The test of integrity was conducted by leaving Honest Teas out at an unmanned kiosk and requesting $1 per bottle using the honor system. Out of 50 states and one should-be state, D.C. came in dead last, with just 80 percent of participants paying for the drink.

At U Street Music Hall on Wednesday, Liars’ explosion of power and variety showed just why this band has had such staying power since the turn of the century.

When the lead singer of a band comes into a show recovering from both a back injury and some alien death virus, this doesn’t bode well for a good performance. When the aforementioned band, California’s Liars shows up on the night of a heinously awful fall-causing ice storm, that doesn’t bode well for a large audience. Suffice to say, Tuesday night’s show was not the cult-building stuff of legend. There was no equipment climbing, no…