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1 month ago | 
beatsperminute.com | Rob Hakimian |Steve Forstneger |Joshua Pickard |Kyle Kohner
Welcome to the February edition of Beats Per Minute’s monthly playlist BPM Curates. The year’s second month is home to Valentine’s Day, which is supposed to be a day of love – but the feelings that arise around it can be far more complex. And as for the rest of the month, well, let’s say there hasn’t always been a lot of bonhomie going around.
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1 month ago | 
beatsperminute.com | Kyle Kohner
[Human Seasons; 2025]There’s something sacred about a debut record; it can be a pristine burst of unfiltered emotion tethered through every song, lyric, chord — a raw confession of the self or selves, even if those emotions are hesitant, anxious, and weary about the world they inhabit. For many acts, that first album stands unshackled, for better or worse, pure in its immediacy before the weight of expectation and overthinking can settle in.
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2 months ago | 
beatsperminute.com | Rob Hakimian |Steve Forstneger |Joshua Pickard |Kyle Kohner
Welcome to the January edition of Beats Per Minute’s monthly playlist BPM Curates. It’s been a, well, turbulent start to 2025 to say the least – interesting, you might say if you were being diplomatic. One thing that’s certainly been interesting – and has aided in distracting from all of that other stuff – is the amount of amazing new music we’ve already been gifted. If it were piled together, it could probably be seen from space.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
beatsperminute.com | Rob Hakimian |Kyle Kohner |Larry McClain |John Wohlmacher
As 2024 quickly disappears from the rearview, but before 2025 really roars into life, a few of our team members have taken the time to share their own personal views on the year that was. The page is each writer’s own to do as they please – fill it with an essay, a list, a playlist or whatever else they might feel like.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
beatsperminute.com | Rob Hakimian |John Wohlmacher |Andy Johnston |Steve Forstneger |John Amen |Kyle Kohner | +10 more
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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.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
beatsperminute.com | Kyle Kohner
[Run For Cover; 2024]The influence that Alex G has had in shaping indie music today is undeniable, which, for any artist who is leaving/has ever left such a significant mark, is both a blessing and a curse — a curse of the inevitable, where the deterioration of the imagination prevails, letting way to countless clones and uninspired imitators emerge. Yet, there are those rare cases where bands, who, despite being so obviously inspired, still manage to find their own voice.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
thelineofbestfit.com | Kyle Kohner
Change is all they've known, and with each successive record, they've gradually unwrapped who they are and will be – for themselves and no one else. Yet, doing things purely for yourself often feels unnatural, almost impossible, as our gaze tends to shift outward to witness the world unravel. In such chaos, it's hard not to succumb to pessimism and the perpetual cycle where cultural and emotional stagnation overlap – after all, the world is an often miserably dull place.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
thelineofbestfit.com | Kyle Kohner
With ears pointed straight up and hairs on end, South London's Fat Dog have arrived, snarling yet ready to play. They know that ruin begets ruin, but in this mess, there’s no time for hesitation; it's time to show some teeth and romp around in heat – Fat Dog commands us to dance!By dance, they mean twist and writhe like a tick torn from its host, frantically searching for a new life source and adrenaline bump.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
beatsperminute.com | Rob Hakimian |Kyle Kohner |Jasper Willems |Ray Finlayson |Larry McClain |Steve Forstneger | +5 more
Welcome to the April edition of Beats Per Minute’s monthly playlist BPM Curates. It’s spring time! Well, that’s more or less true depending on where you are in the world. But one thing is for sure: great new music is springing up everywhere. We’ve got an absolutely packed edition of BPM Curates for May so let’s just get on with it! Listen to our playlist of picks below. Below is the track list and some notes from our team about why they’ve selected them for this month’s playlist.
