Rolling Stone September 22, 2016

VIDEO RAP, MEET ROCK In the latest episode of our “Had to Be There” series, DMC narrates an animated short film on performing “Walk This Way” with Aerosmith in 1986. “Everybody [in the audience] was waiting for something to go wrong with the rappers and the rock guys,” says DMC. PREMIERE INSIDE THE FUN HOUSE See the new clip from Jim Jarmusch’s long-awaited Stooges documentary, Gimme Danger, featuring footage of Iggy Pop’s legendary peanut-butter-smeared 1970 gig. TV TIG NOTARO GETS PERSONAL The comedian talks about her excellent new autobiographical series on Amazon, One Mississippi. “Sharing my story is never a bad idea,” Notaro says. “It always pays off.” CULTURE VR’S NEW FRONTIER Get ready for football games where it feels like you are holding the pigskin and commercials where you can touch the soda can. Inside the company bringing touch to…

Sir Paul Speaks Paul McCartney I’ve read in years [The Rolling Stone Interview, RS 1268]. David Fricke spoke to a legend who respects his past and is still learning. Thank you, Paul – you inspire. Don Morris Terre Haute, IN , A lifelong McCartney fan, knew nothing about. I was charmed to read the anecdote where Paul screws up the verses of “Penny Lane” during a live show. It’s OK to make a mistake, especially if you’re a Beatle. Steve Simpson, via the Internet MCCartney’s been an incredible humanitarian, supporting human and animal rights and environmentalism. It’s wonderful to see such an astounding musical talent, one with a generous and compassionate heart, on the cover. Brien Comerford Glenview, IL interview where he goes out of his way to declare that he was on equal footing with John…

1. Metallica “Hardwired” Lars Ulrich recently told us that “mentally,” Metallica could keep making music “for a hundred years.” Sure sounds like it. The first single from their upcoming double LP is a demonsteed blast of “wretched pain” à la Eighties classics like Kill ’Em All – the sound of a band raging against the very idea of slowing down. 2. Carly Rae Jepsen “Higher” Carly just released a great surprise EP, Emotion Side B, full of cute-as-heck Eighties dance pop. With its disco-pipsqueak vocal fire and chewy electro groove, “Higher” is tailor-made to keep it live at the roller rink. 3. Lvl Up “Hidden Driver” Brooklyn’s Lvl Up are one of the most exciting new guitar bands around, and “Hidden Driver” shows why, going from low-fi strumming to power-pop ecstasy. 4. Sting “I Can’t Stop…

The hard-rock-loving country star, who is releasing his next LP, The Devil Don’t Sleep, in November, shares what’s helped him in hard times. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Simple Man” This sounds like my mom talking to me. It reminds me what kind of a man to be, and at the same time it has those badass guitars. Corey Smith “As Angels Cry” It’s about struggling and talking to God, saying, “I’m going through hard things.” It speaks volumes to me. Eminem “Not Afraid” That dude is incredibly talented. This song makes you puff your chest out, look addiction in the eye and say, “All right, let’s go to war.” Kris Kristofferson “Sunday Mornin’ Coming Down” Definitely a song I feel like I’ve lived a little bit. I got caught up in the life I was living at the time and was definitely close to…

Beck Title TBD OCTOBER 21ST When he hit the road behind 2014’s Grammy-winning Morning Phase, Beck started noticing a lot of younger faces in the crowd. “It felt like starting over,” he says. That encouragement, along with listening to the music of Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper, inspired Beck to return to the beat-driven sound of his classic albums like Odelay and Midnite Vultures. He teamed up with his former bandmate Greg Kurstin (who’s worked with Adele and Tegan and Sara), shaping songs with big hooks and hazy harmonies, including “Seventh Heaven” and “Wow.” “We’d go off on a Talking Heads kick, and then we’d come back six months later listening to something else,” says Beck. “The record started to find an identity. My constant overriding thing was to find that affirming…

The Rolling Stones Keith Richards confirms that the Stones are deep into making their first album since 2005’s A Bigger Bang. “It was fun – always is!” he says, describing a recent London session where they cut several songs in only two days. Richards has said the album will have “a lot of Chicago blues,” including material by Little Walter and Howlin’ Wolf. Eric Clapton even played on a couple of songs, which Richards said felt “like old times down in Richmond [London],” where both acts played the Crawdaddy Club in the Sixties. Arcade Fire Guitarist Win Butler recently said to expect the band’s fifth album next spring. Arcade Fire have been recording in Montreal and Paris between summer festival dates, which multi-instrumentalist Tim Kingsbury said the band booked to “put a little…