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Panic breeds clarity
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Panic breeds clarity

Ex-emo poster boys Panic at the Disco are cool if they don’t hang on your wall

Erykah Badu & the Roots

Erykah Badu & the Roots live

And ?uesto and Black Thought took the party to Confidential for an epic night

Inside the mind of EL-P

Inside the mind of EL-P

The underground indie rap maestro forges on with his hip-hop mission

David Ford, the polite rocker

David Ford, the polite rocker

Meet the British singer who’s a one-man band—and a one-man cleaning crew

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Neil Diamond, 'Home Before Dark'

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No 'Sweet Caroline 2,' but a pleasing set from the folk-rock veteran

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Great beats and hot guest stars can't quite save Madge's latest

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A defiant classic for troubled times from Philly's leading hip-hop crew

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