Stereogum
This week’s Billboard Hot 100 hasn’t come out yet, which means that Oliver Anthony’s reactionary country-folk anthem “Rich Men North Of Richmond” is still the #1 song in America. One month ago, Anthony was a total unknown, and his sudden rise has been one of the biggest running stories in music. Another big running story, in music and elsewhere, is the heavy rain in the Nevada desert, which has turned the annual Burning Man Festival into a deadly mud pit, stranding tens of thousands of people. Reportedly, one of those people is Oliver Anthony.