8 | Rolling Stone | August 2019
TAYLOR HILL / WIREIMAGELetter From the Editor 12
Correspondence 13
Playlist 23
Random Notes 38
The Last Word 98
Departments
Reviews
Music
83 Sleater-Kinney’s
Radical Rage
One of America’s greatest
rock bands battles apathy
on a thrilling LP.
BY WILL HERMESOn the Cover
Billie Eilish photographed in
Los Angeles on May 21st, 2019,
by Petra Collins.
Produced by Holly Gore at Rosco Production.
Set design by Nicholas Des Jardins at
Streeters. Hair by Joseph Chase at Exclusive
Artists. Makeup by Robert Rumsey. Styling
by Samantha Burkhart at the Wall Group.
Shirt and shorts by Problem Boy. Choker by
Bitchfist. Bracelets by Chrome Hearts. Rings
by Chrome Hearts and Souvenir Jewelry.
Shoes by Vandy the Pink.The Mix
17 A Boogie’s Quiet
Domination
How Bronx rapper A
Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
scored 1.7 billion streams.
BY CHARLES HOLMESTHE GARDEN
18 The Making of
Woodstock ’
A new 50th-anniversary
coffee-table book details
the legendary festival.
BY PATRICK DOYLESET LIST
24 Noel Gallagher
Oasis’ songwriter breaks
down a recent Dublin set.
BY ANGIE MARTOCCIODOCUMENTARY
32 Ken Burns’
History of
Country Music
Inside the making of
the filmmaker’s epic
documentary series on
American roots music.
BY WILL HERMESQ&A
37 Maren Morris
The country-pop star on
her love of hard rock, her
supergroup, and posing
topless for Playboy.
BY BRIAN HIATTNational
Affairs
MATT TAIBBI
43 The Iowa Circus
An overstuffed field of
candidates is in danger
of repeating the
Republicans’ 2016
primary-season errors.48 Fighting Fox News
How Media Matters is
taking on the extremists
at the network and
costing Rupert Murdoch
and Co. millions.
BY BRIAN HIATT TV
88 Re-Watching the
Detective
In the Veronica Mars
reboot, our favorite
high school P.I. is all
grown up — but the
series stays true to its
noir roots.
BY ALAN SEPINWALLMovies
90 Pulp Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino’s dark
Man son-murder fantasia
set in 1969 L.A. Plus: The
Bruce Spring steen-themed
Blinded by the Light, The
Nightingale, and Brittany
Runs a Marathon.
BY PETER TRAVERS83