Tom Breihan

Charlottesville

Senior Editor at Stereogum

Author of 'The Number Ones', out 11/15 via Hachette Books. Senior Editor at Stereogum.

Articles

NYT Games Now Lets You Play Wordle Against Laufey

5 days ago | stereogum.com | Tom Breihan

The big-deal jazz-pop star Laufey is from Iceland, but she shouldn’t have any problems playing English-language word games, since she partly grew up in Washington, DC. Also, pretty much everyone in Iceland speaks English anyway. Don’t get cocky. Don’t think you have some sort of natural advantage over Laufey.
That Mexican OT Teams Up With Lil Wayne On New Single "Baby Mad At Me": Listen

5 days ago | stereogum.com | Tom Breihan

Bay City rapper That Mexican OT has been on a steady come-up for a couple of years, and he continues to work extremely hard. His Texas Technician mixtape was one of my favorite rap albums of last year. Since that came out, he’s continued to crank out a steady stream of collaborative bangers — songs like “1982” with Curren$y and LES, “War Wounds” with Maxo Kream and Lil Keke, and “Check Please” with Sauce Walka, Lil Jairmy, and MG Lil Bubba.
M.U.T.T. Announce New Album

5 days ago | stereogum.com | Tom Breihan

The San Francisco punk band Culture Abuse broke up in 2020 for a very specific reason: Singer David Kelling was accused of sexual misconduct with an underage girl. Kelling’s former bandmates decided to keep going without him, which can’t have been an easy decision, and they started a new band called M.U.T.T. The group released their debut LP Bad To The Bone in 2023, and they followed it with the Dirty Deeds EP last year.
Lord Huron Announce New Album

5 days ago | stereogum.com | Tom Breihan

Lord Huron, the hugely popular LA project led by singer-songwriter Ben Schneider, are getting ready to head out on a massive tour where people like Feist and Waxahatchee will join them as openers. This year, they’ve released two singles, the Kristen Stewart collab “Who Laughs Last?” and the adult alternative radio hit “Nothing I Need.” You don’t get any bonus points for guessing that Lord Huron also had an album in the works. Today, they’re ready to unveil it.
Lord Huron Announce New Album

5 days ago | stereogum.com | Tom Breihan

Lord Huron, the hugely popular LA project led by singer-songwriter Ben Schneider, are getting ready to head out on a massive tour where people like Feist and Waxahatchee will join them as openers. This year, they’ve released two singles, the Kristen Stewart collab “Who Laughs Last?” and the adult alternative radio hit “Nothing I Need.” You don’t get any bonus points for guessing that Lord Huron also had an album in the works. Today, they’re ready to unveil it.
Pearl Jam Bring Out Peter Frampton For "Black" In Nashville: Watch

5 days ago | stereogum.com | Tom Breihan

Here’s something fun. Pearl Jam were on the actual Lollapalooza tour in 1992, but they were not on the “Homperpalooza” episode of The Simpsons. Peter Frampton was on the “Homerpalooza” episode of The Simpsons, but he was never on the actual Lollapalooza tour. But last night in Nashville, the unlikely team of Pearl Jam and Peter Frampton joined forces. Pearl Jam played the second of two sets at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Thursday night.
Trace Mountains Teams With Hand Habits On New Single "The Line": Listen

5 days ago | stereogum.com | Tom Breihan

These days, LVL UP’s Dave Benton is plenty busy with his Trace Mountains solo project. Last year, Benton released Into The Burning Blue, the album that he recorded with Japanese Breakfast’s Craig Hendrix. Later this month, he’ll head out on a UK tour that includes a bunch of dates with MJ Lenderman. And right now, Benton has a new Trace Mountains song that he recorded with Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy.
Trace Mountains – “The Line” (Feat. Hand Habits) | Flipboard

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Tom Breihan

NowA Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American pontiff, the memes, doctored images and tongue-in-cheek references have piled up deeper than Chicago’s pizza and more loaded than its hot dog, …
Tyla Shares New Single "Bliss": Listen

5 days ago | stereogum.com | Tom Breihan

Earlier this year, the German-South African artist WizTheMC and the producer Bees & Honey teamed up to release “Show Me Love,” a pop song that draws from the South African house genre known as amapiano. South African pop star, the biggest name ever to emerge from the world of amapiano, appeared on a “Show Me Love” remix, and the song became a global hit. Now, Tyla has come out with a new track built on a “Show Me Love” sample.
Broken Social Scene Offshoot CVCHE Share New Single "Bitcoin Takes A Hit," Memecoin

5 days ago | stereogum.com | Tom Breihan |Dean Koontz

It’s been nearly eight years since Broken Social Scene released Hug Of Thunder, their most recent album, but the Canadian indie collective remains plenty present. “Anthems For A Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” has emerged as a kind of standard, with tons of younger indie rockers covering it, and the band has a new documentary and a tribute album on the way. Also, after all these years, Broken Social Scene have reached the point where one of their offshoots can have its own memecoin.