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BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2023 Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Steve Forstneger, Tom Williams, Andy Johnston, Kristy Sawyer, Dana Poland and Josh LaClair·December 29, 2023If you are reading this: CONGRATULATIONS, you have survived war criminal Henry Kissinger and made it to the...Best of 2023FeaturesLists
BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2023 Rob Hakimian, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, John Amen, Jasper WIllems, Joshua Pickard, Steve Forstneger, Grady Penna and Andy Johnston·December 29, 2023Songs are soundtracks. No matter what you’re doing, when you have a song in your ears then it...Best of 2023FeaturesLists
BPM Team’s Personal 2023 Round-ups Rob Hakimian, Jasper WIllems, John Wohlmacher, Kyle Kohner, Larry McClain, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Steve Forstneger and Joshua Pickard·December 20, 2023Having finished our annual festive round-up of the best music of the year with our Top 50 Albums...Best of 2023Features
Album Review: Armand Hammer – We Buy Diabetic Test Strips John Wohlmacher·October 3, 2023In 1913, Aleister Crowley released his treatise on ceremonial magick, The Liber ABA, Book 4. Therein, he speaks...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
Armand Hammer share the isolated beauty of “Woke Up and Asked Siri How I’m Gonna Die”, produced by JPEGMAFIA Chase McMullen·August 31, 2023For fans of adventurous, even fearless, hip hop, Armand Hammer’s continuous rise has been nothing less than thrilling...News & Track Reviews
Album Review: Noname – Sundial John Wohlmacher·August 15, 2023It’s kind of painful to see cultural discourse lean more and more towards an echochamber of congratulatory praise...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
Album Review: billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps John Wohlmacher·May 8, 2023Throughout his career, billy woods‘ writing has circled around abandoned and liminal spaces. Hiding Places imagined haunted houses...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
Festival Review: Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival stays weird and wonderful and wholly necessary Joshua Pickard·April 4, 2023Big Ears still feels like a secret, a hidden treasure nestled in The Marble City. Gathering together artists...Festival ReviewLive ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Algiers – SHOOK Steve Forstneger·February 24, 2023Exhausted, on the verge of breaking up, and strapped for ideas, Algiers returned home for their fourth album...Album 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