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Cassette Culture: January 2024

Joshua Pickard·January 29, 2024

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

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Interview: Johnny Orlando on his story so far

Kristy Sawyer·January 3, 2024

Beats Per Minute caught up over Zoom with Johnny from his family home in Toronto, Canada to learn that at the end of the day, he is simply someone who has fallen in love with being an artist and who genuinely wants to connect with his fans

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BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2023

Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Steve Forstneger, Tom Williams, Andy Johnston, Kristy Sawyer, Dana Poland and Josh LaClair·December 29, 2023

If you are reading this: CONGRATULATIONS, you have survived war criminal Henry Kissinger and made it to the...

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BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2023

Rob Hakimian, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, John Amen, Jasper WIllems, Joshua Pickard, Steve Forstneger, Grady Penna and Andy Johnston·December 29, 2023

Songs are soundtracks. No matter what you’re doing, when you have a song in your ears then it...

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BPM’s Honorable Mentions 2023

Joshua Pickard, Chase McMullen, Rob Hakimian, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Kyle Kohner and John Wohlmacher·December 29, 2023

The records we think you should give a second chance to change your life; albums that may have slipped by on your journey through the year

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BPM Team’s Personal 2023 Round-ups

Rob Hakimian, Jasper WIllems, John Wohlmacher, Kyle Kohner, Larry McClain, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Steve Forstneger and Joshua Pickard·December 20, 2023

Having finished our annual festive round-up of the best music of the year with our Top 50 Albums...

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10 Artists To Discover at Le Guess Who? 2023

Jasper WIllems·November 3, 2023

Utrecht's Le Guess Who? Festival miraculously keeps two very particular plates spinning: its status as one of the world's most revered indoor music festivals, and its inclination to look beyond names that are oversaturated within your average lineup.

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