This issue comes with three different covers
When Superman and Batman were the quintessential superheroes, the choice would have been easier. But today so many strong, flashy, interesting characters populate the universe of genre comics and films that we have decided on three exemplary superheroes: This ROLLING STONE issue appears with three different covers: The unbeatable Spider-Man, the choose from the adorable Black Widow and the rebellious Black Panther. If you want a specific motif (or all three), you can easily do so via rollingstone.de/shop order.
The topics of the September issue
The 50 Greatest Superhero Movies
Why are superhero films so popular, especially in times of crisis? What makes her special? We looked at the 50 strongest works
By Sassan Niasseri, David Fear, Brian Hiatt, Alan Sepinwall, Mosi Reeves, Joe Gross & Stephen Garrett
KingPrincess
In her generation of queer indie rock stars she is the one with the loudest voice – but Mikaela Straus just wants to be herself
By Angie Martoccio
Bruce Springsteen
40 years ago Springsteen recorded a collection of demos featuring acoustic guitar, harmonica and four-track cassette player: the masterpiece “Nebraska”
By Arne Willander
20 Great Home Recording Albums
What other great albums were recorded at home like “Nebraska”? We have selected the 20 most beautiful
By Maik Brüggemeyer, Birgit Fuss, Max Gösche, Jan Jekal, Arne Willander & Jürgen Ziemer
Judith Holofernes
Pop star and back: The singer has written a memoir and tells how she found happiness and control again, but lost her beloved band Wir sind Helden
The Afghan Whigs
They were kings of grunge – and the then completely atypical soul rock band. Greg Dulli has maintained an indomitable individualism for 36 years
By Joerg Feyer
A year after the election
Scholz and the turning point, Baerbock and the weapons: A year after the federal election, nothing is what it seemed back then. What now?
By Peter Unfried
the mix
Thick
The Brooklyn pop-punk band want to spill beer over their heads while still being good — and smash the patriarchy in the process
By Naomi Webster-Grundl
Amanda Shires
As a teenager she played violin with the Texas Playboys – now Amanda Shires has emancipated herself as a musician and writes songs about her marriage to Jason Isbell
By Joerg Feyer
Q&A: PJ Harvey
The songwriter on her poetic novel Orlam, a new album, her love for Elvis and her fascination with the forces of darkness
By Kory Grow
Death Cab For Cutie
How many miles to eternal sleep? Ben Gibbard is in a morbid mood on his band’s new album
By Jan Jekal
Sudan Archives
Brittney Parks aka Sudan Archives combines R&B, hip-hop, folk – and throws Western ideals overboard
By Markus Schneider
HISTORY: Elvis Presley
His life was American Dream and Nightmare rolled into one. Elvis died 45 years ago
By Jan Jekal
PLUS
Jockstrap, The Rings of Power, Muff Potter, Oliver Sim and more
Reviews
MUSIC
News from Ezra Furman and 88 other reviews
RS GUIDE: Conor Colonel
Birgit Fuss on the great work of the manic songwriter from Omaha
FILM, SERIES & LITERATURE
“Peter von Kant” and 16 other reviews
Playlist: Rare Trax in September
Turbo State “Rat Line North”
Named after one of the escape routes used by a number of Nazi criminals, this song from the North German punk band’s last album to date combines the horror of the past with current historical oblivion.
Idle’s “War”
A piece by Bristol’s post-punk admonishers driven by archaic power. “We’re dying for the stone-faced lies,” chants singer Joe Talbot to the pounding rhythm cannon thunder and guitar volleys.
Charles Bradley “The World (Is Going Up In Flames)”
With this song, Soul Man, who came to fame late, created an urgent warning not to close your eyes to the atrocities of war, which all too often threaten to be lost in the media flood of images.
Calexico “Victor Jara’s Hands”
With this song, Calexico created a monument that was as depressing as it was captivating to the Chilean singer and resistance fighter who was murdered in 1973 in the course of the military coup under dictator Pinochet.
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings “Matter Of Time”
This track from the singer’s posthumous album “Soul Of A Woman” is reminiscent of the sound of the civil rights movement in the ’60s, for example the folk-soul of the Staple Singers.
Gundermann & rope team “War”
A ballad that almost makes you sway, with a wandering saxophone and pianoforte: “Yes, brother, that’s how the war was/ Who put it into our cradle?” sings Gundermann with irritating relish.
Thee Sacred Soul “Give Us Justice”
The San Diego trio joins the long tradition of protest songs against police brutality and racism with this uplifting, soulful call for justice: “There will be no peace until there is justice!”
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