Martin Gore

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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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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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 Pop 

WATCH: Serious and The Girls Mean Business

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments David Lynch, International Songwriting Competition, Malibu, Martin Gore, Melissa Holt, Music videos, Pete Lombardo, Robert Smith, Serious and the Girls, The Church, The Happy Worker, The Prestige

How two high school friends came together to create a potential finalist for the next International Songwriting Competition

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Dance Electronic Experimental 

ALBUMS: Martin Gore Isn’t Monkeying Around on New EP

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 2021, Capuchin, Howler, Howler’s End, Mandrill, Martin Gore, Mute Records, The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee, The Third Chimpanzee, Vervet

The Third Chimpanzee finds the Depeche Mode guitarist and songwriter diving deeper into his experimental side

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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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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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