Tag: Madness

Danny Elfman traces his taste in music for Amoeba’s “What’s In My Bag?” series

Danny Elfman traces his taste in music for Amoeba’s “What’s In My Bag?” series

The latest installment in Amoeba Music’s “What’s In My Bag?” video series finds Danny Elfman offering a tour through the evolution of his musical tastes.

New trailer shows off dazzling 4K restoration of “Dance Craze” ahead of film, soundtrack reissue

New trailer shows off dazzling 4K restoration of “Dance Craze” ahead of film, soundtrack reissue

The British Film Institute has released a trailer for its dazzling new 4K restoration of the classic 2 Tone-era document “Dance Craze: The Best of British Ska… Live!”

Madness to play first U.S. concerts in 8 years around Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival

Madness to play first U.S. concerts in 8 years around Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival

The Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival in Las Vegas last month announced that Madness will headline its 2020 installment along with the reunited Circle Jerks and Oi! pioneers Cock Sparrer. Now the 2 Tone-era ska heroes have announced three more rare U.S. concerts around that festival next May.

This week’s new releases: Morrissey’s ‘Low in High School,’ plus new Madness best-of

This week’s new releases: Morrissey’s ‘Low in High School,’ plus new Madness best-of

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week’s new titles include Morrissey’s latest solo album, ‘Low in High School’ and a new Madness best-of.

New releases: Prefab Sprout, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Nieve, The Stranglers, Madness, PWEI

New releases: Prefab Sprout, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Nieve, The Stranglers, Madness, PWEI

This week’s new releases include brand new studio albums from Prefab Sprout, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo with his new band The Dust, and Steve Nieve of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, plus reissues and best-of sets from The Stranglers, Madness, Pop Will Eat Itself and Propaganda.

Readers Poll 2012: Best songs of the year

Readers Poll 2012: Best songs of the year

Today we count down our readers votes’ for the Top 10 songs of the year from ’80s alternative artists, and the countdown for 2012 includes tracks released this past year by Depeche Mode, Paul Westerberg, Public Image Ltd., Dead Can Dance, Dinosaur Jr, Bob Mould, Adam Ant and more.

New releases: Soundgarden, Brian Eno, Jah Wobble & Keith Levene, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney

New releases: Soundgarden, Brian Eno, Jah Wobble & Keith Levene, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney

This week’s new releases include Soundgarden’s first new album in 16 years, plus brand-new studio albums from Brian Eno, PiL’s Jah Wobble and Keith Levene and Madness, plus a Sonic Youth live album recorded in 1985 and a live Mudhoney DVD filmed in 1988 in Berlin.

New releases: Madness, Delerium studios albums, plus The Wedding Present live

New releases: Madness, Delerium studios albums, plus The Wedding Present live

This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from ska-pop outfit Madness (‘Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da’) and electronic group Delerium (‘Music Box Opera’), plus the fifth in a series of archival live albums from The Wedding Present, this one recorded at shows in Sweden and the U.K. in 1991.

Madness to release new album ‘Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da’ — check out 7-minute sampler

Madness to release new album ‘Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da’ — check out 7-minute sampler

British ska-pop Madness recently announced they’ll release their 10th studio album — the cheekily titled ‘Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da’ — late next month, and, as Marco on the Bass points out, there’s now a seven-minute, full-album sampler on YouTube to whet fans’ appetites.

The Week in Rock: Aug. 12-18, 2012

The Week in Rock: Aug. 12-18, 2012

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This edition includes items about Dead Can Dance, R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, The Fixx, The Mission, OMD, Laibach, The Wedding Present, Killing Joke, Morrissey, Devo, Madness and more.

Free MP3: Madness, ‘Death of a Rude Boy’ — first track off forthcoming 10th album

Free MP3: Madness, ‘Death of a Rude Boy’ — first track off forthcoming 10th album

Ska-pop survivors Madness celebrated their appearance in Sunday’s mammoth, music-filled closing ceremony of the London Olympics — where they performed “Our House,” much like they did for the Queen earlier this summer — by releasing a free track off their forthcoming, as-yet-untitled 10th studio album.

The Week in Rock: June 3-9, 2012

The Week in Rock: June 3-9, 2012

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs headlines include news about The Cure, The Stone Roses, Pixies, The Cult, The Mission, Killing Joke, Bob Mould, Meat Puppets, Budgie, Morrissey, Dinosaur Jr, Madness, Sonic Youth, Peter Gabriel and PiL — plus our latest Auto Reverse mixtape for your downloading pleasure.

Video: Madness performs ‘Our House,’ ‘It Must Be Love’ on roof of Buckingham Palace

Video: Madness performs ‘Our House,’ ‘It Must Be Love’ on roof of Buckingham Palace

A who’s who of pop royalty — including Elton John, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Tom Jones — feted Queen Elizabeth on Sunday night at the massive Diamond Jubilee Concert, but long-running pop-ska band Madness had perhaps the best perch, performing two of its best-known hits from the roof of Buckingham Palace.