Beats per Minute (website)
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Type of site | Music webzine[1] |
|---|---|
| Created by | Evan Kaloudis |
| URL | beatsperminute |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | October 5, 2008 |
| Current status | Active |
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Beats per Minute (formerly One Thirty BPM) is a New York City– and Los Angeles–based online publication providing reviews, news, media, interviews and feature articles about the music world. Beats per Minute covers a variety of genres and specializes in rock, hip hop, and electronic music.[2][3]
History
Beats per Minute was founded in late 2008 as a five-man operation[citation needed] and named as a reference to the of Montreal song "Suffer for Fashion".[4] As of 2011, Beats per Minute had expanded to a staff of about 50 contributors based in the U.S., U.K., New Zealand, Germany, Australia, and Sweden.[5]
The site changed its name from One Thirty BPM to Beats per Minute in January 2012.[4]
Beats per Minute's was cited by Hanif Abdurraqib in his Best of 2025 albums feature.[6]
Ratings
It issues music ratings on a 0–100% point scale. As of April 20, 2026, Beats per Minute music scores were described by Metacritic as 56% of the time higher than most other critic scores. Metacritic reported that out of 1,918 music scores given by the website, the site gave positive reviews to 1,760 of them and gave negative reviews to only 19 of them (1% of the total number of scores given).[7]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hirschhorn, Jason (July 26, 2013). "News and Notes from Mike McCarthy's Friday Presser". Acme Packing Company. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
He is also currently a senior writer for Beats Per Minute, an indie-music webzine.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Behind the Blog – One Thirty BPM". The Recommender. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rating System". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RIP One Thirty BPM..." Beats Per Minute. January 8, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Heaphy, Faith (September 21, 2011). "From Busboy to Breakout Music Blogger". Fordham Observer. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Abdurraqib, Hanif (December 30, 2025). "BPM's 'New Thing' track-by-track included in "115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 (This Time, With A Short Essay About Brian Wilson.)"". Medium. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Beats Per Minute Profile". Metacritic. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
External links
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