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Album Review: Hand Habits – Fun House

Rob Hakimian·November 2, 2021

Titling your album Fun House brings with it certain expectations or connotations. Of course there’s The Stooges’ classic...

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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, 2021

This isn’t some alternate timeline, or an instance of you waking up from a long Super Mario World...

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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 Smirnov·December 14, 2020

It’s been a year of many endings, but Beats Per Minute’s is one of re-birth. For those many...

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BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2020

Rob Hakimian, Michael Cyrs, Mimi 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'Malley·December 9, 2020

Well. Well, this was a year. When we got back together, a mixture of old school BPMers and...

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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, Mimi Kenny, Carlo Thomas, Grady Penna, Harrison Suits Baer, John Wohlmacher, Conor Lochrie, Gareth O'Malley, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Andy Johnston and Matthew Barton·December 8, 2020

Despite everything else that’s happened in 2020, there sure has been a lot of good music. It just...

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Live Review: Perfume Genius at The Palace Theater, Los Angeles – September 19, 2020

Jeremy J. Fisette·September 20, 2020

Decked out in a wide brown suit and a tank top, Mike Hadreas (aka Perfume Genius) looked right...

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Perfume Genius covers Mazzy Star’s classic “Fade Into You” for Pride Month

Rob H·June 18, 2020

Perfume Genius only just released his excellent new album Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, but he’s given...

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Album Review: Perfume Genius – Set My Heart On Fire Immediately

Andy Johnston·May 15, 2020

The music Mike Hadreas has been making as Perfume Genius over the past 10 years has never exactly...

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