If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The days are getting longer, temperatures are getting higher, and inseams are getting shorter, which means summer’s in full swing. After being cooped up inside, everyone is ready …
Read More »BTS Might Not Have to Serve in the Military if They Keep Serving on Stage
Amid their ongoing success, both collectively and individually, the members of BTS have been followed by the shadow of their looming military service duties. In South Korea, it is standard for men to begin a 21-month term by their 28th birthday. Those in BTS who have already passed the age …
Read More »Ronnie James Dio Adds a Philosophical Twist to 'Last in Line' Video in New Doc Clip
Ronnie James Dio helps director Don Coscarelli craft the classic “Last in Line” music video in a new clip from the upcoming documentary, Dio: Dreamers Never Die. The filmwill get a special two-night theatrical run on Sept. 28 and Oct. 2. In the clip, Coscarelli explains hearing “Last in Line” …
Read More »Liz Cheney Leaks Audio Contradicting Trump-Backed Rival's Accusations
What should have been a quick phone call between primary opponents has now devolved into a televised, audio-leaking debacle between the defeated Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and her Trump-backed primary opponent Harriet Hageman. It started when Cheney said that once the election was decided she tried to call Hageman to …
Read More »St. Paul and the Broken Bones Find Spacey Goodness in David Bowie's 'Moonage Daydream'
Over the course of four albums, St. Paul & the Broken Bones have nimbly shifted from retro-soul to futuristic funk and beyond, rarely settling in one spot for too long. Though the Alabama band is calling upon different musical traditions, it’s not unlike the constantly shapeshifting work that David Bowie …
Read More »Angel Olsen and the Big Time Band Bring 'All the Good Times' to 'Fallon'
Angel Olsen stopped by The Tonight Show to cruise through a performance of her single “All the Good Times” from her recently released fifth studio album, Big Time. Olsen delivered the song, which chronicles the quiet end of a relationship when there isn’t enough love left to justify staying together, …
Read More »How Kid Sister Became the Counselor Every Musician Deserves
You probably know Melissa Young as Kid Sister, who, in 2007, as a spritely Chicago MC earned a verse with the city’s burgeoning superstar, Kanye West, on her high-energy dance-rap track “Pro Nails.” Today, she continues to make music; she recently appeared on Black Thought and Danger Mouse’s boom-bap collab, …
Read More »Remembering the Biggest Party of Y2k
In Steve Adelman’s nightlife memoirNocturnal Admissions, we get an inside look into the generation of dance culture on the rise at the dawn of the millennium, just before 9/11 would alter the course of our culture’s history. Embedded in these stories are anecdotes about how attitudes around queerness, dance music, …
Read More »Inside the Bizarre and Dangerous Rod of Iron Ministries
D ays after the insurrection at the Capitol — where he’d been close enough to the rioting to get tear-gassed — Pastor Sean Moon posted an incendiary rant to Instagram. Wearing his trademark crown of bullets and speaking to the camera from behind a golden AR-15 assault rifle, Moon declared …
Read More »Welcome to the New Rolling Stone
It’s time for something new. We’ve been remaking Rolling Stone to be faster, harder-hitting, and more vital. Now we’ve got a site to match that mission – highlighting the kind of world-class journalism, iconic imagery, and must-see videos that you’d expect from the bible of pop culture. Here’s a sample …
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