Depeche Mode

New Wave Pop 

Remembering Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode

June 1, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Alan Wilder, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Martin Gore, RIP, Vince Clarke, Yazoo

The quiet, creative force of the New Wave greats was just 60 years old

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Electronic New Wave Pop 

Reach Out and Touch Faith: Dave Gahan Turns 60

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 60th birthday, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Exciter, Martin Gore, Songs of Faith and Devotion, Ultra, Vince Clarke

Looking back on the Depeche Mode singer’s triumphant human spirit

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Art Pop Soul 

WATCH: Later Fortune Deals With The Devil

February 23, 2022February 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments BandCamp, Chet Delcampo, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Hall and Oates, Heyward Howkins, Later Fortune, Lateral To The Devil, Philadelphia, single, Win

Check out the video for the Philly duo’s latest single

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Electronic New Wave 

Depeche Mode 101 Revisited

January 14, 2022April 3, 2022 Christopher Treacy 0 Comments Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Depeche Mode 101, Martin Gore, Music for the Masses, Rhino Records, Vince Clarke

As a listening experience, the British group’s audio/visual opus is ho-hum; as a film, it’s an indispensable document of pop culture

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Music Journalism 

Throwaway Lines Often Ring True

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Ian Dury, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Roxy Music, The Jam, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground

Ten song lyrics that remain open to interpretation

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Alternative Rock Dance Electronic Pop 

Walking In His Shoes: Martin Gore at 60

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1981, 1988, 60th birthday, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Martin Gore, New Order, The Cure, Vince Clarke

The Depeche Mode guitar great defies age by always moving forward

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Indie Rock New Wave 

Paul Darrah and the Power of “Poof Pop”

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 1 Comment Bryan Ferry, David Sylvain, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Japan, LGBTQ, New Wave, Poof Pop, Roxy Music, Tenant From Zero, The Thompson Twins

The sole proprietor of Brooklyn New New Romantic act Tenant From Zero on the sounds that define his being

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Indie Rock Remembrance Retail 

A Dreamworld of Esoterica

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Robert Baird 0 Comments Amazon Prime, Brian Chase, Depeche Mode, Documentaries, Ezra Koenig, Google Play, iTunes, Martin Gore, New York City, Other Music, Regina Spektor, Stephin Merritt, The Magnetic Fields, Tunde Adebimpe, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Remembering Other Music 25 years after its opening

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 11: September 2020

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Depeche Mode, Famous Quotes, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jim Sullivan, Juliette and the Licks, Juliette Lewis, Les Paul, Martin Gore, Mini-Moog, Moog Synthesizer, Richard Thompson, Sam Phillips

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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New Wave Pop Reggae Video 

MTV Killed the VIDEOSTAR

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 Carey Budnick 2 Comments 999, AC/DC, Bad Manners, Barbara Jones, Body Talk, Buggles, Can’t Get Enough Of You, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Donna Summer, Duran Duran, Eddy Grant, Elvis Costello, Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime, Feels Like I’m In Love, Genesis, Hanging Around, Hazel O’Connor, Human League, Imagination, In And Out Of Love, In The Air Tonight, Intuition, Japan, Johnny And Mary, Just Can’t Get Enough, Just When I Need You Most, Kelly Marie, Kiki Dee, Kim Wilde, Korgis, Leo Sayer, Linx, My Simple Heart, No Reply At All, Obsessed, Olivia Newton-John, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Queen, Quiet Life, Robert Palmer, Sky, Star, Stevie Nicks, The Three Degrees, Thunder In My Heart, Tina Turner, Toccata, Tunnel Of Love, Video Killed The Radio Star, VIDEOSTARS, Walking In The Sunshine, Whitney Houston

An inside look at the world’s very first music compilation for video cassette

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Alternative Rock Blues Dance Rock Electronics New Wave Pop 

Vows Are Spoken To Be Broken: Thirty Years Of Depeche Mode’s ‘Violator’

April 23, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1990, Alan Wilder, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Enjoy The Silence, Flood, Martin Gore, Personal Jesus, Violator

Looking back at when the world’s biggest synth band plugged in and played the blues

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Alternative Rock Music Journalism 

Pop Top 40: Modern Rock Tracks for the Week Ending March 24, 1990

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment Adam Ant, Cowboy Junkies, Depeche Mode, Electronic, Michael Penn, Midnight Oil, Oingo Boingo, Peter Murphy, Pop, Robert Palmer, Sinead O'Connor, Social Distortion, The Beloved, The Blue Nile, The Church, The Cramps, The Creatures, The Smithereens

This is as peak “Poppy Bush Interzone” as it gets

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Alternative Rock Funk Hard Rock Heavy Metal Hip Hop New Wave Progressive Rock Punk Rock Soul 

NEWS: 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Chaka Khan, Dave Matthews Band, Depeche Mode, Jann Wenner, John Sykes, Judas Priest, Kraftwerk, MC5, Motörhead, Nine Inch Nails, Notorious B.I.G., Pat Benatar, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rufus, Soundgarden, T.Rex, the Doobie Brothers, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Whitney Houston

Whitney, Biggie, T.Rex, Pat Benatar, Kraftwerk, Nine Inch Nails and Thin Lizzy among those included on this year’s list of potential inductees

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Alternative Rock 

Pop Top 40 – Modern Rock Tracks: Week Ending October 14, 1989

October 14, 2019October 18, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments Big Audio Dynamite, Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks, Deborah Harry, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Exene Cervenka, Flesh For Lulu, Hoodoo Gurus, Max Q, Melissa Etheridge, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Squeeze, Tears For Fears, The B-52's, The Cure, The Innocence Mission, The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Ocean Blue, The Rolling Stones, The Sugarcubes, The The

Billboard’s Modern Rock chart was just 13 months old in October ‘89 and it was… well, kinda weird

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