Photograph © Xolali Joval

Afrojack (think ‘Take Over Control’) and Shermanology put together this party track. We’re giving it to you just in time for the weekend. Originally played for Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1. Download ‘Can’t Stop Me Now’ by Afrojack ft. Shermanology

Frankie Rose, Photograph: n0-data

Released by Slumberland Records/Memphis Industries and produced by Le Chev, Interstellar is the latest album from Frankie Rose. Rose comments: “I always have a big picture in mind,” Frankie reflects. ‘I knew I wanted a HUGE sounding record. Big highs, big lows, and clean. There is no fuzz on this record. I knew I wanted to make a streamlined, spacious record with big choruses that sometimes referenced 80s pop.’ (SoundCloud)

ScHoolboy Q, Photograph: thefader.com

Some new West Coast hip-hop for you – it’s Quincy Matthew Hanley aka ScHoolboy Q’s second full-length album titled Habits & Contradictions.

Amon Tobin - ISAM, Photograph: the needle drop

‘Re-drawing and blurring the lines between psychedelia and sci-fi, between art and entertainment, between sound design and melody, Amon Tobin has created the finest, most intense work of his very considerable career, an extension and refinement of everything he has achieved thus far, a crowning achievement in the process that he describes as “re-ordering the things around me.”’ (SoundCloud) Released by: Ninja Tune. Check out our post about a collaboration between Tobin and sculpturer Tessa Farmer.

'Sex, Money, Crime' © Tannhauser Gate

‘Sex, Money, Crime’ is a track from local guys, Tannhauser Gate. Len Cockcraft breaks it down a bit: ‘It’s a synth-based project based around analogue gear and trying to stay away from DAW’s and VST’s as much as possible. Inspiration comes from bands such as Tense and White Car, Cabaret Voltaire and Kraftwerk to name a few.’ They’ll be playing in Jo’burg and Pretoria on the 1st and 2nd of March. Tannhauser Gate are also in the process of remixing an exclusive for the Los Angeles band The Present Moment who are released on the legendary French label Desire.

Bilderberg Motel, Photograph: ahymn.blogspot © Bilderberg Motel

Bilderberg Motel – 12122011 – Live E.P. Recorded Live at Kill City Blues by George van der Spuy (Mixed by George van der Spuy). Cape Town-based band Bilderberg Motel are Adrian Day (Guitar and Vocals), Sean Gibson (Guitar), Brett Foord (Guitar), Trish Davis (Tambourine, Vocals), Matt Goodall (Bass Guitar), Jean Labuschagne (Drums). © Bilderberg Motel on all tracks.

MIIKE SNOW, Photgraph: Stereogum

Miike Snow is – are – in a playful mood. The second, somewhat orchatronic, album by the three-headed-band with the one-man-name and mysterious Jackalope symbol is called Happy To You. (Source: Soundcloud)
 
 
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