Playing By Ear
Every episode of this podcast breaks an album down, track by track, to cover why it's not only worth playing, but replaying.
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Dead Man's Party (Oingo Boingo)
October 20th, 2026 | 1 hr 31 mins
1980s, 80s, Halloween, danny elfman, horror, music, new wave, nightmare before christmas, rock, songwriting, the nightmare before christmas
For Halloween we're bringing out the Pumpkin King himself, Danny Elfman, for a look back at Oingo Boingo's signature album "Dead Man's Party". The band worked some new wave weird science that fills this record with spooky melodic fun that will rattle your bones from beginning to end.