Undercover, Australia — 30 years after they marked their territory and became the innovators of Ska alongside Madness, The Specials are coming to Australia for the first time. more info

Undercover, Australia — The Killers and Kaiser Chiefs may have been the headline act at the V Festival but it was Madness who best worked the crowd. more info

Tastes Like Caramel — Last night was my first time catching Australian electro band The Presets live. One word: Madness! Vintage art disco duo The Golden Filter opened the show after 8PM with a short but delightful set to get the crowd moving and whet the crowd’s appeti... more info

All About Jazz — The Wild and Woolly Music of the Shtetl, in All Its Infinite Variety. The clarinetist David Krakauer, the artistic director of Klezmer All-Star Bash at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, taking the stage to play a number with the Klezmatics, one of the ev... more info

NME — More names announced for 'Madstock' more info

Obscure Sound — I often find March to be one of the dullest months of the year. Apart from the allure of St. Patrick’s Day and March Madness, there is little to get excited about. The weather sucks, the workload for classes is nearing its peak, and my inability to... more info

Undercover, Australia — With Record Store Day Australia fast approaching, Undercover sat down with Suggs from Madness to hear his story about his record store shopping experiences. more info

Pasta Primavera — So this is it….the final four.  My bracket is done.  While I had fourteen of the sixteen bands/teams in the sweet sixteen, I now have none in the final four.  I think this happens to me every year.  At least I didn’t have a load of mo... more info

ContactMusic — Once again, an overrun of March Madness combined with the always-potent 60 Minutes gave CBS a solid victory Sunday night. The first half hour of primetime at 7 00 p.m., ... more info

Guardian Music — With the Specials and Madness, the Coventry label launched a musical movement that soundtracked a summer of riots with reggae and ska-influenced popThink we've got it bad now? Thirty years ago, Jim Callaghan's useless Labour government was trounced b... more info