St. Michael Front - Schuld & SuhneMadness reigns where ST. MICHAEL FRONT tread: The duo from Hamburg, Germany does not give a damn either about artistic boundaries or musical taboos, but happily combines chanson and Schlager, neofolk, pop, and soundtrack with audible relish. On their sophomore album entitled "Schuld & Shne" ("Crime & Punishment"), which for the first time is written entirely in their mother tongue, the two Northern Germans alchemically distil campfire romance,

As a headliner of the prestigious German music festival

and hilarious rap albums in recent memory

written by Ken Englund (who'd go on to write for the likes of Jerry Lewis and Jacky Gleason)

Embracing the combination of complexity in harmony

On her debut 7" Frutas / Can't Keep My Plants Alive

Glazunov/ BBC Nat'L Orch of Wales/ Otaka - Complete Symphonies

Crashing at the unlikely intersection of post-hardcore

Conference Philosophique

With Exhaling Space

from the incisive opening to the motor rhythms that follow

Scott Tuma

'Big City Christmas' (BCD17509)