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...

With their single "Numbers Game," Grey Jacks has managed to build a deceptively inviting room inside a house that’s actively on fire. The foundation here is a slithering, almost hypnotic rock groove, driven by the lock-step pulse of Teddy Minton on drums and Howard Rabach on bass. It has that cool, coiled tension reminiscent of late-90s Radiohead, a sound that gets in your bones...