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BPM’s Top 50 Albums of the 2010s Tim Sentz, Rob Hakimian, John Amen, Ben Cohn, Todd Dedman, JT Early, Ray Finlayson, Jeremy J. Fisette, Andy Johnston, Kyle Kohner, Ana Leorne, Aleksandr Smirnov, Josh Sand, Ethan Reis, Carlo Thomas, Jasper WIllems and John Wohlmacher·October 12, 2021This isn’t some alternate timeline, or an instance of you waking up from a long Super Mario World...Albums of the 2010sFeaturesLists
Album Review: Turnstile – GLOW ON Kyle Kohner·August 30, 2021Baltimore’s beloved Turnstile brandish bright, breezy punk simplicity rather than the dark and visceral trenches where many post-punk...Album ReviewsReviews
Alt-R&B trio Wet are stuck in cyclical love on “Larabar”, announce new album featuring Blood Orange, Toro y Moi, and more Chase McMullen·August 4, 2021Wet have been on the come up for a moment now. Having released two albums that skirted relatively...News & Track Reviews
Album Review: The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You Tim Sentz·December 11, 2020After The Avalanches‘ world-beating 2000 debut album Since I Left You, it took 16 years for us to...Album ReviewsReviews