Chase McMullen

Atlanta

Editor-in-Chief, @BeatsPerMinute. Formerly of @The405. "Uncultured Swine."(™) Appeared in @bestfitmusic, @boilerroomtv & so on. Relative non-Tweeter.

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Jennie and Peggy Gou link up for the fragmented ectascy of their “Like Jennie” remix

1 week ago | beatsperminute.com | Chase McMullen

Jennie tapping Peggy Gou to careen through her playground isn’t something I knew I needed, but oh man, did I. Their linking is both a welcome surprise and a perfectly sensible match: both Korean queens that (typically sexist) terminally online wierdos feel the need to despise, the “but do you even know me?” energy of “Like Jennie” no doubt speaks to Gou as much as its author: “Haters, they don’t really like… / ’cause they could never, ever be…” could be a missile fired from either artist.
Album Review: Bonny “Prince” Billy - The Purple Bird

2 months ago | beatsperminute.com | Chase McMullen

[Domino; 2025]Ya know, it’s not entirely offbase to compare Will Oldham to Nas. Alright, I See a Darkness may not have had the fully epochal impact of Illmatic, but both were debuts that have continued to define the scenes within which they operate. Let us not forget that Pitchfork, still fully in their, “We’re better than you, and we know it” hipster ‘prime’, described the album as, “…the type of record that demands solitary reverence. No, this isn’t music. It can’t be.
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2024

Dec 18, 2024 | beatsperminute.com | Rob Hakimian |John Wohlmacher |Andy Johnston |Steve Forstneger |John Amen |Kyle Kohner | +10 more
BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2024

Dec 17, 2024 | beatsperminute.com | Rob Hakimian |Ray Finlayson |Jeremy Fisette |Joshua Pickard |John Wohlmacher |Steve Forstneger | +7 more

To quote the old wisdom: “The years start coming / And they don’t stop coming”. And by all the heavens to Betsy, 2024 just kept on coming. Elections demanding your attention, political unrest permeating everyday life, continuing genocides televised in our faces everyday, and about a million other things (maybe some of them good? Who knows at this point) since January 1st 2024 rolled into our lives.
Ichiko Aoba returns via the tender grandeur of “Luciférine”, announces new album and tour

Nov 14, 2024 | beatsperminute.com | Chase McMullen

There isn’t a more natural rise to greatness than that of Japanese folk artist Ichiko Aoba. She never particularly sought worldwide recognition, humbly toiling away in her native country on intimate, homegrown music, yet gradually came to be on of the genre’s leading figures, whispered about reverently among music nerds across the globe. How did she do it? Simply by putting out some of the best albums of her time period.
Album Review: Rome Streetz & Daringer - Hatton Garden Holdup

Oct 10, 2024 | beatsperminute.com | Chase McMullen

[The Influenyce; 2024]Rome Streetz made people listen. In the wake of the rise, and relative unraveling, of Griselda, the retro street rap (Boom bap revival? Whatever you’d like to term it) scene has grown distinctly overcrowded, with artists that tend to paint in the same colors competing for the attention of a sternly selective, fickle audience. One only need glance at the treatment the once beloved Benny the Butcher has received amidst his – admittedly clumsy – bid for wider recognition.
Interview: Spencer Krug talks Sunset Rubdown reunion and new album

Sep 29, 2024 | beatsperminute.com | Chase McMullen

You could be more than forgiven if you hadn’t seen a Sunset Rubdown reunion tour – let alone a new album! – in the cards. The band themselves didn’t, either. Speaking with vocalist and songwriter Spencer Krug, it’s something he simply never imagined would happen. Well, a good dream changed all that. The power of the subconscious mind, ladies and gentlemen. I was able to link up with Krug with the band’s proper return, the charming, often contented Always Happy to Explode mere days from release.
Affordable housing boom surges $133M into Oregon college town

Jul 29, 2024 | oregonlive.com | Chloe Lierheimer |Chase McMullen

An Oregon college town has transformed into a construction hotspot. More than 400 units of affordable and supportive housing are on the way in Corvallis — the most ever built at one time in the city’s history, officials say. After years of what city leaders say were restrictive policies and anti-growth attitudes, the low-income building boom is designed to combat high rents in Corvallis, which is consistently ranked the in Oregon, according to state figures.
Album Review: Ice Spice - Y2K!

Jul 28, 2024 | beatsperminute.com | Chase McMullen

[10k Projects/Capitol; 2024]Is anyone genuinely surprised this where we’ve ended up? Ice Spice‘s rapid ascension to fame makes perfect sense: with Cardi endlessly delaying a sophomore LP and Nicki seething and brooding in between snarling at anyone with the nerve to address her hypocrisy and marriage to a predator, Spice was instantly palatable. While rivals such as Latto may be more talented, Spice possesses an undeniable charm and innate likability, and – crucially – keeps it simple.
Ballet poses, well-written prose both meaningful to Grant High student

Jul 28, 2024 | oregonlive.com | Chase McMullen

Chloe Lierheimer readied herself for the spotlight. Waiting with her fellow dancers from the Northwest Dance Project, Chloe mentally prepared to perform her two three-minute routines. She stood on her toes, on pointe, and felt the excited nerves shoot through her. All of her months of practice were in preparation for her studio’s ballet showcase in June 2023.