Ben Beaumont-Thomas
@ben_bt
Music editor, @guardian
Type of breakdown where I'm taking off my t shirt and mopping my brow with it 😮💨🚨
In Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, crouch-walking against a switch will make Mario vibrate extremely rapidly while emitting a barrage of "ha", "hoo", and "hmm" soundbites.
i went to North Carolina to chat with Wednesday's Karly Hartzman about writing about death, loving her hometown, and making one of the year's best records ❤️🔥 theguardian.com/music/2025/jun…
ICYMI - I interviewed Bobby Weir of the Grateful Dead for The Guardian a few weeks back. He's playing Royal Albert Hall this Saturday. theguardian.com/music/2025/may…
One of the best British debuts in ages - spry, funky, expert sound design but also powerfully human... Every single track operating on such a high level 👏👏👏👏👏
Demdike Stare’s DDS label with a standout debut album from NZO, distilling 2-step UKG, R&B x computerised funk, adjacent to mutant jungle and footwork. RIYL SND, Rian Treanor, Beatrice Dillon, Rodney Jerkins, Groove Chronicles, Akufen… 🔥 boomkat.com/products/come-…
I wrote about @_jakemuir's transportive new album Campana Sonans, constructed from field recordings of church bells in England and Germany theguardian.com/music/2025/jun…
I spoke to @BiffyClyro and @eisenbergsounds for this piece with songwriters digging into what made Brian Wilson such a singular genius. Thank you @davesimps0n for doing the other chats! theguardian.com/music/2025/jun…
The albums of the year so far, as chosen by me, Alexis and Laura theguardian.com/culture/2025/j…
Any worries about a good song of the summer are vaporised with the arrival of the new Alex G. His best ever song imo
Remembering how Yung Lean made a song with Kreayshawn and it was deeply moving and absolutely amazing
I met @theweeknd in New York to discuss his path to the top of pop, the "hell" of making "half-baked" The Idol, and the panic and abandonment issues he confronted in making new film Hurry Up Tomorrow. theguardian.com/music/2025/may…
Rp boo
There’s no way a guy from Chicago is a conduit to god
Thanks @phinjennings for this one on his Guardian debut!
Super important piece on uber-wealthy ownership of grassroots club culture and how experimental, diverse lineups are increasingly being supported by nepotism money theguardian.com/music/2025/apr…
Ridiculously great record with some of the best guitar playing/ideas I've heard in ages. The way Kullawada "Awila" builds and builds and then finds another gear at 8.39... Truly levitational business
For @pitchfork I wrote about the extraordinary debut from Los Thuthanaka, the duo of Chuquimamani-Condori & Joshua Chuquimia Crampton. It’s one of the most inspiring albums I’ve heard; chuffed that it’s my first BNM review. Pretty nice score too, huh. pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…
Lovely story here – Mari' Pierre, she of wonderful lovers rock single Walk Away, has had quite a few knocks over the years but doing this interview has compelled her to go back to the recording studio theguardian.com/music/2025/apr…
Thrilled to have interviewed AYA for @guardian about her astonishing new album Hexed on @Hyperdub A triumphant record by a true original. Read here theguardian.com/music/2025/mar… #newmusic #newalbum #music #Interview
Novelty is cooked dudes! transcendence is for the rippers, postmodernism is too. Guitar is everlasting and powerful and bigger than itself forever
theres no good new guitar music because everything that you can do on guitar has already been figured out. weve “solved” the guitar. all guitar music is just some combination of some other guitar music from the past. some of these combinations are enjoyable, but its nothing new
Huge congratulations to our friend Daniel Blumberg and all the amazing musicians he worked with for winning an Oscar for best original score! Daniel has been a big part of the OTO community for many years and we were really pleased to have some of the score recorded here,…
Upon seeing that G-Dragon has called his new album Übermensch I am once again praying for artists' management teams to have the slightest awareness of politics, history, world events, etc