Saffron Eyes - Smile until it hurtsLike an annabac, the first seconds of the first song from the first album by Saffron Eyes (a group from Saint Etienne including members of Raymonde Howard, Le Parti, ThOmas. W) summarize, for those in a hurry, the themes and feelings that will be developed on the short half hour of music that the disc contains: smiles in front, blows in the back, amicable breakups and deaf threats. Smile Until It Hurts encapsulates all of this: pleasure in offering

up-tempo opening track "S

Multi-talented new artist Husx returns with the raucous "Noche The Party" featuring Geiner Guerra (lead vocals)

and outtakes pulled from 20 years of 7-inches

Mozart was a freemason

Clare Hammond

Baxter and Jimmy Lee

percussive clarity and historical grounding

Markus begins to approach Johannes and creates an intimacy of which he increasingly loses control

especially when - as in this album - it is paired with the oeuvre of Frescobaldi

With Chicago piano legend John Young

Tawaststjerna - Piano Works 5

The album was widely admired by critics