With The Widows and their jagged new single "Bardo Blues", the speakers don't just output sound; they seem to physically sweat. From the opening seconds, this track captures the exact frequency of a nervous breakdown occurring in a dimly lit restroom of a venue that definitely violates several health codes. https://open.spotify.com/track/4U7900swNQAaAj2T5MxrqY?si=0f2168babd504508 This London quartet, Kim Le Tan, Francesco Manzi, Roger Salsas, and Vince Johnson, has been...

Some cultural figures become adjectives before they even finish their careers. To act "Like Liam Gallagher" is to embrace a specific type of glorious, unrepentant arrogance. It is the art of standing completely still while the room around you catches fire, secure in the knowledge that you are the most interesting person present. Lewca understands this mythology perfectly. Following a life-threatening lung infection that forced a...