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Listen to The Body's "To Attempt Openness" 

Hide The Body! Portland, Oregon-based doom duo The Body will release Christs, Redeemers on October 15. Get a taste of their sonic foreboding and isolation, laced with grimness, by listening to "To Attempt Openness," the album's dense second track. Get slayed: Like it? Download it at Soundcloud.com.

Earl Sweatshirt Is Touring 

It's not sweater weather. It's Sweatshirt weather. Earl Sweatshirt weather, that is! Odd Future member and rapper Earl Sweatshirt is touring on a solo run this fall. It'll be fall -- go see a show. Go see Earl Sweatshirt live. Tour Dates: 9/28/13 @ Rock the Bells - Washington, D.C. 10/04/13 @ Rock

Listen to Colette's "Hotwire" 

DJ, producer and vocalist Colette has grown from an integral part of the Chicago underground into a breakout musical triple threat. She's thrice as nice. Her latest, When the Music's Loud, is out now via her own imprint Candy Talk Records. Want a taste of the music that's loud? Then listen to

Listen to Basic Vacation's "I Believe" 

NYC-based trio Basic Vacation, the members of which are all under the age of 21, have released their debut single I Believe." Their debut EP is on the way. But for now, you've gotta believe in their shimmery pop rock. We do. Do you believe? —Maggie Pannacione09.20.13

See Tiara Thomas in the Studio 

Wear the crown with Tiara Thomas. Double T is known as the soulful voice on Wale's "Bad" and is signed to Interscope Records through Rico Love. Thomas has been working on her debut album at Oz Studios with Producer Swag in NYC. See her in her most natural habitat: Do you want to see and hear more of