BPM Curates: April 2024 Rob Hakimian, Kyle Kohner, Chase McMullen, Jeremy J. Fisette, Jasper WIllems, Ray Finlayson, Moses Jeanfrancois, John Wohlmacher and Larry McClain·May 1, 2024Our new monthly playlist of our team's favorite new songsBPM Curates PlaylistsFeatures
Festival Review: Lollapalooza Friday and Saturday, Chicago – August 4-5, 2023 Alex Nguyen·August 11, 2023Lollapalooza took place this past weekend at Grant Park in Chicago for its annual four days of celebration....Festival ReviewLive ReviewsReviews
BPM’s Most Anticipated Releases of 2023 Chase McMullen, Rob Hakimian, Joshua Pickard, Kyle Kohner, Kristy Sawyer, Aleksandr Smirnov, Grady Penna, Todd Dedman, Tom Williams, Jeremy J. Fisette, JT Early and Steve Forstneger·January 10, 2023Here we are in another January facing down another year full of surprises. While some of those surprises...FeaturesLists
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
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2022 Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Kyle Kohner, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Aleksandr Smirnov, Lucas Martins, Steve Forstneger, Eddie Smith and Tom Williams·December 15, 2022You could easily write a dramatic pop-rock opera about the major global events that happened in 2022. From...Best of 2022FeaturesLists
Hip Hop 2022: Halftime Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Joshua Pickard, Rob Hakimian, John Wohlmacher, John Amen and Ethan Reis·July 21, 2022We count down the best rap albums of the year so farFeaturesLists
Album Review: Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers Chase McMullen·May 18, 2022I’m not sure there’s any concise way to take on this album. I say “I” to very consciously...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
Kendrick Lamar scorches through “The Heart Part 5” Chase McMullen·May 8, 2022It’s been four years. Four years. Yet, here we are, with a new, proper song from Kendrick Lamar himself,...News & Track Reviews
Kendrick Lamar announces new album Chase McMullen·April 18, 2022As you’ve likely (almost surely) heard by now, Kendrick Lamar has – finally – officially announced his fifth...News & Track Reviews
BPM’s Most Anticipated Releases of 2022 Tim Sentz, Chase McMullen, Rob Hakimian, Joshua Pickard, Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, Aleksandr Smirnov, Ethan Reis and Grady Penna·January 11, 2022Quarantine days notwithstanding, 2022 is expected to be a rager. With the pandemic slowing down, and artists hitting...FeaturesLists