The contents of the August issue
Eric Clapton + The 30 Best Unplugged Albums
It was Eric Clapton’s last great hour: his “Unplugged” became the most successful live album in history. Plus: The 30 most beautiful albums in the MTV series
By Jörg Feyer and others
Bartees Strange
Two years were enough to make Bartees Strange the hope of the indie rock scene
By Jon Blistein
Milky Chance
At the Greentech Festival in Berlin, the Folktronica duo was honored for their commitment to sustainability. A conversation with Philipp Dausch and Clemens Rehbein
By Naomi Webster-Grundl
RS reportage: Ukraine
Vladimir Putin wants to break the resistance of Ukraine. Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, the country’s best-known rock star, counters this. With protective vest, helmet and guitar
By Jan Vollmer
Tedeschi Trucks Band
For the epic new work “I Am The Moon” the jam rock band turn to an oriental love story. The perspective is emphatically feminine
By Joerg Feyer
Neil Gaiman
For decades, Neil Gaiman’s groundbreaking comic The Sandman was considered unfilmable – now it has become a Netflix series. A conversation with the master of the fantastic
By Gerhard Maier
the mix
The Sadies
When Dallas Good died in February, the Canadian band’s new album was already finished. His older brother and guitarist Travis on grieving and moving on
By Joern Schlueter
Misty Boyce
The American songwriter escaped from a Christian upbringing into music – on her new album she settles accounts with the patriarchy
By Max Gosche
Q&A: Gilbert O’Sullivan
The songwriter on the influence of Irving Berlin, the importance of the Beatles and a party at McCartney’s
By Joern Schlueter
beach bunny
Lili Trifilio wanted to take revenge on her ex-boyfriend with Beach Bunny’s college rock – that could now have succeeded
By Max Gosche
HISTORY: “Dirty Dancing”
35 years ago, the romance “Dirty Dancing” came to the cinema – and made Patrick Swayze a superstar
By Birgit Fuss
Vernon Subutex
The illustrator Rénald Luzier has translated Virginie Despentes’ “Vernon Subutex” series into sensational comics
By Thomas Hummitzsch
PLUS: Avi Kaplan, Arlo McKinley and some more
Reviews
MUSIC
News from Josh Rouse and 85 other reviews
RS GUIDE: Kate Bush
Sassan Niasseri on the work of the unique songwriter
FILM, SERIES & LITERATURE
“The Magnetic” and 12 other reviews
Playlist – New Noises in August
Josh Rouse “Hollow Man”
It’s hard not to like the songwriting globetrotter from Nebraska. His patented, airy folk-pop sound also carries this track from his new album, “Going Places”.
Tami Neilson “Mama’s Talkin'”
The Canadian-born, New Zealand-based singer-songwriter fuses rockabilly and country noir to create energetic vignettes like these.
Ghost Woman “Along”
Also from Canada, also pleasantly outdated: The band Ghost Woman celebrates late 1960s garage rock, infected with psychedelia and lots of reverb.
The Sadie “Stop And Start”
Canada, third: The Toronto band adds another highlight to their discography with “Colder Streams” – and at times sounds like an alternative rock version of the Byrds.
Arlo McKinley “Back Home”
The Cincinnati, Ohio-based songwriter presents himself as a true Americana hope on his new album, This Mess We’re In. “Back Home” evokes country nostalgia complete with fiddle.
John Moreland “Cheap Idols Dressed In Expensive Garbage”
The songwriter from Tulsa/Oklahoma unfolds his sarcastic folk-rock tales about life in a post-modern bullshit world to drum machine-suspicious grooves.
Tedeschi Trucks Band “Playing With My Emotions”
The band around singer Susan Tedeschi and master guitarist Derek Trucks is once again looking for the interface between soul emphasis and blues rock jam – and comes amazingly close to some role models.
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