025Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songsBPM Curates PlaylistsFeatures
