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On Deck: Renée Reed tells us about five formative albums in her life

Rob HakimianMarch 22, 2021

Louisiana-based Cajun-American songwriter Renée Reed is releasing her debut album Renée Reed this Friday via Keeled Scales. It's an album that honours her Caju...

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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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BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2020

Rob Hakimian, Tim Sentz, Ana Leorne, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Aleksandr Smirnov, JT Early, Brody Kenny, Carlo Thomas, Grady Penna, Harrison Suits Baer, John Wohlmacher, Conor Lochrie, Gareth O'Malley, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Andy Johnston and Matthew BartonDecember 8, 2020

Despite everything else that's happened in 2020, there sure has been a lot of good music. It just keeps coming, and we've all found the songs that have helped ...

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Album Review: Bill Callahan – Gold Record

Chase McMullenSeptember 7, 2020

Much like his music, Bill Callahan has been taking his time – moseying on, if you will. Having taken six years between 2013’s Dream River and 2019’s Shepherd i...

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Bill Callahan pays tribute to a friend and mentor on “Ry Cooder”

Rob HAugust 24, 2020

It's the penultimate week of Bill Callahan season, with him releasing the ninth track of 10 that will make up his new album Gold Record. This week it's a track...

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Bill Callahan fancies himself an outlaw on “Cowboy”

Rob HAugust 17, 2020

Bill Callahan has shared track eight from his upcoming album Gold Record, which is officially released on September 4. Following the previous seven songs, ...

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Bill Callahan revels in domestic bliss on “Breakfast”

Rob HAugust 10, 2020

We're now on to track seven of Bill Callahan's forthcoming Gold Record and this week it's a track called "Breakfast". Many of the songs from Gold Record up ...

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Bill Callahan delivers new version of his Smog classic “Let’s Move To The Country”

Rob HAugust 3, 2020

We're now onto week six of the Bill Callahan extravaganza, which means today we have track six from the forthcoming Gold Record. This time around it's not a ne...

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Bill Callahan feels neighborly affection on “The Mackenzies”

Rob HJuly 27, 2020

Another week has passed it's now another Bill Callahan day – that is to say, a Monday, when he releases a new song from his upcoming album Gold Record. Today w...

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Bill Callahan doesn’t like what he sees on TV in “Protest Song”

Rob HJuly 20, 2020

It's the fourth Monday of Bill Callahan season, therefore we get the fourth track from his upcoming album Gold Record, which is officially coming out in Septem...

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