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BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2022

Rob Hakimian, Tim Sentz, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, John Amen, Jasper WIllems, Joshua Pickard, Eddie Smith, JT Early, Steve Forstneger, Lucas Martins and Todd Dedman·December 14, 2022
This year saw Beyoncé retain her Queen of Pop crown with a 16-track comeback, one of the pretenders...
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Cassette Culture: November 2022

Joshua Pickard·November 30, 2022
Cassette Culture is a monthly column dedicated to exploring the various artists that inhabit the expansive cassette market. Drawing...
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Jasper WIllems·October 19, 2022
Within the lawlessness of the vast undying universe, these things called ‘plans’ are feeble and futile. But rest...
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Album Review: Hudson Mohawke – Cry Sugar

Rob Hakimian·August 17, 2022
Hudson Mohawke is back with his first album in seven years – and it needs no introduction. It...
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BPM’s Top 30 Big Thief songs

John Wohlmacher, Rob Hakimian, John Amen, Jeremy J. Fisette, Carlo Thomas, Kyle Kohner, Ethan Reis, Chase McMullen and Aleksandr Smirnov·May 27, 2022
We count down the best cuts from the beloved band's impeccable discography
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BPM’s Favorite Ambient of 2021

Chase McMullen, Joshua Pickard, Andy Johnston, John Amen, Josh Sand, Jeremy J. Fisette and Rob Hakimian·January 10, 2022
A pool of great ambient music to sink into.
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BPM Team’s Personal 2021 Round-ups

Chase McMullen, Rob Hakimian, Ray Finlayson, John Wohlmacher, Jasper WIllems, Kyle Kohner, Joshua Pickard, Jeremy J. Fisette, John Amen, Carlo Thomas, Mimi Kenny, Aleksandr Smirnov and Ethan Reis·December 23, 2021
A space for our writers to give their own individual round-ups of their year in music (or anything else).
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Vespertine at 20: Our guide to Björk’s romantic opus

Jeremy J. Fisette, Matthew Barton, JT Early, John Wohlmacher, Andy Johnston, Rob Hakimian, Jasper WIllems, John Amen and Harriet Suits Baer·August 27, 2021
She wanted to craft an album bound by domesticity, inspired by her newfound partnership with Matthew Barney, and delivered a record overflowing with wintry choirs and strings, icicle-delicate music box keyboards and beats...
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Second Look: Azure Ray – Azure Ray

Jeremy J. Fisette·January 20, 2021
Despite the music box-delicacy of their sound, Azure Ray was full of barely-submerged emotion. They didn’t have to overexert themselves to betray the heartache and longing in their work: the music, their voices, and their moving lyrics all combined to tell us exactly what we needed to know, and nothing more
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Jeremy J. Fisette·December 16, 2020
This is not your average Sigur Rós album. Whatever pipe dreams you may have had of another sweeping,...
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