Tom Breihan

Will they be the same band? That's something we used to worry about. From the post-Nirvana early-'90s grunge boom all the way through to the…

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958,…

Last night, we learned that Grimes is the star of a new Adidas ad campaign. And in announcing her Adidas gig, Grimes posted on Instagram…

Justin Bieber has spent the greater part of the past few years looking like a 7-11 parking-lot stoner. Bieber has long been vocal about his…

Last month, young South Florida rap legend Denzel Curry released his new album ZUU, and it's one of the best rap LPs that the year…

A few days ago, with very little advance notice, Blood Orange released the new mixtape Angel's Pulse, a sort of companion piece to his 2018…

Sometimes, you wake up to the news that the president of the United States is doubling down on white supremacist rhetoric (again), and you just…

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958,…

The Menzingers, the Scranton-bred and Philadelphia-based punk band, have been making hearty, melodic, life-affirming, feelings-first music for a little more than a decade. And they're…

Atlanta rap star Young Thug has a long history of challenging rap's gender norms; he was, after all, the guy who wore a dress on…

For a decade and a half, the Miami band Torche have walked a strange line. They exist within the context of the extreme metal underground,…

Within its ranks, the DC band Gauche includes members of two of our greatest groups, Priests and Downtown Boys. Based on that alone, you should…

This column didn't run last week, since it was the 4th Of July weekend and everyone was off. As a result, this week's edition is…

Future might not be as central to the rap conversation as he was a few years ago, but that doesn't mean that he's slowing down.

About a decade ago, the world learned of Big K.R.I.T., the Mississippi rapper and producer who was scarily gifted at making lush, funky, organic '90s-style…