A Song For Friday: The Thing

On their third album, the Brooklyn rock & roll band proves the genre and format are in rude health. Also: Ethel Cain, Shakti, and Reena Esmail

Alongside the familiar carcass of the deceased equine known as “rock is dead,” a new, smaller corpse (a pony?) has appeared to be flogged: “There are no bands anymore.” Sometimes expressed as a joking aside or an anguished “what happened to all the bands,” the only thing this line of inquiry reveals is the speaker’s ignorance and laziness. For sure, wha…