Beats Per Minute

Album Review: Snowman – Absence

Will Ryan·May 9, 2011

The last time we checked in with Snowman they were creating a mutated cacophony of jagged psychobilly guitars...

Any psychiatrist will tell you that if you have dreams where your teeth are falling out, it’s because...

Will Sheff, Okkervil River’s singer, songwriter, and now, producer, has always found strength in intimacy. Though he writes...

Colin Joyce·May 5, 2011

When a singer of a beloved band strikes it out on his own, itʼs likely to strike fear...

Here We Go Magic is like a lab experiment that we’ve all been invited to witness. At the...

Frank Mojica·May 4, 2011

It’s been two years since First Love, the full-length debut of Emma-Lee Moss, better known as the stage...

FM Stringer·May 4, 2011

Tracking the trending buzz genres of a given moment can feel a bit an exercise in falsehood. How...

Jon Blistein·May 3, 2011

The Beastie Boys are one of those groups I’ve spent way too much time thinking about. I’m white,...

Spare a thought for Pitchfork writer Rob Mitchum who became the victim of Kevin Barnes’ dissatisfaction for the...

“What good is it to sing helplessness blues?” Robin Pecknold asks near the middle of the song “Helplessness...