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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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Bristol lo-fi pop duo Robbie & Mona announce debut album with the spectral and surreal “Wallpaper”

Rob HNovember 3, 2020

Robbie & Mona are a couple and a musical duo, who are not, as it turns out called Robbie or Mona. Their real names are William Carkeet and Eleanor Gray, bo...

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Album Review: Pet Shimmers – Trash Earthers

Kyle KohnerOctober 6, 2020

It's the advent of the apocalypse, and Bristol collective Pet Shimmers keep on truckin’. With their slept-on debut album Face Down in Meta released at the begi...

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Pet Shimmers take us on a cinematic trip into the gloom with new songs “Snake Eats A Lady” and “Live-In Atrocity”

Rob HSeptember 17, 2020

Pet Shimmers are only a couple of weeks away from the release of their second album of 2020, Trash Earthers, and they are getting people revved up for it by re...

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Hi, How Have You Been?: One Year Without Daniel Johnston

Kyle KohnerSeptember 11, 2020

In observance of this day, we spoke to nine artists, who have in one way or another, been profoundly struck by Daniel Johnston's art and overall nature. So we asked each artist just one question: "What has Daniel Johnston's music/art meant to you, one year since his passing, and has he/it shifted meaning since?"...

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Pet Shimmers announce second album of the year with the crunchy synth confusion of “Imber”

Rob HSeptember 2, 2020

Pet Shimmers are the Bristol collective who released their debut album Face Down in Meta at the start of the year – an album that we picked as one of our favou...

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Our Favorite Albums of 2020 So Far

Chase McMullen, Josh Sand, Lauren Mullineaux, Brody Kenny, Rob Hakimian, Scott Zanassi, Joshua Pickard, Ana Leorne, Todd Dedman, Kyle Kohner and Jeremy MonroeMarch 23, 2020

Why hello there. It’s been a long time, huh? Whether you know us from the bygone era of 2013, or are reading us for the very first time, we’re very glad to...

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