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
On Deck: Five songs Ratboys listened to while making new album The Window Rob Hakimian·August 24, 2023Tomorrow, August 25, sees the release of Ratboys‘ new album The Window via Topshelf Records. The beloved Chicago...FeaturesOn Deck
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
Hot Take: Travis Scott’s Utopia, Track-by-Track Chase McMullen·July 29, 2023As the world descends upon Utopia, ravenous after the nearly five year wait for a statement from Travis...FeaturesTrack-by-Track
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
Track-by-Track: Saloli walks us through her first album in five years, the warm, searching Canyon Chase McMullen·July 14, 2023It’s been a lengthy, mysterious wait for fans of pianist Mary Sutton – better known as Saloli. After...FeaturesTrack-by-Track
Interview: Get to know Hallan and their EP, The Noise Of A Firing Gun Kristy Sawyer·July 4, 2023Beats Per Minute caught up via Zoom with Adam Mills, drummer of Portsmouth quartet Hallan, to talk about...FeaturesInterview
Interview: Joe Casey – “I feel like one of the main themes of Protomartyr is to be humble” John Wohlmacher·June 19, 2023Our in-depth conversation with the Protomartyr vocalist about new album Formal Growth in the Desert as well as Westerns, romance, artificial intelligence and much moreFeaturesInterview
Interview: Mandy, Indiana – “There’s always a dialogue between the songs and the way we record them, and the spaces we recorded them in” John Wohlmacher·May 22, 2023On the release of their debut album, we have a long and wide-ranging conversation with Mandy, Indiana's vocalist Valentine CaulfieldFeaturesInterview