A great power-pop number from the Giessen band Juli featuring singer Eva Briegel, who is vegetarian and active in the animal rights group PETA. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

The Monsters of Liedermaching are again coming up with the funniest lyrics out there, this time wishing for a horsey for Christmas — one that steals friends! Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Jupiter Jones gives a rousing performance in this power ballad about life, love, and loss. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

DJ Ötzi, the Austrian entertainer and pop musician, gives a heart-wrenching performance here in a duet with singer Kate Hall.

Louis and Elias of the street band Guaia Guaia are about as close to The Big Lebowski's "The Dude" as you could expect any pair of twenty-something German guys to be. Watch this video as an excercise in learning to chill out and live free! Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen! (video copyright dpa)

Singer-songwriter Mark Forster writes minimal pop songs with smart, existential lyrics and really catchy hooks. Enjoy! Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Actor Matthias Schweighöfer stars in this music video from German band Silbermond, which was reportedly inspired by the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

The three women from Hamburg who are the Die Heiterkeit are the closest thing to the Velvet Underground you are likely to hear out of Germany these days: very cool, restrained, minimal, a bit gothic, and… they rock! Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Adel Tawil, former singer of the German pop band Ich und ich, has made every line in this song a reference to an 80s or 90s pop song. Included are references to The Bangles, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Cutting Crew, Elton John, Louis Armstrong, Ultravox, David Bowie, EMF, Prodigy, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Guns 'n' Roses, Depeche Mode, Cypress Hill, Bros, Boys II Men, Beck, Rage Against the Machine, and Nirvana. See if you can figure them all out!

Adel Tawil, former singer of the German pop band Ich und ich, has made every line in this song a reference to an 80s or 90s pop song. Included are references to The Bangles, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Cutting Crew, Elton John, Louis Armstrong, Ultravox, David Bowie, EMF, Prodigy, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Guns 'n' Roses, Depeche Mode, Cypress Hill, Bros, Boys II Men, Beck, Rage Against the Machine, and Nirvana. See if you can figure them all out!

Singer-songwriter Jan Wittmer gives us a home performance of his “Weihnachtslied” (“Christmas Song”), which includes some very thoughtful social commentary on the real meaning of Christmas. Frohe Weihnachten!

Singer and entertainer Helene Fischer touches our hearts with her version of “Ave Maria”. The Yabla team wishes you a merry Christmas!

Singer-songwriter Philipp Poisel has a powerful, minimalist style, great lyrics and a fine feel for a good song. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

The German band Jupiter Jones pays homage to the German New Wave classic song Eisbär with a track that is beautifully minimalist, yet with some pretty serious angst-tinged lyrics. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Blumio is a German-Japanese rapper from Düsseldorf with some really great socially relevant lyrics. He is a real style chameleon too, from party songs about Düsseldorf liquors to protest songs about the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground murders. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen! Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]