Tom Breihan

Seattle punks Tacocat are a local institution in their hometown. They've been around for more than a decade now, and members of the band also…

Historically, we at Stereogum have not had a lot of time for Brandi Carlile, the tough and rootsy folk-rock singer-songwriter, unless it's been Pearl Jam…

Lizzo, the enormously charismatic Minneapolis-based singer and rapper, is about ready to become a star. She'll release her new album Cuz I Love You this…

Offset had a big night at the Grammys. He and wife Cardi B, one of the stars of the night, went through a public breakup…

We've been waiting a long time for some new Jenny Lewis, and we're finally getting it. Next month, the former Rilo Kiley leader will release…

We are witness to a great rebooting. Katy Perry, an absolutely dominant pop star as little as five years ago, bricked hard last year with…

"Releasing a song on a cookie's crazy." That's how Wiz Khalifa describes releasing a song on a cookie. If you watched this past Sunday's Grammys…

Back in 2015, we met Westkust, a Swedish indie-pop band that shares two members in common with the great Makthaverskan. That year, Westkust released their…

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,…

Here's something I didn't know: Apparently, Will Forte is a giant hesher. Last night, the former Saturday Night Live and Last Man On Earth show…

Right now, the California Senator Kamala Harris is running for president, and she's one of the frontrunners in a crowded Democratic field. But if she…

On Grammy night, the biggest cheer from the crowd wasn't for a musician. It came when Michelle Obama touched a microphone. The former First Lady…

Kurt Vile and Seth Meyers seem like they have a lot in common. They're both funny guys. They both seem like they'd be decent hangs.

In the middle of "thank u, next," the game-changing monster of a hit single that she released last year, Ariana Grande makes an announcement about…

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,…