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Cortina Whiplash

You don't want to mess with these girls. Not unless you want to end up in the trunk of a car, your feet "knock, knocking" against cold, hard steel as you drift along an empty freeway.

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Bloc Party's Kele Okereke hits the gym, drops the last name, and dives into the deep dance end.

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Surfer Blood

The refreshing thing about Astro Coast is its lack of desperation. Nothing sounds force-fed and unconvincing.

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Dashboard Confessional

Holding on to your roots and sticking to what you know seem brave to some. But diving headfirst into the unknown musical realms of radio-friendliness; now that takes courage!

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Arcade Fire

Where Neon Bible felt saturated and heavy under the weight of its own self-importance, The Suburbs soars.

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Nas & Damian Marley

The Odd Couple of ragga-rap deliver a strange brew of worldly soulfulness and bewildering anger-rhymes.

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Sheryl Crow

Crow sashays from 60s soul to Motown moods and the bluest of blues like she's decided to cut through the effort of recording two albums by sticking it all in one place.

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SA's rainbow nation poster-band go from fusion to fused on their best and most serious album so far.

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Arno Carstens charts the highs and lows of adulthood on his impressive new CD.

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Die Radio Kalahari Orkes with Jack Parow - Blaas Jou Vuvuzela
Die Radio Kalahari Orkes with Jack Parow - Blaas Jou Vuvuzela
Heuningland

Ian Roberts and his bakgat band of boeremusiek brothers team up with super romantic Afrikaans rap star Jack Parow on this tongue-in-cheeky World Cup anthem-in-the-making about braaivleis, brandy and Vuvuzela blowing! Off heir third album of all star collaborations, "Heuningland".

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Goodluck feat. Gang of Instrumentals and AmaAmbushed - Bring the Glory Home
Goodluck feat. Gang of Instrumentals and AmaAmbushed - Bring the Glory Home

Can you feel it? Put your voice behind Bafana Bafana by downloading this funky Afro-pop anthem for FREE! Put it in your car stereo, roll down the windows and BLAST your message to our soccer boys: WOZA BAFANA!!

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Valiant Swart and Ollie Viljoen - Die Wyntannies
Valiant Swart and Ollie Viljoen - Die Wyntannies
Wild en Wakker

Mystic blues rocker Valiant Swart and boreremusiek maestro Ollie Viljoen give veld-fed traditional Afrikaans music a spin-soos-min on this tongue-in-cheeky tale off their new album, "Wild en Wakker".

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Koos Kombuis - Die Groen Fokkol Song
Koos Kombuis - Die Groen Fokkol Song

"The problems facing Planet Earth are far more serious than whether we like Malema or not, or what people think of the new ANC leather jackets" says the iconic Afrikaans singer songwriter on this eco-friendly overhaul of his classic protest song about service delivery.

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Bongani MP - Uz'bophile
Bongani MP - Uz'bophile
Ngim’lo

Kwaggafontein kwaito star drops this deeply funky first single off his new third album, 'Ngim’lo'. Fans of the minimal techno filtered rhythms of KZN kwaito heavyweights like Big Nuz this pantsula dance party starter is for you.

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DJ MuZI.GP – Virus
DJ MuZI.GP – Virus

Jozi DJ shares this funky electro-flavoured deep house floor filler off his brand new 15-track dance album, 'Muzimania Unleashed'.

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Koos Kombuis - Ver van die Ou Kalahari
Koos Kombuis - Ver van die Ou Kalahari
Ver Van Die Ou Kalahari

"Ver van die ou kalahari, aan die grens se verkeerde kant, eet ons saam calamari, en lag oor die dalende Rand" sings Koos on this Voelvry-era classic. Off the Afrikaans troubadour's debut album, "Ver van die Ou Kalahari", penned while he was still using his previous pseudonym, Andre le Toit.

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Wendy Oldfield - African Lullaby
Wendy Oldfield - African Lullaby

Sama-winning songbird shares this gorgeous lullaby off her new collection of original children's songs 'Singalong African Kidz'. Does it get any cuter than these opening lyrics? "When the darkness falls and it is time to rest, I can hear the heartbeat in my mommy's chest, she will hold my close, keep me safe and warm...."

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The Buckfever Underground - Die Volk Is In Die Kak
The Buckfever Underground - Die Volk Is In Die Kak
Limbs Gone Batty

Poet Toast Coezter and his avant-rock visionaries share this timeous, stream of consciousness parable off their critically-acclaimed album, 'Limbs Gone Batty'.

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Richard van der Westhuizen – Stofpad
Richard van der Westhuizen – Stofpad

Celebrated Afrikaans singer songwriter shares this breezy platteland ballad about going nowhere slowly. Off his solo project, 'Songs uit my Binnesak', on which he collaborated with Hennie Aucamp, Herman van Veen and Andrew Roos.

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