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Die Antwoord releases their 'Tension' album, Katharine McPhee stars in 'Smash' and The Fray release their new album.

Hopefully y'all are recovered from your chicken wing overload (or your group clap-along to Madonna's "Like A Prayer" during the halftime show), but there's a ton of music happenings to pay attention to this week! So listen up! The Fray's back with their third studio album, Scars & Stories, Die Antwoord is hitting nighttime TV (I'm scared), the NBC show "Smash" FINALLY premieres and HELLLOOOOOO, THE GRAMMYS ARE SUNDAY!

Check out this week's album releases and talk show music guests below, and tune in to MTV tonight for the exclusive premiere of the the Black Keys "Gold On The Ceiling" video, followed by a 30-minute interview with the band on MTV.com.

NEW ALBUM RELEASES
Tuesday, Feb. 7
+ A Place To Bury Strangers, Onwards To The Wall: The "loudest band in New York" is back with their special blend of noise rock, featuring the single "So Far Away."
+ Die Antwoord, Tension: The South African Zef lords are more than ready to terrify you again with their second LP, Tension, released on their own label, featuring "I Fink U Freaky."
+ The Fray, + Scars & Stories: The brooding piano rockers drop their third studio album, Scars & Stories. Check out their lead single, "Heartbreak."

Check out more new album releases and upcoming TV appearances and performances after the jump.
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With a hook that goes, "She likes the taste of my sugarcane," Shaggy could've gone in several different directions for his "Sugarcane" video. And now that we have the exclusive premiere below, we're relieved to see that he's gone for a mini-movie (OK, telenovela) approach, involving a British girl, her mother and various amorous locals engaging in Jamaican hijinks.

It's the classic tale of a vacation hookup: not going home, worrying your parents and bringing your mom down to the island country to find out she left your dad for the first cab driver she saw offering unmarked bags of food. You know, standard stuff. No worries, though. Shaggy is ostensibly contractually obligated to use double entendres in every medium -- we get our deserter's sister telling their dad, "I don't know what's got into her," (tee!), and the mom seductively eating pieces of sugarcane.

Though arguably the best part of any video this year might have to go to Shaggy's "Sugarcane," when the look on the cab driver's face after his girl's husband shows up and seems to say, "Be cool, man. You lost your woman to me. Go have a daiquiri and let her go."

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Jamaican singer Shaggy, owner of the title to the biggest dancehall reggae crossover artist ever, returns with his new track "Sugarcane."

The singer of "All Virgins," "Sexy Body Girls," "Freaky Girl" and "Clothes Drop" -- as well as "It Wasn't Me," "Angel," "Bombastic" and "Fired Up (F*** The Rece$$ion)" -- makes a coy allusion when he sings "She likes the taste of my sugarcane," which happens to be plentiful and always in season. Musically, it's a pleasant slice of mid-tempo reggae-pop, laced with innuendo.

Nine albums deep, Shaggy can write an instantly catchy reggae track. "Sugarcane," as with most of Shaggy's songs, is more a vehicle for the singer's voice itself -- a smooth, supple sound that neatly fits between Lovers Rock and reggae-pop -- than the music. We're looking forward to the next crop imagery; Vegas odds have "Banana" as the current front-runner.

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Dancehall king Shaggy steps back into the spotlight with his new album, Intoxication, due Nov. 13. With artists like Akon, Sizzla and Collie Buddz lending vocals to a variety of club bangers and hardcore reggae tracks, Shaggy recently told Billboard that fans should expect "a climactic musical roller coaster ride." New single "Bonafide Girl" once again pairs Shaggy with "It Wasn't Me" collaborator Rik Rok. The upcoming video, which was shot in NYC, features high-energy performances by Mr. Boombastic, Rik and a bevy of scantily-clad girlies. Check out these exclusive pics from the video shoot…

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