The best breakup comebacks do not beg for the microphone. They take it, turn up the guitar, and leave the room with the bill. Exzenya’s “B!tch Please” is built for the moment. This 3:17 blues-rock single turns a cheating-husband story away from misery and toward the dry satisfaction of seeing the deal clearly. The person who thought she was stealing a life is handed the less...

Listening to the new album from The Bateleurs, "A Light In The Darkness", is like finding a perfectly worn leather jacket in a forgotten wardrobe. Not one from London or Los Angeles, mind you, but one discovered in a dusty Lisbon alley, smelling faintly of sea salt and old cigarettes. It fits perfectly, but it carries the shape and the stories of someone else's...