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We Can All Be Free: Le Guess Who? 2023 Reviewed Jasper WIllems·November 29, 2023Beats Per Minute stumble deliriously across Utrecht's foremost experimental festival for hidden and familiar musical wonders.Festival ReviewLive ReviewsReviews
BPM Team’s Personal 2022 Round-ups John Amen, Todd Dedman, Ray Finlayson, Rob Hakimian, Kyle Kohner, Larry McClain, Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Aleksandr Smirnov, Jasper WIllems and John Wohlmacher·December 20, 2022Every year we throw the doors open to the BPM team to give them space to write or...Best of 2022Features
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2022 Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Aleksandr Smirnov, Lucas Martins, Steve Forstneger, Eddie Smith and Tom Williams·December 15, 2022You could easily write a dramatic pop-rock opera about the major global events that happened in 2022. From...Best of 2022FeaturesLists
Album Review: Backxwash – His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering John Amen·November 3, 2022With 2020’s God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It and 2021’s I Lie...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
Backxwash celebrates Halloween with surprise new album featuring Ghais Guevara, Pupil Splicer, Michael Go and more Kyle Kohner·November 1, 2022To cap off the Halloween season, Backxwash, Canada’s finest, most terrifying emcee, dropped one more treat in the...News & Track Reviews
Algiers line up alongside billy woods and Backxwash against police oppression on “Bite Back” Rob H·September 13, 2022Shape-shifting Atlanta band Algiers return today with “Bite Back”, bringing with them essential Black voices in billy woods...News & Track Reviews
GGGOLDDD express the lonely aftermath of sexual assault on “Invisible” Jasper WIllems·February 21, 2022Rotterdam alternative rock collective GGGOLDDD unambiguously court the darkest caverns of humanity on excellent records such as No...News & Track Reviews
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Mimi Kenny, Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Aleksandr Smirnov, Grady Penna and Harriet Suits Baer·December 16, 2021And so the sun sets on another year of music. This week the BPM staff have shared our...Best of 2021FeaturesLists
BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2021 Rob Hakimian, Tim Sentz, Ana Leorne, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Mimi Kenny, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Andy Johnston, John Amen, Jasper WIllems and Joshua Pickard·December 15, 2021Sometimes a song says it all. Sometimes an artist produces a few minutes that provide a window into...Best of 2021FeaturesLists
Hip Hop 2021: Halftime Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Ethan Reis, Rob Hakimian, Kyle Kohner, John Amen, Mimi Kenny and John Wohlmacher·July 5, 2021We count down the Top 30 rap albums of the year so farFeaturesLists