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Album Review: Model/Actriz – Pirouette

John Wohlmacher·May 6, 2025
Futurismus is, by far, the most interesting thing happening in contemporary rock music. As I laid out in...
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Big Ears Festival announces initial 2025 lineup

Joshua Pickard·September 10, 2024
Knoxville’s expansive and experimental Big Ears Festival will return to the Marble City in March of next year,...
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Album Review: Sprain – The Lamb As Effigy

John Wohlmacher·September 13, 2023
The issue with creating abstract art isn’t so much that you can just dump anything on a blank...
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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, 2023
Ah, 2013… to say it was a “simpler time” is, well, oversimplifying things. But in the music world...
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Festival Review: Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival stays weird and wonderful and wholly necessary

Joshua Pickard·April 4, 2023
Big Ears still feels like a secret, a hidden treasure nestled in The Marble City. Gathering together artists...
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Track-by-Track: Speedy Wunderground reminisce over their new label compilation Vol. 5

Rob Hakimian·July 29, 2022
The label's Pierre Hall reminisces about the discovery and development of each of the eight tracks on the latest in their legendary compilation series
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SCALPING unlock new dimensions with “Flashforward”, announce debut album

Rob H·February 4, 2022
Bristol-based techno rock hybrid SCALPING will release their debut album Void on April 29 through Houndstooth. Where previous...
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Book Review: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike – You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico

Matthew Barton·July 19, 2021
“Though she is remembered for contributions to The Velvet Underground & Nico, her artistry and influence are often...
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Hip Hop 2021: Halftime

Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Ethan Reis, Rob Hakimian, Kyle Kohner, John Amen, Mimi Kenny and John Wohlmacher·July 5, 2021
We count down the Top 30 rap albums of the year so far
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BPM’s Darkest Albums

John Wohlmacher, John Amen, Mimi Kenny, Ray Finlayson, Todd Dedman, Aleksandr Smirnov, Tim Sentz, Matthew Barton, Jasper WIllems, JT Early, Rob Hakimian, Ana Leorne, Kyle Kohner, Jeremy J. Fisette and Chase McMullen·May 31, 2021
Grab a cup of tea, hold on to your favourite My Little Pony plushie, and venture with us into the nether realms of the darkest albums according to the BPM team
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