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Half Waif has a miniature existential crisis within “Take Away the Ache”

Chase McMullenMarch 31, 2021

Quite apparently, Nandi Rose, better known as Half Waif, did not come to play in 2021. Having just released one of 2020's best - and most underrated - albums, ...

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Half Waif delivers the existential “Party’s Over”

Chase McMullenFebruary 24, 2021

Half Waif, aka Nandi Rose, isn’t slowing down. Having shared the first taste of an upcoming special 7” last month with “Orange Blossoms”, she’s returned with t...

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Half Waif returns with painful and empathetic new single “Orange Blossoms”

Chase McMullenJanuary 26, 2021

Half Waif simply doesn't slow down. It's a good thing, too. Especially in this darkest timeline-esque time of COVID isolation, the nurturing, endlessly giving ...

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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 Albums of 2020

Rob Hakimian, Michael Cyrs, Brody Kenny, Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, JT Early, Chase McMullen, Todd Dedman, Conor Lochrie, Lauren Mullineaux, Tim Sentz, Scott Zanassi, Ray Finlayson, Josh Sand, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, John Wohlmacher, Jeremy J. Fisette, Aleksandr Smirnov, Grady Penna, Emma Bauchner and Gareth O'MalleyDecember 9, 2020

Well. Well, this was a year. When we got back together, a mixture of old school BPMers and some blessed new blood, we were excited for what was to come. We ...

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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: Half Waif – The Caretaker

Chase McMullenMarch 27, 2020

Nandi Rose refuses to be pinned down. It may feel like a clumsy metaphor for an album that largely deals with isolation, loneliness, and sagging relationships ...

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