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Fifty years ago this week — on March 29, 1973, to be exact —the ragged New Jersey country-rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show got their wish: Rolling Stone put them on the cover. Written by Shel Silverstein, the former Playboy cartoonist and children’s book author, Dr. Hook’s hit …

The title is Cornish for “Stone Island,” a forbidding slab of land located off the coast of England’s southern tip. The year is 1973 — the same horror-cinema annus mirabilis of The Wicker Man and Don’t Look Now, for those of you playing along at home. The only current resident …

Filmmaker Wes Anderson will point his telescope toward outer space this summer with his new film, Asteroid City. In a trailer for the movie, due out June 16, a father’s car breaks down somewhere in the desert where he’s taking his kids for “Asteroid Day” in 1955. From there, things …

Over the course of their 20-plus-year career, the New Pornographers have often specialized in catchy ambiguity. If leader Carl Newman was just a machine cranking out power-pop tunes, it would get boring. But there’s also a lot of mixed emotions going on under the surface of their studiously nuanced pop-rock …

Republicans have responded to Monday’s shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville the same way they respond to most mass shootings: offering thoughts, prayers, and whatever linguistic gymnastics necessary to avoid taking action to address the epidemic of child slaughter. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said it was “premature” to consider …

An over-the-counter nasal spray version of Narcan, the medication used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, was officially approved by the Food and Drug Administration today, March 29. The move means the medication, also known as naloxone, will be available in drug stores, grocery stores, gas stations, and …

The Hold Steady will mark their 20th anniversary with a new book featuring an oral history of the band, a trove of photographs, and memories from fans. Co-authored by Michael Hann and the Hold Steady, The Gospel of the Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels arrives July 25 via …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Phoebe Bridgers was on hand Monday night to present Taylor Swift with the 2023 Innovators Award at the iHeart Radio Music Awards. Before Swift took to the stage …

As host of the national country-music morning program The Bobby Bones Show, DJ Bobby Bones knows firsthand the deep-rooted connection between country music and gun culture. But that didn’t stop him from speaking out in favor of gun regulation after a school shooting in Nashville on Monday that left three …

Run the Jewels are planning their own 10th anniversary party and they’re planning to bring it to four cities across North America with a 16-show celebration. The tour, billed as “RTJX — Celebrating 10 Years of Run the Jewels,” will spend four nights in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Los …