Beats Per Minute

Renewal From Ruin: Rewire 2026 Reviewed

Jasper WIllems·April 23, 2026

BPM’s Jasper Willems revisits the experimental The Hague festival ’s 15th edition. Systems are meant to be broken....

Andy Johnston·March 30, 2026

Consider this: getting to see My Bloody Valentine perform songs from Loveless 35 years after that record’s release...

Sydney Peterson·February 8, 2026

If you don’t like orbit, you need better speakers. Nostalgic and heartfelt, with emphasis on community and shared...

John Wohlmacher·December 11, 2025

Swans are dead, again – at least in what could be their most renowned iteration. The multi-generational, legendary...

Jasper WIllems·November 21, 2025

Beats Per Minute’s Jasper Willems once again travelled to Utrecht to celebrate sound in all its dazzling manifestations....

Rob Hakimian·November 6, 2025

For a band whose ascent from playing relatively small, club-size venues to a huge halls has been somewhat...

Jasper WIllems·November 4, 2025

Utrecht’s renowned globe-spanning music festival is back this week with another dynamic lineup. As we’re warming up for...

Jasper WIllems·October 30, 2025

Rotterdam’s most frenzied festival is back and the stormy weather seems to agree with said disarray. But within...

Sydney Peterson·October 27, 2025

Spacey Jane, an indie rock band hailing from Western Australia, surged to prominence with their first releases in...

Rob Hakimian·October 10, 2025

When the lights dimmed in anticipation of Ethel Cain’s set commencing, the screams of her baying fans gave...