Tom Breihan

We already published our list of this year’s first-time Grammy nominees, but there’s also another name that belongs in the record books — an artist who’s significantly younger than any of the Best New Artist nominees. Hazel Monét is two years old, and she’s been nominated in the category of Best Traditional R&B Performance.  » Read More

In 1970, the English folk singer Vashti Bunyan released one album, Just Another Diamond Day, before slipping into obscurity. That album didn’t sell, but it became a cult favorite, especially among the artists of the ’00s freak-folk world. Bunyan left the music world behind to raise her kids, not even realizing how the music she’d made had resonated.  » Read More

Today, a couple of hugely anticipated cinematic works make their streaming-service debuts. As it happens, both of them have big-name artists doing their scores. First, there’s the excellent new David Fincher movie The Killer, which has a soundtrack from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. And then there’s The Curse,  » Read More

Today, I woke up at about 4AM, and rather than trying to get more sleep like a sane person, I immediately put on The Killer, the new David Fincher film that just arrived on Netflix. I bet Michael Fassbender’s character would approve. (The Killer has been out in theaters for a couple of weeks,  » Read More

After breaking up in 2010, the Austin blog-rock all-stars are back together. Last year, they played some shows and shared a few previously unreleased tracks. In September, the band released “Another Fire,” their first new song in 14 years. Today,  » Read More

This year’s Grammy nominations are coming out this morning, and we now know who will compete for the year’s biggest prize. Eight albums have been nominated in the Album Of The Year category, and most of them are both critical and commercial heavyweights. Just as notably, most of them are also women.  » Read More

You remember RMR. In the early pre-pandemic days of 2020, it was the best kind of viral sensation: A singer with a designer ski mask and gold fronts, surrounded by gun-toting friends, singing tenderly about scamming hoes to the tune of Rascal Flatts’ “Bless The Broken Road.” RMR’s “Rascal”  » Read More

Over the past few years, Idris Vicuña, the LA-based alt-pop bedroom producer known as Eyedress, has become a viral sensation. He’s collaborated with artists like King Krule and YungMorpheus, and My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields remixed his track “House Of Cards.” Eyedress recently signed with RCA and released “The Dark Prince”  » Read More

Recent bangers from Pain Of Truth and Mindforce have proven, at least to some of us, that old-school fuck-you-up New York hardcore is in a beautiful place right now. Staten Island’s Combust present further evidence. Combust have a big, chugging hard-bounce sound and an extremely fun live show,  » Read More