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Album Review: slowthai – TYRON

Aleksandr SmirnovFebruary 12, 2021

It has been quite a while since punk was in the popular eye. In the 1970s, punk rose to popularity as a rebuttal to both the classic rock sound and the topics ...

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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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BPM’s Top 25 EPs of 2020

Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Andy Johnston, Tim Sentz, Conor Lochrie, JT Early, Josh Sand, Ethan Reis, Emma Bauchner, Kyle Kohner, Ray Finlayson, Jasper WIllems and Evan KaloudisDecember 7, 2020

Call them EPs, call them mini-albums, there's no denying that this short-form medium is still a crucial building block for an artist's development – and yet th...

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Album Review: James Blake – Before EP

Seb GrechOctober 22, 2020

Last Friday, October 16, James Blake played his latest EP, Before, to a stage devoid of anything but a few strobe lights, which reflected evenly off the empty ...

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James Blake drops experimental Before EP

Rob HOctober 14, 2020

As teased earlier in the week, James Blake has released a new four-track EP called Before. He has called it “a yearning for dancefloor elation” and admitted th...

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