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8 | Rolling Stone | April 2020

MUSIC

A Record Store Day to Remember

Before you head to your local independent shop for Record Store
Day on April 18th, check out the best special vinyl releases to look
for, from a reissue of Paul McCartney’s solo debut to collectors’
items from Billie Eilish, Britney Spears, and David Bowie.

For our first-ever stand-alone digital

cover story, senior writer Brian Hiatt

visited Grimes at her L.A. home to hear

about her mesmerizing new album and

how she feels about becoming a parent.

Grimes’

Fantastic

Visions

What’s new and

what you might

have missed — from

the latest original

podcasts and videos

to reviews of music,

movies, and more

CULTURE

The Cannabis

Industry at a

Turning Point

This month, in honor of

4/20/20, we’re going deep on

the business of cannabis. Read

our coverage of what’s driving

the emerging market forward

— and what’s holding it back.

EVENTS

Women Shaping the Future

ROLLING STONE’s second annual Women Shaping the Future event,
in New York, featured performances and talks from Diana Gordon,
Jennifer Nettles, Lauren Jauregui (from left), and others. Read and
watch full coverage of the event on RollingStone.com.

VIDEO

The Killers on

‘The First Time’

Ahead of their new album,

Imploding the Mirage,

singer Brandon

Flowers (right) and

drummer Ronnie

Vanucci Jr. tell us

about the first

albums they ever

bought (by the Cure

and the Pointer

Sisters), their first

times being star

struck, and more

for “The First Time.”

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This Month’s

Top New Lists

Bob Marley at 75:

Ranking His 50

Greatest Songs

The 50 Best

Sci-Fi TV Shows

The 100 Greatest

Debut Singles of

All Time

VIDEO

The Making

of Malkmus

Stephen Malkmus has a great
new solo album,
Traditional
Techniques, and
will be reuniting
with Pavement
for the first
time since 2010.
He stopped by RS
to talk about his
first favorite song (Three Dog
Night’s “Joy to the World”) and
the first song he wrote (a little
ditty called “Psychopath”) on
“The First Time.”

DIGITAL

EXCLUSIVE

GRIMES PHOTOGRAPH BY Charlotte Rutherford