Rolling Stone April 21, 2016

MUSIC 2016 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME N.W.A, Cheap Trick, Chicago and others storm the Hall of Fame. Check out the best moments from this year’s induction ceremony, including acceptance speeches, what went on backstage, and much more. LIST 100 GREATEST DRUMMERS Did your favorite drummer make the cut? We ranked the best of all time, from the Who’s Keith Moon all the way to Phil Collins, Travis Barker and Meg White. TV SEASON TWO: KIMMY SCHMIDT She’s back, damn it! We talked to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Ellie Kemper and her co-stars about what’s in store for everyone’s favorite ex-cult member in the new season. FEATURE WRONGFUL CONVICTION How a man who was mistakenly sentenced for a 1994 murder in South Central L.A. spent 16 years in prison, killed a fellow inmate and ultimately won his freedom. WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO In…

The Dems Debate cover story on the Democratic candidates was welcome in a campaign season that looks like the WWE [“The Good Fight,” RS 1257]. Amazing that in 2016, a couple of policy wonks with deep commitments to social issues could seem so radical. Terrence Washington, via the Internet and Clinton reinforced my belief that the senator from Vermont represents our best chance at wresting American democracy from the oligarchs and Super PACS. Jack Walsh, via the Internet the progressive left in ways no other politician has in decades. Still, I think Clinton’s background in international politics makes her the stronger candidate. Thanks for a fascinating piece. Elizabeth MacDonald, via the Internet “willingness to absorb many of Sanders’ proposals” into her platform, portraying it as an act of Democratic unity. She is a political weather vane, and…

1. The National “Morning Dew” Brooklyn indie rockers the National have spent years curating Day of the Dead, a five-plus-hour tribute to the Grateful Dead, featuring Jenny Lewis, Courtney Barnett and the War on Drugs, among others – many of whom might not seem like Dead fans at first glance. The National’s version of “Morning Dew” adds a dose of wine-sodden doom to what’s always been a deceptively pretty song about the end of the world. 2. Mark Pritchard feat. Thom Yorke “Beautiful People” We’re all so jacked for a new Radiohead record, we’ll take anything – anything! – they off er up. This U.K. producer’s gauzy electro-zone-out turns Yorke’s cellar-soul falsetto into sweet sandpaper. 3. Zayn Malik “BeFoUr” In One Direction, he was the R&B guy hiding his talent under a teen-rock bushel. On…

“I usually wake up at about three in the afternoon,” says the Aerosmith guitarist, who is touring this spring with the Hollywood Vampires. “The first thing I do is put a record on the turntable.” Deep Purple “Highway Star” This was constructed back when real players knew how to hold your attention with a solo for three minutes. J. Geils Band “Love Stinks” I don’t know if there is a better frontman than Peter Wolf. They were one of the first bands to understand the value of videos and MTV. Jimi Hendrix “Driving South” There’s a version from the BBC with the original Experience where he just cuts loose for six minutes. It really gives you an idea of his blues roots. Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” This has all the elements of what…

I Iggy Pop’s show at SXSW in Austin – during “Funtime,” his invitation to ecstasy on the 1977 album The Idiot. Stripped to the waist, showing off a chestnut-tan chest, the singer leaps headfirst from the stage of the Moody Theater, f lipping onto his back in a crucifixion pose as he lands on a sea of hands. It is three gigs into his new tour – promoting what he claims is his last album, the dark, compelling Post Pop Depression – and Pop, who turns 69 on April 21st, has taken his first stage dive. “I needed to connect, and I’ll do whatever it takes,” he declares in a slow-rolling baritone in his dressing room after a searing two-hour set featuring that record and more than a dozen songs from…

M onstage at New York’s Beacon Theatre, Leon Bridges is feeling good. He’s just taken his usual preshow shot of Laphroaig whiskey (“Well, a couple of them,” he says), and he’s pacing backstage in a new custom suit, belting out a freshly written New Orleans-style shuffle about cruising home into the arms of a Mexican girl. “Being from Texas, I love my Mexican women,” he says with a laugh. “It’s just about, like, being home and excited about life.” Bridges has a lot to be excited about. His debut, Coming Home, just climbed more than 100 spots to the Top 20 on the iTunes chart after he appeared on the Today show, and he’s selling out historic venues like Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. “It’s mindblowing,” says Bridges. “There’s still a sense of…