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Album Review: Buck Meek – Two Saviors

Carlo ThomasJanuary 19, 2021

It’s impossible to remove Buck Meek’s solo work from the context of Big Thief. Following a marathon 2018 with the Brooklyn-based band, consisting of two record...

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On Deck: Alex Amor tells us about her favourite records

Rob HakimianJanuary 15, 2021

Scottish indie-pop artist Alex Amor releases her debut EP Love Language today; a five-track set that shows a surprisingly defined musical personality and brave...

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Interview: Buck Meek – “Writing these songs was a process of understanding my own capacity for resiliency and transcendence above loss”

Carlo ThomasJanuary 13, 2021

Buck Meek, best known for being a member of Big Thief, tells us all about his gorgeous new album Two Saviors...

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Buck Meek shares the careworn country gem “Candle”

Rob HJanuary 7, 2021

Buck Meek is releasing his new solo album Two Saviors next Friday, January 15, and this week he has shared one final teaser. "Candle" was co-written with his B...

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BPM Team’s Personal 2020 Round-ups

Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Todd Dedman, Ray Finlayson, Tim Sentz, Jeremy J. Fisette, Gareth O'Malley, Ana Leorne, John Wohlmacher, Andy Johnston and Aleksandr SmirnovDecember 14, 2020

It's been a year of many endings, but Beats Per Minute's is one of re-birth. For those many of you who probably don't know our history, BPM was run as a passio...

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Big Thief’s Buck Meek delivers the transcendent daydream “Pareidolia”

Rob HNovember 17, 2020

Buck Meek, guitarist and co-songwriter in Big Thief, is releasing a new solo album called Two Saviors on January 15. Following on from "Second Sight", which wa...

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Album Review: Adrianne Lenker – songs + instrumentals

Rob HakimianOctober 26, 2020

Big Thief always record in rural locations, but for her new record, their singer Adrianne Lenker went even more rustic. When she and the band were pulled off t...

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Adrianne Lenker pays adoring tribute to a beautiful, untameable love on “dragon eyes”

Rob HOctober 1, 2020

Adrianne Lenker, the incomparable singer of Big Thief, has two new solo albums coming out on October 23, simply titled songs and instrumentals. Following the b...

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Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker announces not one, but two upcoming records with new song “anything”

Kyle KohnerSeptember 2, 2020

With Lenker's soft string-plucking playing to an ambient effect—not unlike anything from past solo material and of Big Thief— "Anything" is as gorgeous and intimate as you'd expect. ...

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Big Thief reveal new song “Love in Mine”

Rob HApril 29, 2020

A couple of weeks ago Big Thief shared a set of demos, with proceeds going to their touring crew, and today, ever determined to share, they have a new song for...

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