All the Music That Matters
“I’m not one of those people who say, ‘Regrets, I’ve had a few, too few to mention.’ I’m riddled with regrets.”—NICK LOWE WHEN I CAME TO work at ROLLING STONE, grunge and alt-rock had given way to synthetic teen pop and the splintering sounds of electronic dance music, and the magazine was struggling to find focus in its coverage of music. One of the questions I was asked during my job interview was “How can ROLLING STONE cover classic-rock artists” — legends like Dylan and Springsteen who were still vital (and still are, two decades later) — “while also following emerging artists and genres, without seeming schizophrenic?” The answer was obvious: Covering rock & roll legends as well as the new artists defining the current moment is not schizophrenic — it’s exactly…
