Interview: Smut – “Sometimes you gotta throw things at the wall and just strip away until you have something cohesive”
Amber Nicholson evokes the breezy motions of ragtime in the emotionally empowering “Far Far Far” [BPM Premiere]
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’s Albums of the 2010s: Honorable Mentions Tim Sentz, Ben Cohn, Ray Finlayson, Jeremy J. Fisette, Rob Hakimian, Andy Johnston, Ana Leorne, Josh Sand, Aleksandr Smirnov, John Wohlmacher and Chase McMullen·October 11, 2021This week Beats Per Minute is unveiling its Top 50 albums of the 2010s. We’re well aware it’s...Albums of the 2010sFeaturesLists
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, 2020Well. Well, this was a year. When we got back together, a mixture of old school BPMers and...Best Of 2020FeaturesLists
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, Harriet Suits Baer, John Wohlmacher, Conor Lochrie, Gareth O'Malley, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Andy Johnston and Matthew Barton·December 8, 2020Despite everything else that’s happened in 2020, there sure has been a lot of good music. It just...Best Of 2020Features
Interview: Protomartyr John Wohlmacher·August 28, 2020Police violence, foreign diseases, faceless corporate illusionists, political unrest. Madness, narcissism, death! You’d be forgiven for thinking the...FeaturesInterview
Album Review: Protomartyr – Ultimate Success Today Michael Cyrs·July 20, 2020Protomartyr frontman Joe Casey must read quite a lot. On the band’s 2014 track “Maidenhead” he retold a...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
Protomartyr get existential on “Worm In Heaven” Rob H·April 28, 2020Detroit’s Protomartyr are set to release their new album Ultimate Success Today this summer – though its release...News & Track Reviews