Jul 07, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode released a new album, Memento Mori, in March via Columbia Records. Today they have released a collection of eight remixes of the album’s “Wagging Tongue,” including one by Wet Leg. More

May 24, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode released a new album, Memento Mori, in March via Columbia Records. Now they have shared a video for the album’s “Wagging Tongue.” More

Mar 17, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the tenth Songs of the Week of 2023. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because I was sick with a bad cold (which still lingers) and we were putting the finishing touches on our latest print issue. So this week’s Songs of the Week encompasses songs from the last two weeks. More

Mar 09, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode are releasing a new album, Memento Mori, on March 24 via Columbia Records. Now they have shared the album’s second single, the atmospheric and ghostly slow-burner “My Cosmos Is Mine.” More

Feb 24, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode are releasing a new album, Memento Mori, on March 24 via Columbia Records. Last night they were the musical guests on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, in which they performed their recent single “Ghosts Again” and their classic single “Personal Jesus.” More

Feb 16, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode are releasing a new album, Memento Mori, on March 24 via Columbia Records. Now they have announced 29 new North American tour dates for this fall. They happen in late September, October, and November and include shows in many major U.S. cities. More

Feb 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2023. There were lots of great tracks to choose from this week. I mean, M83 and Django Django each put out five new songs this week! We narrowed it all down to a Top 11. More

Feb 09, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode have shared a new song, “Ghosts Again,” via an Anton Corbijn-directed video. They have also confirmed the details of their new album, Memento Mori, including its release date, tracklist, and cover artwork. More

Dec 16, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Kurt Uenala and Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode have released their debut EP, Manuscript, today via hfn. They have also shared a video for the track “Cracks Are Showing.” More

Nov 17, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Kurt Uenala has announced the release of a new collaborative EP with Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode. The EP, entitled Manuscript, will be out on December 16 via hfn. Uenala has also shared a new song from the EP, “G.O.D.” More

Oct 04, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode have announced a new album, Memento Mori, as well as some 2023 tour dates that include shows in North America and Europe. It will be the first Depeche Mode album to be released since the death of the band’s Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher, who passed away in May at age 60. More

Jun 28, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Depeche Mode have released a statement on Instagram about band member Andrew Fletcher, who passed away last month at the age of 60. The band’s Martin Gore and Dave Gahan revealed that Fletcher’s cause of death was aortic dissection. More

May 26, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Andrew Fletcher of Depeche Mode has died. He was 60. The band announced the news on social media. More

Dec 16, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan and Soulsavers (aka Rich Machin) have shared a video for their cover of the 1966 James Carr single “The Dark End of the Street.” More

Oct 22, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan and Soulsavers (aka Rich Machin) have teamed up once again and are releasing a new covers album, the fittingly entitled Imposter, on November 12 via Columbia. Now they have shared its second single, a cover of “The Dark End of the Street,” which was originally a 1966 single for James Carr. Chips Moman and Dan Penn wrote the song, which over the years has also been covered by Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, Elvis Costello, Frank Black, and others. More

Oct 08, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan and Soulsavers (aka Rich Machin) have teamed up once again and are releasing a new covers album, the fittingly entitled Imposter, on November 12 via Columbia. Now they have shared its first single, a cover of Cat Power’s 1998 song “Metal Heart.” It was shared via a black & white video featuring in-the-studio footage. More

Nov 17, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Martin Gore, founding member of Depeche Mode, has shared a new song, “Mandrill,” which was released with an accompanying video. “Mandrill” will be included on Gore’s upcoming instrumental EP, The Third Chimpanzee. More

Nov 05, 2020 By Joey Arnone

St. Vincent and Jehnny Beth have both covered Nine Inch Nails, Real Estate have covered The Doobie Brothers, and The Kills have covered T. Rex for Amazon Music in honor of this year’s Rock & Roll Hall Fame inductees. More

Jan 15, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

The final 2020 inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced. Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Whitney Houston, and others have all been picked. More

Oct 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Nominees for the 2020 induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced. They include Depeche Mode, Whitney Houston, T. Rex, Kraftwerk, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G., Soundgarden, Dave Matthews Band, Motörhead, and more. More

Jun 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Goldfrapp, the British duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, released a new album, Silver Eye, back in March 2017 via Mute. On July 6 the band are releasing a deluxe edition of the album and they previously shared one of its bonus tracks, a previously unreleased new version of the album’s “Ocean” that is now a duet with Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode (it was one of our Songs of the Week). More

May 21, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Goldfrapp, the British duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, released a new album, Silver Eye, back in March 2017 via Mute. Now Goldfrapp have announced a deluxe edition of the album and shared one of its bonus tracks, a previously unreleased new version of the album’s “Ocean” that is now a duet with Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode. More

Mar 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Last week Ladytron released their first new music in seven years, the new song “The Animals.” It was one of our Songs of the Week. Now, as promised last week, the band have shared a remix of the song by Vince Clarke of Erasure (and formerly of Depeche Mode). Listen to it below via Deep House Amsterdam (who premiered it). More

Oct 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Nominees for the 2018 induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced. They include Radiohead, Kate Bush, Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, Rage Against the Machine, Nina Simone, LL Cool J, Judas Priest, MC5, The Zombies, The Cars, Rufus with Chaka Khan, and more. More

Oct 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Depeche Mode released a new album, Spirit, earlier this year via Columbia. Last night they stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform Spirit track “Cover Me.” More

Sep 22, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Depeche Mode released a new album, Spirit, earlier this year via Columbia. Now they have shared a cover of the David Bowie classic “Heroes,” in honor of the song’s 40th anniversary. Tim Saccenti directed the video of the band performing the song in the studio. More

Sep 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Depeche Mode released a new album, Spirit, earlier this year via Columbia. Now they have shared a video for “Cover Me.” Regular band collaborator Anton Corbijn directed the black & white clip, which features frontman Dave Gahan as an astronaut in a vintage space capsule (but also in his space suit at the beach). More

Apr 25, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Depeche Mode released a new album, Spirit, last month via Columbia. Last night the band stopped by The Late Late Show with James Corden to perform the album’s lead single, “Where’s the Revolution.” Watch the performance below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More

Mar 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Here we highlight six albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. We have also included Amazon links for each album. If you click through those links and buy the album (or anything else on Amazon once you’ve clicked through) then Amazon rewards us with a sales percentage. More

Mar 02, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Depeche Mode are releasing a new album, Spirit, on March 17 via Columbia. The album was announced back in October and previously the band shared the album’s first single, “Where’s the Revolution,” as well as a video for the song. More

Feb 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Depeche Mode are releasing a new album, Spirit, on March 17 via Columbia. The album was announced back in October and previously the band shared the album’s first single, “Where’s the Revolution,” as well as a video for the song. More

Feb 09, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Depeche Mode are releasing a new album, Spirit, on March 17 via Columbia. The album was announced back in October and previously the band shared the album’s first single, “Where’s the Revolution.” Now the song has video. More

Feb 02, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Depeche Mode are releasing a new album, Spirit, on March 17 via Columbia. The album was announced back in October and yesterday more album details were revealed along with the promise that the first single, “Where’s the Revolution,” would premiere this Friday. More

Feb 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Back in October Depeche Mode announced that they would be releasing a new album entitled Spirit this spring via Columbia. Now the release date has been announced and the cover art has been revealed. Also the British trio have announced that the album’s first single, “Where’s the Revolution,” will be released this Friday, February 3. More

Oct 11, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

British 1980s legends Depeche Mode have never really gone away. Since their 1981 debut album, Speak & Spell, they’ve continued to release well-received new albums every few years and play to large crowds of devoted fans. More

Dec 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Back in 2012 Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan teamed up with British duo Soulsavers for the collaborative album The Light the Dead Sea. Back in October they did it again with Angels & Ghosts released via Columbia. Now they have shared a video for “Shine.” More

Sep 10, 2015 By Christopher Robertss

Back in 2012 Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan teamed up with British duo Soulsavers for the collaborative album The Light the Dead Sea. Now they have done it again, with the trio announcing Angels & Ghosts (a very Gahan-esque title) for an October 23 release via Columbia. More

Mar 03, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Musical artist Martin Gore, founding member of Depeche Mode, has announced the release of MG, a brand new collection of electronic instrumentals. More

Dec 04, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Last night, Johnny Marr’s Playland tour rolled into Edmonton, Canada. More

Oct 08, 2014 By Laura Studarus

On Nov 17, Depeche Mode will release Live in Berlin, a CD/DVD set featuring their performances in Berlin last fall during the Delta Machine tour. More

Aug 22, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Launching their North American tour later today with a performance in Detroit, UK goth/glam electro trio Depeche Mode have premiered a professional live video for their Delta Machine track “Should Be Higher.” More

Apr 17, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Currently on a North American headlining tour, recently selling out two NYC shows this past weekend in support of his acclaimed full-length debut, Young Hunger, UK synth-pop artist Chad Valley recently had some of his work get a few remix treatments. More

Mar 28, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Depeche Mode’s new video for Delta Machine cut “Soothe My Soul” is a stylish (albeit creepy) assemblage of shots. More

Mar 19, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Next week Depeche Mode will release Delta Machine, the band’s first new album since 2009’s Sounds of the Universe. More

Mar 15, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

This month Depeche Mode will release Delta Machine, the band’s first new album since 2009’s Sounds of the Universe. More

Mar 12, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last night rock veterans Depeche Mode served as the musical guest on the Late Show with David Letterman. More

Mar 11, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Supporting their forthcoming new album Delta Machine, Depeche Mode have revealed the details pertaining to the U.S. leg of their worldwide tour. More

Mar 08, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

You can’t say you didn’t see this coming, but Depeche Mode have announced that they will in fact perform at this year’s SXSW Festival. More

Mar 06, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

While nothing has been confirmed (yet) in regards to an actual performance, Depeche Mode have confirmed they will be attending this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin. More

Feb 28, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Fans counting down to the new Depeche Mode album take heart: today the band announced that they’ll debuting new songs on March 11 via the “Live on Letterman” full concert series. More

Feb 14, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On March 26 Depeche Mode will release Delta Machine, their 13th studio album. Check out their performance at NPR, where they recreated album cut “Heaven” live in studio. More

Feb 01, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Next month Depeche Mode will release their much anticipated new album Delta Machine. More

Jan 31, 2013 By Laura Studarus

As previously reported, On March 26 Depeche Mode will release their new album Delta Machine via Columbia. Now—as is the way with all good promotional cycles—you can hear a new single. More

Jan 24, 2013 By Laura Studarus

As previously announced, Depeche Mode will be releasing their 13th studio album in March. Today additional info tumbled out of the band’s HQ. More

Jan 22, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

While details are incredibly scarce concerning Depeche Mode‘s upcoming 13th studio album - other than its slated March release - reports have come in that the UK trio will release their first single on Feb. 5. More

Dec 11, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Announcing a massive world tour back in October in support of their upcoming 13th album, Depeche Mode have confirmed that the record will released sometime in March of next year. More

Oct 23, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Yesterday Depeche Mode announced their grand return with a massive, global tour set to begin next spring. More

Oct 22, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Spending much of the past year working on their 13th studio album due for release this spring, Depeche Mode have announced that they will embark on a massive stadium tour through Europe next year. More

May 29, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Depeche Mode is currently in the studio, hulled up in New York to hammer out the follow up to 2009’s Sounds of the Universe. More

Oct 08, 2010 By Laura Studarus

After having successfully concurred the world, Depeche Mode is taking on the galaxy in their Tour of the Universe DVD (out November 9^th) We have the details. More

Sep 03, 2009 By Laura Studarus

After a run of dates with Depeche Mode, Peter Bjorn and John are heading back on the road this November for a string headlining shows across the United States. Supporting the rocking, and occasionally whistling trio is fellow Swede, El Perro Del Mar. We have the dates in full and information on an upcoming remix PBJ are doing on a Depeche Mode song. More

Aug 17, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode played the first of its two nights at the Hollywood Bowl Sunday night, the British band’s first ever performances at the iconic venue. The months leading up to the concert were plagued with show cancellations, due to frontman Dave Gahan’s health problems, but Depeche Mode were in fine form, playing a set of crowd-pleasing favorites sprinkled with a few more recent songs, including some from this year’s Sounds of the Universe. More

Aug 17, 2009 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Depeche Mode played a sold-out show at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA Sunday night. We sent a photographer Wendy Lynch Redfern down to capture the action. Check out the full gallery of photos from the Hollywood Bowl show here. Depeche Mode were supported by Sweden’s Peter Bjorn and John.

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Aug 08, 2009 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Lollapalooza began yesterday in Chicago and we sent photographer Andrew Reed Weller down to capture the day one action. Check out his photos of Depeche Mode, Fleet Foxes, Of Montreal, Peter Bjorn and John, A-Trak, and Hollywood Holt. Click here for the full gallery of Friday’s photos.

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May 30, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

The Dodos, Farmer Dave Scher, Magnolia Electric Co. and Sigur Rós (in some incarnation or another) announce new albums and performances. Morrissey and Depeche Mode modify tour dates. Phil Spector is sentenced. All right here, in the News Roundup. More

May 13, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

After Cornelius cancelled several dates with Deerhoof because of the swine (H1N1) flu, it was Depeche Mode’s turn to get down with the sickness. Yesterday several websites posted the alarming news that Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan had to be rushed to the hospital in Athens, but it was not clear why. The synthpop trio had to cancel their date in Athens last night and in Istanbul tomorrow night. A statement released today revealved that the cause stemmed from Gahan’s “severe bout of gastroenteritis,” commonly known as stomach flu. More

Apr 11, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar‘s Spring Issue will be hitting stands soon. Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan graces the cover and the issue features an in-depth nine-page interview with Khan that traces the long road to her amazing new album Two Suns. More

Mar 20, 2017 By Lily Moayeri

It’s rare for any musician from the ‘80s to smoothly transfer its appeal past that era without seeming like they’re trying too hard to update themselves. The alternative is embracing their ‘80s-ness to such a degree it’s almost pastiche. Depeche Mode has avoided both these pitfalls with a musical and visual style so individual it transcends trends.

Mar 25, 2013 By Austin Trunick

For a unit that’s long been the model of the archetypal studio band, it’s no surprise that Depeche Mode’s 13th record is another exemplary display of aural wizardry and high production value. More

Aug 17, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode played the first of its two nights at the Hollywood Bowl Sunday night, the British band’s first ever performances at the iconic venue. The months leading up to the concert were plagued with show cancellations, due to frontman Dave Gahan’s health problems, but Depeche Mode were in fine form, playing a set of crowd-pleasing favorites sprinkled with a few more recent songs, including some from this year’s Sounds of the Universe. More

Aug 08, 2009 By Lorraine Carpenter

No amount of rain or cloud could’ve obscured the beauty of Chicago’s Grant Park on the first day of Lollapalooza, which despite less than welcoming conditions drew tens of thousands of mostly happy, mostly well-behaved music fans. On day one we caught Fleet Foxes, Crystal Castles, Of Montreal, and Depeche Mode. More

May 02, 2009 By Marcus Kagler

5,000 fans shut down Hollywood Blvd. for a five block stretch smack dab in the middle of the city of angels on a Thursday night just to witness the live spectacle of Depeche Mode racing through a mini set of seven tracks. Making one of their more grandiose promotional stops in support of the newly released Sounds of the Universe, the band’s performance on the late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live belied, not only their age, but nearly everyone’s expectations as the black clad trio plus backing band opened the show by tearing into a barn burning performance of the latest single “Wrong” with a ferocity other groups half their age would be lucky to muster on a good night. More