Depeche Mode news

By Zachary Swickey We’ve been keeping our eyes on Crosses – the newest side project of Deftones’ Chino Moreno, also featuring Shaun Lopez of ‘90’s alt-group Far and bassist Chuck Doom. The band is a unique departure from Moreno’s other material – sounding like a “dubby” Depeche Mode with occasional sudden shots of testosterone. We [...]

All the ingredients for a classic embarrassing dad moment are there: a geeky father, a tight v-neck shirt, a videocamera in the basement, an old Yamaha keyboard and a record from 1983.

This video is making the rounds on Twitter and a few blogs this week, and we couldn’t pass posting here as well. Dad Dicken Schrader does an amazing job of choreographing his kids Milah and Korben to their own cover of Depeche Mode’s “Everything Counts,” including some wonderful recorder work by Milah. And just as [...]

As previously reported , Depeche Mode co-founders Martin Gore and Vince Clarke recently announced a collaborative techno project, VCMG . After releasing December's Spock EP, the band has announced a full-length album, Ssss , out via Mute on March 13. A press release notes that the LP will include both Spock and a forthcoming second EP, Single Blip .

Tulsa bass player Paul Cristiano has helped anchor the popular band RadioRadio since 2005. He calls the band's signature sound 'a blend of Depeche Mode, the Knack and David Bowie' - pop that's flecked ...

FOR fans of electronic music, it's like the synth Lennon and McCartney returning.

FOR fans of electronic music, it's like the synth Lennon and McCartney returning.

The Depeche Mode guitarist delivered a floor-shaking set of industrial electronica on Saturday, December 3.

VCMG: "Spock": As previously reported , Depeche Mode co-founders Martin Gore and Vince Clarke (who quit the band in 1981, and went on to form Yaz/Yazoo and Erasure) have come together for a techno project under the name VCMG . In advance of a full-length next year, they're releasing an EP called Spock on December 13 through Mute . The EP's titular track, which will also appear on a the full ...

Two synth-pop pioneers are working together again, although this time with a whole lot less of the "pop." Martin Gore and Vince Clarke formed half of the original lineup of Depeche Mode, but Clarke departed after 1981 debut album Speak & Spell — and ultimately finding his own success with the groups Yaz (Yazoo in their native Britain) and Erasure. The pair's current project, VCMG, released debut ...

-- Rock for Kids will host its annual benefit auction in Chicago on December 2, offering opportunities to bid on items from tons of notable artists, including LCD Soundsystem, Bon Iver, Pavement, David Bowie, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wilco, Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes, Feist, TV on the Radio, the National, Beck, the Antlers, Cut Copy, Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Neko Case, Depeche Mode, Patti ...