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Paramore: Party in the U.S.A.

By Josh Eells

EXCLUSIVE: Paramore traverse the country on a mission to bring sunny angst to the masses.

Vic Chesnutt: When the Bottom Fell Out

By David Peisner

Last Christmas Vic Chesnutt delivered on the promise of a career's worth of haunting, darkly comic songs and took his own life. David Peisner talks to his friends and family to get the untold story of one of rock's most curious characters.

The Gaslight Anthem Leave Home

By Steve Kandell

For the hardest-working band in punk, leaving New Jersey just might be their path to glory.

Jay Electronica: Man or Myth?

By Thomas Golianopoulos

Hip-hop's greatest new MC gives his music away, tweets his baby's birth, and rhymes his name with Hanukkah. Is this guy for real?

Breaking Out: The Joy Formidable

By Melissa Maerz

Massive-sounding U.K. amp-wreckers overcome some icky, yet ecstatic, buzz.

Ellen Page Reveals Her Favorite Music

By Phoebe Reilly

The costar of this month's Christopher Nolan thriller Inception on Bon Iver, Patti Smith, Peaches & more.

Tough Questions for OutKast's Big Boi

By John Sellers

He talks about his long awaited solo album, naming his shark "Billy Ocean," and thumb-wrestling.

Breaking Out: The Jim Jones Revue

By David Marchese

Stylish Brits bust out the piano, revive the wop-bam-boom.

WATCH: Ozzy Osbourne Shows Off Nazi Dagger, More

By Rich Brown

Watch the Prince of Darkness talk about his favorite things inside his SoCal home.

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